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Title: Alf Ritchie's Balanced Incline
Post by: Little Eggy on July 26, 2017, 11:29:45 PM

Even without the basses I'm finding this tune - on 'Banquet of Boxes' - very hard to play.  When I can't pick up a tune by ear I normally dive for the music but haven't found anything yet.   Is anyone aware of a transcription in any format?

Title: Re: Alf Ritchie's Balanced Incline
Post by: brackenrigg on August 23, 2017, 05:55:16 PM

My take on it - sorry no basses
X:1
T: Alf Richie's Balanced Incline
M:4/4
C: Simon Ritchie
L:1/4
K:D
A/B/c/|:d >AFA|d>efe|d>AFd|c/d/e/c/ A2|
B>GDG|B>cdc|B>cdd|c/d/e/c/ d2:|
|:BG/d/cB/c/|dB/d/ec/e/|fd/f/ge/g/|A/A/ B/c/d2|
bg/b/ af/a/|ge/g/fd/f/|ec/e/fd/f/|B/d/c/e/ d2:|

Title: Re: Alf Ritchie's Balanced Incline
Post by: Little Eggy on August 26, 2017, 02:03:44 PM

Quote from: brackenrigg on August 23, 2017, 05:55:16 PM

My take on it - sorry no basses
X:1
T: Alf Richie's Balanced Incline
M:4/4
C: Simon Ritchie
L:1/4
K:D
A/B/c/|:d >AFA|d>efe|d>AFd|c/d/e/c/ A2|
B>GDG|B>cdc|B>cdd|c/d/e/c/ d2:|
|:BG/d/cB/c/|dB/d/ec/e/|fd/f/ge/g/|A/A/ B/c/d2|
bg/b/ af/a/|ge/g/fd/f/|ec/e/fd/f/|B/d/c/e/ d2:|

That's great - thanks very much.  I was missing a lot struggling to do it by ear!

Title: Re: Alf Ritchie's Balanced Incline
Post by: Pete Dunk on August 26, 2017, 04:52:57 PM

I think all of the crotchets need to be played staccato to get the rythmn to sound more like the recording so I've messed about a bit with Geoff's transcription (hope you don't mind!) and added (suggested) chords although I hear only bass notes without chords in Simon's playing.

X:1
T:Alf Richie's Balanced Incline
M:4/4
C:Simon Ritchie
L:1/4
%%titlefont Helvetica, 22
%%subtitlefont Helvetica,16
%%partsfont Arial, 20
%%partsbox
%%gchordfont Arial, 16
%%barnumbers 1
V:1 gchord=down
V:2
Q:1/4=185
K:D
V:1
A/B/c/|:"D"d >A .F.A|d>"A7"e .f.e|"D"d>A Fd|"A7"c/d/e/c/ "D"A2|"G"B>G .D.G|
"G" B>c "D".d.c|"G"B>c "D".d.d|"A7"c/d/e/c/ "D"d2::"G".BG/d/ "A7".cB/c/|"D".dB/d/ "A7".ec/e/|
"D".fd/f/ "G".ge/g/|"A7"A/A/ B/c/ "D"d2|"G".bg/b/ "D".af/a/|\
"G".ge/g/ "D".fd/f/|"A7".ec/e/ "D".fd/f/|"G"B/d/c/e/ "D"d2:|

Title: Re: Alf Ritchie's Balanced Incline
Post by: Little Eggy on September 02, 2017, 07:47:33 AM

That is excellent. Thanks very much indeed.

Title: Re: Alf Ritchie's Balanced Incline
Post by: Little Eggy on December 15, 2020, 03:59:17 PM

After several years of trying to 'get' this tune into my fingers I thought I'd give it a go.  It makes its way up to the dusty end which is very unfamiliar territory for me.
It is great fun to play, even though I look quite pained playing it!  And thanks to the forum members above who provided the abc.

https://youtu.be/VAhw5Ii8OwU