Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I'm interested in Balkan folklore, besides other music, and studied it.

Tairov and Papasov are great musicians, like many Gipsies I've met in  
my life. I was born and lived for the first 45 years in Czechoslovakia  
(now Czech Republic), where is Roma minority. Last 12 years I live in  
Japan and concentrate more on Japanese traditional music.

Transcriptions of their performance will be not so easy to do, I have  
perfect pitch and enough knowledge about music theory and Balkan  
scales, melody, harmonic and rhythmic patterns, but it's pretty  
complex music and I haven't time for making transcriptions, even when  
it would be paid. Rock, pop or jazz is much more simple, it can be  
done more easily than these folk music densely ornamented fast melodic  
lines.

I don't think there's any problem with user interface of CZ series -  
easy to understand, easy to program. And there are software editors.

Daniel Forro


On Jun 6, 2015, at 9:09 AM, cooneypiano@... [CZsynth] wrote:

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> Following the prompt from the moderator in the welcome email I am  
> introducing myself to the CZsynth list.
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> My CZ101 arrived in the mail yesterday. It is my first CZ synth. I  
> have only been interested in synths for the past year or so and have  
> purchased several pieces of gear as I try to figure out what works  
> best for my various needs. I purchased the CZ101 because it seems to  
> be so widely used in Balkan/Roma/Eastern European music. I am a jazz  
> pianist, playing and teaching professionally, but I have a secrete  
> desire to learn to play like Amza Tairov... and maybe down the road  
> to learn to play Ivo Papasov-style Bulgarian wedding-band music on a  
> synth. Before I get too far with transcriptions it seems like I need  
> to find the right synth sounds and put together a set-up that  
> approximates what I have seen on youtube videos of Bulgarian synth  
> players. I am hoping that finding some inspiring sounds on the CZ101  
> won't be too daunting. I understand that there are some editing  
> programs that are helpful and that I can likely find some patches to  
> transfer via Sysex. (I've not done this before, so I'll have to  
> figure out that workflow first.)
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> I am interested to hear how other folks handle the peculiar  
> programming interface of the CZ series and especially to meet others  
> interested in this style of music.
> Having only had a few moments with the 101 since it arrived, I've  
> already been pleased with some of the sounds I've fooled around  
> with. The mini-keys are definitely a obstacle to any sort of  
> coordinate playing. I wonder if down the road I will need to get a  
> cz1000 or use a controller to play the cz101. It seems the latter is  
> often the method used by the synth players I've watched on youtube.
>