When Voices Become Keys: The Art of Piano Transcription

<p>A good deal of my time this week was spent messing around with a choral work by Sir Edward Elgar. It is a beautiful, delicate setting of the Eucharistic hymn ‘Ave Verum Corpus’ - in Latin, ‘Hail True Body’ - and, since I had finally managed to transcribe and record the piece, I thought it might be an ideal opportunity to look at the subject of <em>piano transcriptions</em>. Specifically, what are they? Why might we be interested in attempting them? And how would you go about making one in the first place? </p><p><br></p><p>For more information: whaviland.com/podcast</p><p><br></p><p>Happy piano playing/learning!</p>