What Are You Practising / Composing Now?

[MrGongGong]

Good for you JK.

I've been trying to help my daughter with her so-called composition homework and discovered that I'm unable to write anything that sounds convincingly like late 18th century Viennese classical style, I keep making the subsidiary material more "interesting" and always end up back in the baroque.

Backwards at Half speed ?

[Joseph K]

Here I am playing Stella by Starlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvKFQ4Zrdg

There are aspects of this which please me, but it is quite difficult being good over the whole 8 minutes.

[BBMmk2]

Here I am playing Stella by Starlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvKFQ4Zrdg

There are aspects of this which please me, but it is quite difficult being good over the whole 8 minutes.

Good to see you! Sounds pretty good!

[Dave2002]

Good for you JK.

I've been trying to help my daughter with her so-called composition homework and discovered that I'm unable to write anything that sounds convincingly like late 18th century Viennese classical style, I keep making the subsidiary material more "interesting" and always end up back in the baroque.

Seconded vote for JK. Well done - you're getting there.

Re 18th Viennese music not sure I can help there right now, though I've been driving myself mad with Johann Strauss (19th Century) in the car and elsewhere, to see if I can get to like it. OK - I like the Blue Danube and a few others, but so much of the Strauss stuff seems formulaic, and I wondered if I could make a pastiche of one of these waltzes, marches or polkas. Probably would still turn out to be difficult, and even worse than the music style I'd based it on, though. I'm not quite sure what the "style" of the 18th Century would be - need to listen to Mozart or Beethoven *** perhaps. In the meantime, I'm not really enjoying much of the Strauss family music - though there are odd snippets and motifs which are fun. I thought I had to try this. I'm not a convert.

*** Call in Rosemary Brown!

[antongould]

Here I am playing Stella by Starlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvKFQ4Zrdg

There are aspects of this which please me, but it is quite difficult being good over the whole 8 minutes.

Excellent .......

[Joseph K]

BBM, Dave, Anton, thanks. There are some nice lines in that performance, some which in hindsight surprise me and make me think "did I really play that? How did I play that?" However, there's quite a bit of waffle and more hesitation than I'm comfortable with, I mean, for example, it's evident I need to work on the last section, since I'm not as confident with it as I am with the previous sections.

[Serial_Apologist]

BBM, Dave, Anton, thanks. There are some nice lines in that performance, some which in hindsight surprise me and make me think "did I really play that? How did I play that?" However, there's quite a bit of waffle and more hesitation than I'm comfortable with, I mean, for example, it's evident I need to work on the last section, since I'm not as confident with it as I am with the previous sections.

You have to hesitate sometimes in order to breathe! Seriously though, really nice performance - well done, and thanks!

[BBMmk2]

You have to hesitate sometimes in order to breathe! Seriously though, really nice performance - well done, and thanks!

Even with guitar playing!!

[Dave2002]

Today - Bach Ricercar a 3 from the Musical Offering.

Re-arranged for several instruments - initially including treble recorder, tenor recorder and cello, but with the addition of a Midi keyboard.
Can't play any of the parts well, but working on them - of course I don't play cello - but this piece is so chromatic it's quite tricky on recorders. The triplet sections are just about impossible for me at present.

However, during one of my "rendition" attempts, with the Midi keyboard switched in, I discovered I could make it sound like a marimba, or a tubular bell, and when I put the percussion on there were some very odd effects.

Definite progress with the part writing and the control of the midi devices. I took a very fast short cut to get the score in - found a midi part, and can cross check it against the manuscript original at IMSLP. I started around 8am today from scratch, and I've not spent all morning on this.

[MrGongGong]

Today building a software patch (using Audiomulch) for a performance tomorrow morning at the Jaipur literature festival.

Bats, Rain, the sea, sinewave generators and the like

[Dave2002]

Today building a software patch (using Audiomulch) for a performance tomorrow morning at the Jaipur literature festival.

Bats, Rain, the sea, sinewave generators and the like

Never heard of that before - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur...ature_Festival

Some interesting things in Jaipur - I'm sure you know already. Old observatory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar,_Jaipur

Facade of the Hawa Mahal - which IIRC is opposite a shopping street. Hope you have fun there.

[Joseph K]

You have to hesitate sometimes in order to breathe! Seriously though, really nice performance - well done, and thanks!

[Joseph K]

Donna Lee. I sort of already knew this but I've started doing it properly i.e. memorising the chords as well as the head. I've been inspired by watching an interview with contemporary British jazz guitarist Ant Law (thanks for the tip, Serial Apologist!) where he mentions he'd often have 'Bebop for Breakfast' i.e. he'd play through all the 40+Bebop heads he knew before breakfast.

Now, I have Donna Lee in the Real Book, but I think I might end up having to transcribe some of these heads. The second disk of the excellent Charlie Parker compilation 'Boss Bird' starts with the tune Donna Lee, and it's my favourite disk of the set, it contains 26 tunes - a good place to start to learn and memorise lots of Bebop!

[Serial_Apologist]

Donna Lee. I sort of already knew this but I've started doing it properly i.e. memorising the chords as well as the head. I've been inspired by watching an interview with contemporary British jazz guitarist Ant Law (thanks for the tip, Serial Apologist!) where he mentions he'd often have 'Bebop for Breakfast' i.e. he'd play through all the 40+Bebop heads he knew before breakfast.

Now, I have Donna Lee in the Real Book, but I think I might end up having to transcribe some of these heads. The second disk of the excellent Charlie Parker compilation 'Boss Bird' starts with the tune Donna Lee, and it's my favourite disk of the set, it contains 26 tunes - a good place to start to learn and memorise lots of Bebop!

Much better for breakfast, healthwise, than Donna Kebabs!

[MrGongGong]

More rhubarb sounds while waiting for a flight