Extended Piano Techniques - Richard Carrick

Educational Video for simple effective techniques to extend the piano sounds while improvising and performing.

Single Notes
00:40 Finger Pizzicato
01:18 Guitar Plectrum
10:23 Mallets
04:33 Harmonics
12:08 Reminders

Quick Mutes
02:50 Homemade
03:47 Pre-made

Additional Items
07:09 Plastic Necklace
09:09 Ping Pong Balls
08:02 E-Bow
10:02 Guitar Glass Bottleneck

Many of these techniques were used in the composition The Atlas for extended piano and string quartet (2023) https://www.richardcarrick.com/the-atlas and L'Algérie for extended piano, oud, violin, cello and percussion (2024) https://www.richardcarrick.com/algerie

The Atlas will be released on New Focus Recordings and Streaming Services on February 14, 2025.

This Video was recorded in March 2023