{"id":87,"date":"2008-07-05T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/new-composition-lament"},"modified":"2009-05-02T03:00:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T10:00:31","slug":"new-composition-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/new-composition-lament","title":{"rendered":"New Composition: Lament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a classical-sounding piano piece, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/2008\/Lament%20%28Geoff%20Peters%29.mp3\">Lament<\/a>, that is quite moody and reminds me a little bit of Beethoven and Chopin. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/2008\/Lament%20%28Geoff%20Peters%29.mp3\">Click here to listen.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lament\">Wikipedia says<\/a>, &#8220;A lament is a song or poem expressing grief, regret or mourning.&#8221; I sat down and thought I would try to write something jazzy, maybe inspired by some of the great jazz I saw in the Vancouver Jazz Festival, but for some reason I was attracted to the sounds of minor  and diminished chords. Some classical piano pieces which have had an influence on my music are the Beethoven piano Sonatas (especially the Appassionata) and the Chopin Ballades.<\/p>\n<p>Please click below to listen to my piece, Lament, and let me know what you think! It&#8217;s recorded in stereo for your listening pleasure. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/2008\/Lament%20%28Geoff%20Peters%29.mp3\">Lament (MP3 recording, time 3:05) <\/a>&#8211; Geoff Peters Original Composition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote a classical-sounding piano piece, Lament, that is quite moody and reminds me a little bit of Beethoven and Chopin. (Click here to listen.) 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