{"id":429,"date":"2009-10-03T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T01:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/?p=429"},"modified":"2009-10-03T18:18:36","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T01:18:36","slug":"new-composition-me-n-petrof-by-geoff-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/new-composition-me-n-petrof-by-geoff-peters","title":{"rendered":"New Composition: &#8220;Me N Petrof&#8221; by Geoff Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/audio\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/audio\/player.swf\" id=\"audioplayer1\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/audio\/player.swf\"\/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/2009\/Me%20n%20Petrof%20(Geoff%20Peters).mp3\"\/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"\/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/><\/object> <\/p>\n<p>My friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcusebarnes.com\">Marcus<\/a> was over for a visit today and he encouraged me to write a song dedicated to the new &#8220;love&#8221; in my life, my Petrof acoustic piano.<\/p>\n<p>So I wrote a simple folk ballad which I call &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/2009\/Me%20n%20Petrof%20(Geoff%20Peters).mp3\">Me N Petrof<\/a>&#8220;. It is similar to a Brad Mehldau song I vaguely remember listening to, as well as the American folk song <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oh_Shenandoah\">Shenandoah<\/a> which I played in high school band, quite a few years ago!<\/p>\n<p>I made a rather hasty recording of it, just to get the idea cemented in my mind, and I wrote out a lead sheet on a piece of music notation paper.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to use the player above to listen to the song, or you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/2009\/\">download the MP3 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gpeters\/3747428537\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"My new Petrof Piano\" src=\"\/images\/petrof-piano.jpg\" alt=\"My new Petrof Piano\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My new Petrof Piano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrof.com\/\">Petrof<\/a> piano brand is from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.czech.cz\/\">Czech Republic<\/a>. Petrof pianos have been admired and enjoyed by many amazing musicians throughout the years, including jazz greats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrof.com\/keith-jarrett.html\">Keith Jarrett<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrof.com\/count-basie.html\">Count Basie<\/a> and classical pianists such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrof.com\/sviatoslav_richter.html\">Sviatoslav Richter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsensestart-->I purchased my piano from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tornpiano.com\/\">Yonatan Torn<\/a> in Vancouver. Yonatan is a master Steinway piano tuner and technician in the Vancouver area who also imports, rebuilds, and sells pianos (mostly European pianos). You can find out more about his piano tuning and restoration services, and view the pianos currently for sale at his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tornpiano.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Marcus was over for a visit today and he encouraged me to write a song dedicated to the new &#8220;love&#8221; in my life, my Petrof acoustic piano. So I wrote a simple folk ballad which I call &#8220;Me N Petrof&#8220;. 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