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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #100 on: May 11, 2011, 08:18:01 AM »

Here's my ditty of a dirge  ::)
I used a strange low sounding single reed setting on the DG Saltarelle Nuage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVoAuDh_91o

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Very majestic with the nice minors in there - lovely
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #101 on: May 11, 2011, 10:06:59 AM »

Lovely Sandy!
great to see you've got the video camera working again, it's great to actually see what you're doing, even if I can't emulate it as well as I'ld like :(
« Last Edit: May 11, 2011, 10:36:21 AM by Ziachmusi/Louise »
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #102 on: May 11, 2011, 10:58:45 AM »

Thank you both......I wasn't sure at first about a total sombre version but it seemed apt ....

Ash Grove did remind me of my 'yoof' and old paper round in West London. It was in Ash Grove that I found an injured pigeon.  I put the papers under a bush (it was raining) and took the pigeon in the bag back home to my dad' aviary.

To cut a long story short..the papers got wet..... I got the sack....and the pigeon died   :o

sorry, just thought I'd share that with you

Sandy
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #103 on: May 11, 2011, 04:54:17 PM »

No it works so well. As for the pigeon - the famous Dominique Forge scottiche sansonnet is named after a dying starling. Incidentally I got an email for Dominique who is touring UK in October with his band and was after a fill-in gig

 BandaBéro sera ..
   à Norwich le mercredi 26 Oct -  à Sommerset le jeudi 27 Oct
   à St albans le samedi 29 Oct -   à Bath le dimanche 30 Oct


PS - it might have been me that shot the pigeon after what they did to my car. Those ash (yes, really) shoots seem to ' go straight through them'! Then set like concrete overnight  >:(
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #104 on: May 12, 2011, 02:14:47 AM »

  I put the papers under a bush (it was raining) and took the pigeon in the bag back home to my dad' aviary.
To cut a long story short..the papers got wet..... I got the sack....and the pigeon died   :o
sorry, just thought I'd share that with you

Sandy
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  But... your intentions were beyond reproach ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #105 on: May 13, 2011, 05:37:10 PM »

Here's my ditty of a dirge  ::)
I used a strange low sounding single reed setting on the DG Saltarelle Nuage.

Sandy
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Very beautiful.  I love that "strange low sounding single reed."  I use that setting a lot on my Pastourelle.  I call it "playing the Low Lonesome."
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #106 on: May 15, 2011, 11:00:07 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0

As writted in the YouTube intro:
I sat down tinkering with this tune and had no idea what I was going to do with it. When I tried making varations, it kept on trying to turn into other tunes and pieces of music. So now we have a set of classical-style variations with several impersonations of other tunes:
- played straight apart form the fluffed notes
- as a mazurka
- a polka that turned into the slow movement of Haydn's "Surprise" symphony
- the obligatory minor key variation
- a version that is trying to impersonate Stoney Steps (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MJLh_Wzh9E to compare with the real thing)



Tech note: I finally cracked the problem with weird grey pixellated video corruption at the start - by uploading in a .MKV container file instead of .MP4  :Ph :|glug :|glug
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #107 on: May 15, 2011, 11:06:39 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0



A splendid medley of variations - inspiration to us all  :-)
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #108 on: May 15, 2011, 11:31:08 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0

This, along with other submissions this month, is a great example of "possibility thinking". We can improve our playing not only by trying more challenging pieces but taking a simple piece and seeing what musical possibilities we can discover.

TOTM in all its glory!
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #109 on: May 15, 2011, 12:04:15 PM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0

Brilliant, Anahata - your variations work really well. It deserves to become part of your concert/festival repertoire.

Andy

PS Just realised who it reminds me of - Messrs Sartin and Hutchinson in Belshazzars Feast.
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #110 on: May 15, 2011, 01:38:56 PM »

Had friends round yesterday so we gave "the Ash grove" a go. I kept getting lost ::) but enjoyed it anyway :||:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q78afuN12HQ

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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #111 on: May 16, 2011, 12:12:40 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!   (:)
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #112 on: May 16, 2011, 12:15:02 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!   (:)


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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #113 on: May 16, 2011, 09:23:51 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGyGn9hRbp0


Goodness me I nearly swore. :Ph    AMAZING !! .....but I sort of miss the signature pixelation at the beginning  :P
thank you

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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #114 on: May 16, 2011, 10:00:54 AM »

Goodness me I nearly swore. :Ph

;D  Actually I thought you especially might appreciate the Stoney Steps variant, having had a go at learning the tune yourself.

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Oh, I know how to do that now if you want it   :P

Thanks to all who made such positive comments. I was really nervous about doing this in case it should turn out just too silly.
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #115 on: May 16, 2011, 01:50:24 PM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...

Brill!  This is excellent on the level of Swarbick's "The Trip We Took Over the Mountain" or, dare I say it, Mozart's "Twinkle Variations."

Very inspiring.
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #116 on: May 16, 2011, 03:44:36 PM »

WOW! that is amazing - especially the "Stoney Ash Grove Steps"  8)
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #117 on: May 17, 2011, 12:59:43 AM »

Had friends round yesterday so we gave "the Ash grove" a go. I kept getting lost ::) but enjoyed it anyway :||:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q78afuN12HQ

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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #118 on: May 17, 2011, 01:06:54 AM »

Variations and Impersonations, in the which The Ash Grove sometimes pretends to be other tunes with varying degrees of success...

Wow, fabulous Anahata, the aural equivalent of reading a great story  (:)
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Re: Tune of the Month for May 2011: The Ash Grove
« Reply #119 on: May 17, 2011, 04:06:38 AM »

Had friends round yesterday so we gave "the Ash grove" a go. I kept getting lost ::) but enjoyed it anyway :||:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q78afuN12HQ

Louise

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