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24 Oct 2018 02:00 AM - edited 25 Oct 2018 02:57 AM
24 Oct 2018 02:00 AM - edited 25 Oct 2018 02:57 AM
24 Oct 2018 05:39 PM
24 Oct 2018 05:39 PM
Only a piano player can appreciate the stretch in this gif. LOL
@Kurra. @Appleblossom @PatchouliRose @CherryBomb @Bimby2 @ @Owlunar
23 Apr 2021 01:39 AM - edited 23 Apr 2021 01:43 AM
23 Apr 2021 01:39 AM - edited 23 Apr 2021 01:43 AM
@Appleblossom - you asked elsewhere what recorder I'll play for Anzac Day 'TheLastPost' - it's just a descant recorder. I like playing wind instruments. You said the song doesn't work well on piano, so what were you gonna play it on? Oh no, I just realised there's always CD player lol🤣 Just thought being a muso and all... Have you ever tried singing or humming this song? 🤪 talk about vocal gymnastics :face_with_rolling_eyes: Anyway, just thought I'd resurrect a music thread for the topic. If that's ok. 🎶🎵
23 Apr 2021 11:32 AM
23 Apr 2021 11:32 AM
Great idea @Former-Member
I love this thread, of course.
Thems the dots.
Last year I played it on a descant, but this year I will play it on an alto recorder. I prefer the lower richer pitches, and working on extending the registers.
It was probably originally on horns or bugles. I have a bugle but cant play it ..lol. The haunting beauty of the piece is in the long notes, and piano cannot really sustain notes sufficiently, even with sustain pedal.
Cheers Bella
23 Apr 2021 12:54 PM
23 Apr 2021 12:54 PM
23 Apr 2021 02:21 PM
23 Apr 2021 02:21 PM
Your memory is good. @Former-Member Its a pretty song.
Most recorders are in C or F. The layout of the notes is a 5th apart. and the fingering. I am into harmony more than solos.
I am a music teacher from a music teaching family. I really do not thave favourite songs. I go through phases though. First was Bach, then Classical, then Romantic (but not Hollywood) been thru a drumming phase, a singing phase, an early music phase ... world music ... rocknroll ... even forced to do a bit of pop cos of students ... lol.
Here is one of the best groups in the world. Its a dutch thing. My mother scoffed at me when I played my descant at school. Was unkind of her which was her way with me, but it is truly a big culture that we can all benefit from of we think bigger than descant. ABout 7 years ago I decided to use my descant then quickly got an alto. It was mainly not to waste ... and gave me a huge new lease on m,usic and history, etc ... It is the usual instrument to play, descants are just for littler fillers up high ... and kids. Yes they can sound tinny if used in the wrong way. In the last year of her life I brought my alto with music she could accompany me with. Every fortnight the alto sang out over the hospice and people really enjoyed it. My mother liked to be top dog. Mostly I accompanied her and others. It was unusual for me to get the spotlight, but we were in a little alcove with nobody around.
23 Apr 2021 03:50 PM
23 Apr 2021 03:50 PM
23 Apr 2021 05:10 PM
23 Apr 2021 05:10 PM
I took about a dozen lessons with a good teacher @Former-Member . She helped me manage to play the full range of the instrument which can be a challenge, but worth it. She also showed me the range of wonderful music written for consort and also jazz, I went on a few live in workshops. Its wise to just focus on alto and so learn the F fingering. Once that is done you can actually then play the whole range from high to low.
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