Nocturne 1-32

Tempo: Approx. 80 bpm
Measures: 1 - 32

Video

Gibson Les Paul

Pickup Position: Neck
Master Volume: 2.5
Master Tone: 3.5

Multi Effects Processor: Zoom G3Xn

Master Volume: 20
Compressor: 6, Fast, 6, 80 ON
Slab Back Delay: 20, 50, 50, Quarter note

Joyo Tremolo

Intensity: 75%
Rate: 75%

Amplifier: Fender Blues Jr. III

Volume: 8.0
Fat: OFF
Treble: 6.5
Bass: 6.5
Middle: 6.5
Master: 3.0
Reverb: 5.0

Microphone

Blue Yeti
Gain: 11 o’clock
Mode: Stereo, on the floor, approx. 1 m from amp.

Nocturne

“My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: “I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I’d rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don’t like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […].”

For all its grace, charm, and apparent simplicity, [Frédéric] Chopin’s Nocturne in E♭ major, Op. 9, No. 2, poses fundamental problems on close inspection. The fact that so many analyses of the piece – including those of Heinrich Schenker and Felix Salzer – fail to explain certain idiosyncratic aspects, in particular an unusual distribution of structural weight, gives some indication of the Nocturne’s complexities at a profound level.