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Great North Run

14 (17.5%)

Rosin the Bow

13 (16.3%)

Glory of the Sun

24 (30%)

Septembre

29 (36.3%)

Total Members Voted: 58

Voting closed: November 30, 2020, 05:55:17 PM

[Thrupenny Bit]

How you approach a tune depends on where you are on the learning curve.... which I think is what Clive is saying.
As a learner, to be able to play Flatworld reasonably well using Andy's chords is a goal which many of us wish to achieve. Mimicking an accomplished musician, using their way of tackling a tune and understanding their thinking is in itself a learning objective. To play it in such a manner is another goal to be achieved.

A more advanced player could do this and take it to another musical place, their spin on the tune, their interpretation etc which again is yet another goal.
..... which only goes to reinforce that ToTM can be approached from all points of the compass!

[CAB]

Yup.  The ultimate aim is to combine learning from various players and weave it into a personal style.  Slavish imitation of a master is an important step along the way but not the destination.

[Thrupenny Bit]

'Zackly 

[arty]

I am amazed at the amount of interest in this Tune of the Month....3 pages of comments before the last vote has been cast!  There are some good tunes to choose from though, which is great!

I consider myself lucky to have all 4 of Stéphane Delicq’s CDs and I was surprised, this morning, to see that he didn’t actually record Septembre on any of them. As already discussed, he did record Septembre 2 on the Aquarelle CD.

[Clive Williams]

I consider myself lucky to have all 4 of Stéphane Delicq’s CDs and I was surprised, this morning, to see that he didn’t actually record Septembre on any of them. As already discussed, he did record Septembre 2 on the Aquarelle CD.

There's 5 if you count his first album, released on record - it's on that. It predates his more well known repertoire and style by quite a lot of years, and as I remember the album art features him playing a Handry. There was a discussion on it a month or two back on this forum, presumably in the Recording and Videos thingy.

Here it is: http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php/topic,25305.msg301452.html#msg301452

[[[ In fact, it's your thread, silly me! :-) ]]]

[arty]

OMG...I’m getting old and forgetful! Thank you Clive...and I started that discussion too!!!

[Clive Williams]

You're not the only one. 'a month or two' = nearly 8 months. Time and memory are very strange things.

[arty]

Re Septembre, just a quick note....a long time ago, when I was looking at this tune, I had a message from Massimo Craveri, telling me to play the basses 'Bass, Chord, Bass' and not the more usual Bass, Chord, Chord.
Try it - it's tricky!