Tod's  Clavinova   Connections

Welcome to my website!  I am a owner of a Yamaha Clavinova CVP107 digital piano.  I have set this page up to share some of my own arrangements I have done over the years.

 

About The Clavinova

My Clavinova is one of the 100 series of keyboards by Yamaha.  Be sure to check out the CVP users group which is filled with information on the Clavinova.  The 107 has some very nice "sweet sounds" on it, and I really like the trumpet and flute sounds.  The piano sound is very realistic and the touch is very much like a grand piano.  It has a very good accompaniment section with hundreds of styles to choose from.  After viewing all the competition I found the Clavinova series offers the most in terms of functionality. 

 

About Myself

I have been playing keyboards since I was 8 years old.  My favorite styles are Ragtime and Stride, but I also enjoy Jazz, Popular and Classical music.  My setup in the past has included an Ensoniq Mirage as a master keyboard along with a Korg Wavestation and a Roland Sound Canvas.  The Clavinova offers an entirely different approach to composing and arranging music and its extensive features virtually eliminate the need for a lot of equipment.

 

Arrangements

Here are some songs I have arranged on the Clavinova.  They are mostly MP3 files.  Click on them to play them on your computer or right click to save them.

SONG

COMMENTS

DATE

Alligator Crawl Arrangement of an old Fats Waller tune.  I learned this one by listening to arrangements by Judy Carmichael and Sue Keller.

2005

Love Is Just Around The Corner Stride arrangement of an old classic based on Judy Carmichael piano score.

2005

Stride Medley Here is an arrangement of 3 songs I learned from piano arrangements by Judy Carmichael: Doing The Old Lowdown, Ain't She Sweet and Lulu's Back in Town.

2005

Love's Theme Classic Barry White tune arranged for Clavinova.  For those of you with a Clavinova, here is the original midi file.

2000

Hobson Street Blues Here is an original midi file of my first major project on the Clavinova.  This is the first 6 pages of the Bob Zurke classic that was originally sequenced by John Roache.  This is a live recording of myself playing it.  I memorized it in 3 weeks after printing out the sheet music and learning it on the Clavinova ! 

2000

 

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CLAVINOVA  RELATED  LINKS


CVP Users Group

Yamaha Corp. Website

Rec.music.makers.piano newsgroup   archive

RAGTIME MIDI  SITES

John Roache's Ragtime MIDI Library

Primeline MIDI library

Sue Keller's MIDI files

OTHER   LINKS

My Genealogy Page

Interlochen Arts Academy - 1983 Graduate

Eastern Washington University - 1988 Graduate

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