Comments on: Knuckleballs and sliders

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:37:21 +0000

My first encounter was when Barney Childs and Phil Rehfeldt came up for a concert of works they’d commissioned; I don’t know remember if it was a piece by William Penn or Harold Budd; I think the balls they used inside were bigger, like croquet balls. A few years later in grad school I wrote a piece for flute and piano that used a third performer dropping tennis balls inside while the pianist plays. Makes a really pleasant sound.

By: Peter Mueller

Peter Mueller — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:22:35 +0000

There’s a piece by Randy Hostetler, “8″, which requires an 8 ball to be used while playing.
http://livingroom.org/randy/randyrm.htm

By: Groa

Groa — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:20:26 +0000

I’m a pianoteacher myself and 25 years ago I started my pupils make new sounds on the piano. But I never thought of letting them hold a ball !!! I really loved this video and did put her on my favorits on YouTube.