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Discussions => Tune of the Month => Topic started by: Clive Williams on January 31, 2013, 11:44:29 PM
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Narrow loser last month, clear winner this month, is Andy Cutting's fine waltz, In Continental Mood
Here played by our own Roland, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGs7G8OCzI&NR=1, and here by the man himself, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcdmqDEM5mo (first tune). Rather less well known than Flatworld (the second tune that both Andy and Roland play) it's typically played with.
Had a quick play through with this myself a few days ago - naturally, it sits on the higher register in G on a D/G box, which of course means that a low reed on your box is helpful unless you like really squeaky music! It can be shoehorned into having most of it in the lower register if you don't fancy that - it helps to have a low B on the treble, and you jump up an octave for the start of the B music.
The chord sequence at the start also rather calls out for a F#minor chord on a D/G - the opening run down being - G-F#m-Em-D... but that can be fudged with a substituted B minor chord perhaps.
Courtesy of tallship, here's some ABC:
X:1
T:In Continental Mood
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:150
C:Andy Cutting
R:Mazurka
K:G
ga|b2 b bab|g2 g bab|g2 g bab|gab agf|e2 e efg|d2 d dfg|
c2 c efg|a2 a aga|b2 b bab|g2 g bab|g2 g bab|gab agf|
e2 e efg|d2 d efg|a2 b agf|g3 dBA||G2B GBd|F2B FBd|
E2G EGB|AAB AGF|G2B GBd|F2B FBd|E2G EGB|A4GA|B2_e B_ef|
gag fef|d2f dfa|bc'b agf|e2e efg|d2d efg|a2b agf|g4||
I'd have to say though that you'll usually hear it as a waltz rather than a mazurka. However, it makes a *cracking* slow mazurka in my opinion (I think I prefer it to the waltz version), and having had a quick play through, it does strike me that it's a *very* flexible tune - it makes a creditable jig, hornpipe, 5 time waltz, mazurka etc. Or maybe I was just drunk.
Anyway, good playing folks - looking forward to seeing what we can come up with!
Cheers,
Clive
PS: [[[ Just got the OK from Andy to use this tune - thanks again Andy! ]]]
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Isn't it a waltz, rather than a mazurka?
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For amusement, here's a version of it I did some time ago, mazurka'ed and played using a harmonic minor tuning (still in D/G I think) on the Streb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BGxwSomrUw
I think I had to mess around with a small part of the B music to make it fit, but other than that, it's exactly the same fingering as the major version.
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And of course there's me and Roland playing in DG too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0X_15_C3SY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0X_15_C3SY)
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DEREK
And don't forget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4L_inc5EQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4L_inc5EQ) 8)
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Isn't it a waltz, rather than a mazurka?
Yes it is, I've looked it up in the Blowzabella book 'New Tunes For Dancing' and it's listed with the waltzes. The ABC isn't my transcription I just grabbed it off the net or from one of my collections of ABC tunes, thought it sounded okay and posted it, to be honest I'd don't think I even read the headers! ABC converters and software don't seem to recognise a 3/4 as anything other than a waltz when playing back the tune as a midi. Oddly enough the R: field can contain any text but software will only act upon the few words it recognises.
Try popping this into the Tune-O-Tron >:E :
X:1
T:Coventry Carol
M:3/4
L:1/4
R:Radish and Chips
K:Em
|:"Em" E E "B" ^D | "Em" E2 G | "D" F/2F/2 F "Em" E |\
"B" ^D3 | "Em" E F G | "D" A F2 | "Em" E3 :|
"Em" E E "B" ^D | "Em" E2 G | "D" F2 "Em" E |\
"B" ^D3 | "Em" E F G | "D" A F2 | "Em" E2 B|
|"D" A2 G | "D" F2 G | "D" F2 "Em" E |\
"B" ^D3 | "Em" E "B" ^D "Em" E | "D" A F2 | "Em" E3 |
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Still trying to get it to flow but here's my effort with a guitar and bass thrown
https://soundcloud.com/wedgy-mcdustbinlid/in-continental-mood
Francois
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http://youtu.be/aBAXSgYm6X0
Too close to the edge of my capability to even think about twiddling with.
Chords are my approximations but seem in the mood.
Bill
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http://youtu.be/aBAXSgYm6X0
Too close to the edge of my capability to even think about twiddling with.
Chords are my approximations but seem in the mood.
Bill
Glad it's not just me struggling with it - nicely played though!
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Had to relearn bits of this to play it on my Loffet, but pleased with the sound; I think the tone of the instrument suits the tune. I remain in awe of Andy Cutting - it's beyond my comprehension how anyone can dream up a melody like this.
My effort is here:
http://youtu.be/1HrZrHkGkdE
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Little run through while feel rather through myself .
Apologies to Andy for mashing up your rather fine tunemanship .
http://youtu.be/jrkvXe2Vla4
Andy
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I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist....this organ is in the Netherlands now, originally in Norfolk Virgina USA>. For everyone's entertainment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHLsGiAE6zk
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I post it after a long absence.
"In Continental Mood" is my most favorite tune. This is the video 2 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6MmRFUGKs&feature=share&list=UUzn0ubnbEb1qDsvF65lheFw
I got Mory last year,now I am practicing again with it.
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Here we go folks, in the spirit of Alan Day's magnificent Spaghetti Panic jig rewrite, here's In Continental Mood, played as a jig. Played in C on the G/C Hohner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeqhTVlFAns
The original is a really lovely tune, and I certainly don't think this version is better than Andy's original, but it still makes a rather pleasant rondeau/champenois tune I think.
Cheers,
Clive
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I post it after a long absence.
"In Continental Mood" is my most favorite tune. This is the video 2 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht6MmRFUGKs&feature=share&list=UUzn0ubnbEb1qDsvF65lheFw
I got Mory last year,now I am practicing again with it.
Domo arigato, Maki. (I've been trying to learn a few words of Japanese before I visit my son in Tokyo in April!) Nicely played. I'm still struggling to play these tunes!
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Hello
Been going round and around in my head so thought Id have another bash
http://youtu.be/axlFumWGqZk
Andy
Been thinking this is one of the greatest melodeon tunes of all time , well untill now anyway
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I felt that I had to have a go at this one on the Evo 18. A little tricky I must say (:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cyfoKfOjPo
Roland
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It's the 23rd February already and only a handful of folks have posted; a measure of how hard this tune is to get to grips with. I don't think my version will get any better in the next 5 days...so here it is: http://youtu.be/g_-6OucJxUo - played on a D/G Liliput.
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I love this tune;it's been going round in my aged nut from the moment it was played here. Due to a quirk in the West Country weather I'm separated from my boxes for a few days or I would'nt ask, but could it be played on a single row ? If so is there a chance of someone doing just that on Youtube? (:) :||:
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If you have a one row in G, that has a low E then you could play all of the tune except for the Eb that occurs in the second half of the tune. Missing out one note seems not to be much, but to my ear it takes away something important. It would be like eating chips without any salt!
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Many thanks Theo;am I right in thinking that I'd need 4th button start to get the low E? [I hope I'm not pressing your patience button too hard..] :||: :|bl
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Either that or have the first button modified to play E on draw instead of D. Seems a bit drastic for just one tune, and you still won't have the E♭. Also the chord sequence is quite an integral part of this tune. If you only have a one row box then a possible solution would be to work as a duet with a chord based instrument eg guitar or piano, they can then do all the chords including the B that will fill in the missing E♭, and you can just be creative to work around the missing low E.
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Here's my go at Andy Cutting's great tune - I learned it in D (on my D/G/Acc box), because a violinist friend had it written out in that key, and it was only after I'd learnt it that I realised I was unlikely to be able to play it in that key with any other box players!
https://soundcloud.com/chrisbrimley/in-continental-mood
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Thanks Theo, I think I'll enjoy other people playing it and just accept that you can't do everything on a one row. I wait with interest to see which tune wins March's TOTM [Play up Pompey...?] ;) :||:
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Chris,
I like your soundcloud version.
It's interesting to note that there are a couple of the videos of this tune where the 'B' part of the tune has been doubled. I think that probably makes too many bars....but I am not an expert at that stuff. Correct me if I am wrong.
Roland
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Not a patch on yours, though Roland!
I see what you mean about the two lots of B music, though - the music I was given certainly has it as 48 bars with the B part repeated, but I notice you're right that both the original and yours have 32. And I also notice that the music I have is very much the bare bones of the tune, and Andy uses many more notes.
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Here's my attempt at this month's tune. Since it seems almost de rigeur to play it along with Flatworld, I thought I'd have a go at that too. Having got as far as once through the second tune it was tempting fate to try and play it again without tons of mistakes ocurring so I left it at that. As it is, this pair is probably somthing like take number 50. I always like to have a go at the TOTM if possible but these tunes took me WAY out of my comfort zone. I was surprised ICM was picked and it showed me just how far away I am from some of the better players round here. I've not had to practice as hard for any previous TOTM that I've recorded. Thanks to Sandy, whose version I used to try and get the tunes somewhere near. She manages to get better sounding basses despite playing it on an 8 bass box too! My version's played on my Saltarelle Pastourelle III.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWAX9LlxzGQ
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Hello. I am a new member who is transferring to the melodeon (still yet to acquire one - but have one on hire - I won't say whom from in case they are inundated with requests). I have really been interested in this tune of the month (In a Continental Mood). Not having playing skills yet, I thought I'd contribute something else: an analysis of why I think this tune works so well. The youtube link is not meant to be a definitive analysis, just thoughts based on some previous experience of analysing set works as a teacher. I would expect those who dislike such scrutiny(because it takes the magic out of music) to avoid clicking on the link. Also apologies for strange background noise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV9U5CqeXYg
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Hello. I am a new member who is transferring to the melodeon (still yet to acquire one - but have one on hire - I won't say whom from in case they are inundated with requests). I have really been interested in this tune of the month (In a Continental Mood). Not having playing skills yet, I thought I'd contribute something else: an analysis of why I think this tune works so well. The youtube link is not meant to be a definitive analysis, just thoughts based on some previous experience of analysing set works as a teacher. I would expect those who dislike such scrutiny(because it takes the magic out of music) to avoid clicking on the link. Also apologies for strange background noise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV9U5CqeXYg
Your video is private :(
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Sorry - thought if I supplied the link, then private was ok. It is public now.
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Interesting stuff. Transposing it to C makes it harder to follow your ideas for those of us who have to think hard to transpose your discussion back to the original G!
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Ah yes. Didn't give that a thought. Clearly not thinking like a melodeon player yet. If there was enough interest I'd re-record the upload in G. Somehow I think it'll stay something that only few might dip into, though.
Pete
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I think I got most of what you were saying. It would be just right for anyone playing on a GC.
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I think I got most of what you were saying. It would be just right for anyone playing on a GC.
I'd echo the first remark, and then say that is just right for this G/C player. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.
Many thanks to playandteach for a really interesting analysis ... Might this be the start of an occasional series, I wonder?
Welcome to the forum!
Roger
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https://soundcloud.com/charles-hunt-1/01-in-a-continental-mood
As someone already stated, this recording is not getting any better (and the month is almost up). My attempt at this tune on a Cairdin Mini BC and mandolins. Constructive criticism gratefully accepted. Charlie
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https://soundcloud.com/charles-hunt-1/01-in-a-continental-mood
As someone already stated, this recording is not getting any better (and the month is almost up). My attempt at this tune on a Cairdin Mini BC and mandolins. Constructive criticism gratefully accepted. Charlie
What's not to like about that (:)
Nicely played.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBixXLlEYDE
My attempt at this lovely tune. I certainly have a ways to go but I couldn't play it at all at the beginning of the month.
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https://soundcloud.com/charles-hunt-1/01-in-a-continental-mood
As someone already stated, this recording is not getting any better (and the month is almost up). My attempt at this tune on a Cairdin Mini BC and mandolins. Constructive criticism gratefully accepted. Charlie
I loved the mandolin counter-melody Charlie - great work.
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Just a last thought on the construction of this tune; I've noticed that on the page (in other words you wouldn't think this from listening to the very flexible style of singing) that Jacques Briel's 'Ne me quitte' pas has the same rhythmic construction, including the repeated notes on the first and second beats (to the words 'pas, ne me'). it might be something to do with the relative unimportance of the words that they don't warrant a new pitch, unlike the the word 'quitte'.
Because of the title 'In a Continental Mood' I wonder if there is any conscious hommage paid. Great tune.
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Is it just me, but does the Jacques Briel's 'Ne me quitte' pas sound like 'I did it my way' ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMDX2sR27U&list=PL651E5DA06888A1E4&index=8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMDX2sR27U&list=PL651E5DA06888A1E4&index=8)
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Well done everyone; that's a challenging tune - one of the hardest we've done I would say. Late submissions are welcome as ever - just stick them on the end here.
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Arghh.... a day late!
Here's my attempt warts and all
https://soundcloud.com/#thrupenny-bit/in-continental-mood-totm-feb
I'm afraid I'm a bit stuttery in places, it really is a work in progress. Saying that I was determined for once to get in and learn this tune hence my less than polished attempt.
I'm reassured that others have found it hard. I have a feeling that for me it's a tune that will take time to bed in, but thanks to ToTM for making me sit down and get to grips with it.
cheers
Q
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Arghh.... a day late!
Here's my attempt warts and all....
Corrected URL ;)
https://soundcloud.com/thrupenny-bit/in-continental-mood-totm-feb
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Oh - thanks Steve, it's the first time I've used Soundcloud so haven't got used to it's nuances.
Q
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Late entry encouraged by my nearest and dearest mistaking my playing for a recording (she wasn't in the same room ;))
https://soundcloud.com/theboxplace/in-continental-mood (https://soundcloud.com/theboxplace/in-continental-mood)
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Late entry encouraged by my nearest and dearest mistaking my playing for a recording (she wasn't in the same room ;))
https://soundcloud.com/theboxplace/in-continental-mood (https://soundcloud.com/theboxplace/in-continental-mood)
Very nice! Theo
What are you playing the club?
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No, I'm playing my lovely Mory which has just about taken over from the club.
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Arrrgh I never got round to it ... And I really wanted to record it again :-\ so heres my Christmas one again from a couple of years ago
.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRiyuhe9gOs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRiyuhe9gOs) just to get it in the list along with my Roland Duet i posted before.
derek
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Theo: That's a nice sound there!
I wish I'd got a F#m for the complete bass run down in the first part....... but you can't have everything!
Q
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(Play and Teach) Pete - Just catching up and have taken a look at your dissection of the tune.
I thought that was quite illuminating. Thank you for that!
It's interesting to get a non melodeon player's take on the tune ( nearly said 'musician's ;D )
I like the tune but have no idea what musicality draws me to it, those little hooks that interest and engage the ear and brain....... your video has given me things to think about.
Good stuff - many thanks!
Q
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Tried it on my 1040 G box. Crashed and burned.... :||: :|bl
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Another slow version http://youtu.be/XDaIGo12JOs (http://youtu.be/XDaIGo12JOs) to bring out the melancholy which I hear in this tune and in Flatworld.
A bit late, but if I vote for the winning tune, I feel I should make a contribution. (Pretty pleased with that pull (D/)F# replacing a push D after the Bmajor-Eminor chords (DG-speak)! ::))
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Well, it almost turned into the Tune of Two Months for me this time. By way of excuse, my Laura was off to Florida for a Dancemaster tuning job for a couple of weeks in February. It's great to have it back in the house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-VXC9L024 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-VXC9L024)
Many thanks to Andy Cutting for giving us such a truly lovely piece for melodeon.
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Hmmmm that sounds nice and mellow!
Love the lower GC sound.
Q
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Well, it almost turned into the Tune of Two Months for me this time. By way of excuse, my Laura was off to Florida for a Dancemaster tuning job for a couple of weeks in February. It's great to have it back in the house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-VXC9L024 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-VXC9L024)
Many thanks to Andy Cutting for giving us such a truly lovely piece for melodeon.
Time well spent Jeff, I keep watching and listening to your performance, as you are my inspiration to improve... and you always produce videos in a way that helps me to learn. Thanks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsvpqUldUs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsvpqUldUs)
My attempt. Have been learning this for a while. Have got Flatworld pretty much sorted aswell. Apologies for crap camera, crap microphone, crap lighting, no face (I like to suck on my bottom lip when I'm concentrating, not a pretty sight) and for playing it a wee bit wrong. I know I don't play it the same as Mr. Cutting, but on my Erica I think it sounds too shrill, so adapted the tune in order to play on the lower notes on the G row.
All in all, being 2 months late, I hope you all enjoy!
P.S. The Mory sounds a hell of alot better in person. Like a bajillion trillion million times better- and I never exaggerate! ;)
My favorite ever tune 8)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsvpqUldUs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAsvpqUldUs)
My attempt. Have been learning this for a while. Have got Flatworld pretty much sorted aswell. Apologies for crap camera, crap microphone, crap lighting, no face (I like to suck on my bottom lip when I'm concentrating, not a pretty sight) and for playing it a wee bit wrong. I know I don't play it the same as Mr. Cutting, but on my Erica I think it sounds too shrill, so adapted the tune in order to play on the lower notes on the G row.
All in all, being 2 months late, I hope you all enjoy!
P.S. The Mory sounds a hell of alot better in person. Like a bajillion trillion million times better- and I never exaggerate! ;)
My favorite ever tune 8)
Sounded fine to me, the box sounds good as well better than when I played it a hundred years ago at The Shovel in Uxbridge when it was brand new.
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Gosh it's been ages since I've checked in here :(
I thought I'd try to catch up a bit on TOTM - so here's Feb's one I recorded today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8moaVCVbYxw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8moaVCVbYxw)
Andy does write such cracking tunes doesn't he?! :|glug
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Zubz: haven't heard from you in ages, and looks like the Saltarelle has changed into a Mory?
Q
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Zubz: haven't heard from you in ages, and looks like the Saltarelle has changed into a Mory?
Q
Indeed so on both counts! One I'm not happy with, and the other very much so :)
Good to be back :|glug
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I recorded another but wasn't going to upload it due to bed hair and some weird interpretative bits. Still I listened to it again and it sounded ok I guess (and I am bored of this god awful essay I have due tommorow). I'm in love with this tune, and booked to see Andy Cutting on my 21st birthday in order to hear him play it ;D
P.S. Don't try to waltz to this one, you'll pull a muscle the speed I'm playing it >:E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZpMHGr4YGM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZpMHGr4YGM)
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I just saw this topic and wanted to post my first video as belated TOTM-February '13 ::)
Played on a Saltarelle Bouebe G/C:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwDa_u2Qh3c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwDa_u2Qh3c)
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I just saw this topic and wanted to post my first video as belated TOTM-February '13 ::)
I missed this at the time, there's some very smooth and nifty playing going on here, well done!
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Way way late but I can't find any appropriate places to put this so I will put it here. I've been playing since september 2nd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVr6ithAAUk
It's a bit sloppy and i tripped up here and there but it sounds decent and I can do it perfectly off camera.
I've been learning by ear and I can play:
In continental mood
La Candela by (I forget)
La femme de marbre by S Delicq (simplified bass)
And part of septembre 2nd by S Delicq
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Very nice effort - well done!
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Another thread is back from the dead. Sorry, I guess. :D
My take on In Continental Mood by lovely Andy Cutting. I'm not there yet, even though I'm playing it at least once every time I pick up my box. It's just such a good tune... Maybe one day I will have it down a bit more fluid, but for now, I'm just happy with this recording. Will definitely revisit at some time in the future! (:)
https://soundcloud.com/laubblaeser/in-continental-mood-flatworld-take-1
Best wishes, Fred
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Only 7 years late....but it's such a wonderful tune, it's never too late!
https://youtu.be/_47t8qCOXmc
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Only 7 years late....but it's such a wonderful tune, it's never too late!
https://youtu.be/_47t8qCOXmc
Very well played.
btw I love it when these old threads are revived. (:)
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Thank you!
There is always the danger, with these Tunes of the Month, that, after they are recorded and posted on here, they are forgotten about.
I have only just started to learn some of Andy Cutting's compositions and it is making me realise what a stunning musician and composer he is. At the moment, I am learning 'New Pneus' and it reminds me so much about, when I had a Citröen 2CV and how it used to gently rock from front to back as it went along at the top speed of 68mph. It was like sitting on a wooden horse in a carousel. ;D Wonderful music!