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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper Hi Mark. I feel that the time has come to for me to leave tonebase. I want to continue our 12-month challenge as I am learning a lot from the experience,…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Larry K vive la différence as we say in Wales.
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Peter Golemme Thanks for your comments Peter. As you say, there are sections of 4/4 and 3/4 (or 6/8) throughout the piece. It was great fun to play and I like to think that - what with the heavy use…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
Yes, there are sections of 4/4 and sections of 3/4 (or 6/8) throughout the piece as you say.
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Andrea LeVan Andrea. There are so few people on this forum who are prepared to expose their souls by playing their own compositions… I look forward to hearing yours.
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Peter Golemme Nailed it Peter! Big vibratos were one of my things :) Not sure there’s any 7/4 there though.
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Larry K I just started a separate thread for synths. Wendy Carlos and Switched-On Bach had a major influence on me as a young musician.
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- 3 mths ago
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How have synthesizers influenced your musical journey?

As a young musician in the 1980’s with ambitions to become a rock star millionaire, I toured with a Minimoog Model D, Logan String Synth, and Fender Rhodes Stage 73 piano.…
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Re: Billy Joel Interview
Dissonance rules OK!
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Larry K Maybe we should start a separate thread for synth music. I have abandoned hardware for software instruments and somehow miss the need to twiddle knobs between numbers. Presets are great but…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Larry K See if you can separate the Minimoog from the lead guitar :)
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Larry K Nobody you would have heard of. We were always on the brink of “making it” but never did. I have a live recording of an instrumental piece I wrote in the ‘80s and my Minimoog comes through…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Larry K I totally concur with the “maximum intensity with a minimum material” concept, and there is absolutely no shame in keeping it simple. My teacher keeps telling me that keeping it simple is…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
I will play one of my original pieces called Cool Breeze. In this piece I follow my teacher’s advice to “keep it simple.” Does anyone else feel the need keep it simple?
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper Thanks for your comments Mark. I nicked/leveraged voicings from one of my teacher’s arrangements. To be clear - I have one live teacher who has more than one arrangement of Autumn Leaves…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark CooperThanks Mark. Always happy to share. There will be another 16 bars coming soon…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
I have been having a go at Autumn Leaves for a couple of hours and this is what I have so far.
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper A great rendition of this classic piece Mark. When I began learning the major and minor II-V-I series my teacher mentioned Autumn Leaves as being a good example of how the major and…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper I am fascinated by the mathematics that underlie music and discovering connections between musical constructs is right up my street! Thanks for mentioning the link between USTs and PTs.…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper Good point about the similarities between the triad pairs (TPs) and the upper structure triads (USTs). I am glad you made this observation because I didn’t pick up on your comments about…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper Sounds great Mark and I like the way you use the guide (chord) tones to create interesting motifs.
- Ken_Radford
- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
@Mark Cooper Thanks for your comments Mark. I will say more about triad pairs soon. Learning fugue improv is a hard job that someone has to do. If it was good enough for JSB...
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: Anyone like to improvise?
And here we are with month 3 of the 12 month Major II-V-I-VI and minor ii-v-i challenge travelling anticlockwise round the circle of fifths. This time round I introduce some triad pairs and as always,…
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- 3 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Larry K I have my stereo pair a few inches behind my ears and it works well in my room. It’s a case of trial and error with mic placement, so you’ll need to try some new positions and see if it…
- Ken_Radford
- 4 mths ago
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Re: How Do You Record Your Acoustic Piano?
@Larry K Room modes play a part in determining ideal mic placement. How close are the mics to a wall/corner of the room? Maybe try moving the piano and or mics away from the wall/corner and see if it…
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- 4 mths ago
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