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Variations for a beginner
JM:
While I am still a relative beginner, I have been learning some french tunes that have really motivated my learning. For one of those tunes (Le Revenant) I also have the tabs or dots for about 6 variations. Learning both the original and some variations has been extremely helpful in seeing how one might create variations on other tunes. It also helps me be able to play a song more than 40 seconds long!
To build on this, I was wondering if anyone be willing to share a tune or two that they also have the tabs/dots for some variations?
My current ability is able to play:
La Mal Aimable
Valse a Ollu
Mon Amant de St Jean
Valse a Mary
Loubov
and others
Many thanks!
JM
Pete Dunk:
I have lots of variation sets but all are Northumbrian or to a lesser extent Scottish in origin not French. These are .abc files but could be made into PDFs
What keys are your box tuned to? Is your interest French music only?
Chris Ryall:
Not sure "variations" should be written down as they are in a sense part of what makes your play unique. improvisation even more so, but that's a much longer journey.
Listen to everyone you can hear play. Borrow what sounds good to you. Listen again, and realise that many tricks eg breaking the chord rhythm, can be applied in one of your pieces in the same way.
Listen more and find "universals" like note sequence inversions, or replacing tune with a chord arpeggio (learn the useful right end chords). Listen to yourself, refine what you did last month.
This is as much about listening as learning as you have to train sensibilities as much as your fingers.
Is also as much about one's journey as the destination.
Sebastian:
--- Quote from: Chris Ryall on May 03, 2016, 09:05:35 AM ---Not sure "variations" should be written down as they are in a sense part of what makes your play unique. improvisation even more so, but that's a much longer journey.
--- End quote ---
To me it is helpfull for more detailed analysing to have the notation in addition. It is an additional source of information.
Jack Campin:
Like Pete, I have lots of variation sets from the north end of Britain, but they were all intended for the flute, pipes or violin and would probably be a pig to play on the melodeon. Look at my "Old Scottish Flute Music" pages for a few:
http://www.campin.me.uk/Flute/Webrelease/Flute/Flute.htm
Is there a French tradition of anything comparable? If there is I've never encountered it.
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