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Cathy, Rickster, Monica, Angelojf, and Carl: Thanks for your lovely performances! I've my sight reading my way through some Christmas carols lately, but nothing up to performance standard.
Edit: Listening to yours as well, Morodiene.

Carl, that's a beautiful arrangement that highlights the clarity of your Schimmel well; "bell-like" describes it perfectly.


Morodiene, 10 takes is NOTHING! That was a beautiful arrangement, too, very new age-ish, like David Nevue, only harder.

I presented this on back but have made some changes (One being the title). It's an original called "Faded Scarlet Bow".

Peyton, that song was so mellow, and the Jingle Bells at the end was very cool. Thanks for sharing that. You get a special cookie:

That's beautiful, Peyton. I don't remember the old title, but I know I like this one. It should be out there receiving radio time.

p.s. What is the musical term for that tinkle-tinkle-tinkle thing you do down the keyboard a couple of times, for instance, right at the end of the song? It's not really an arpeggio is it, as it sounds like you're alternating a high-low, high-low pattern of chord notes, rather than 3? Whatever it is, I like it.

Carl, your "O Come, Emanuel" was just beautiful!

Morodiene - That was a great arrangement of "The First Noel", and of course, excellently played.

I think you'd just call them broken 6ths or whatever interval.

Thanks! That sounds ever so much more knowledgeable than "that tinkle tinkle thing."

I kinda like the tinkle tinkle thing!

Carl McC - what a lovely, lovely piece, and your interpretation was exquisite.

Cathy

Morodiene - lovely. I liked the arrangement because it didn't lose the melody. You played it beautifully.




It's not called a waggle, hunh? Guess I'll have to change my nomenclature :\

But I really like the way your piano playing complements the song, Peyton - the fills have just the right kind of poignancy, and they're timed well. Thanks for the tune.

Cathy

This is my holiday tune:



I'm still a piano beginner, so the only spicing up I could really accomplish is adding some basic guitar, a few "ahhhhs" from my keyboard, and some amazing images from the Hubble telescope. :-)

I loved it, Ben! What a wonderful combination, and a great arrangement. I love the creativity - make what you can do work - and this was pro Beautiful.

Cathy

Thanks, Cathy, that means a lot!

Morodiene, what a great arrangement and beautiful playing!

Peyton, I agree, you should get radio time! That was such a great song.

And Ben, loved the guitar with the piano. The telescope shots were perfect for the song!

Thank you!

Peyton, great job on your performance. Very nice song too.

I thought Swingin' Barb explained that "tinkle" thing back on page 1

JF

Very nicely done Carl - I really like the way you "paced" this lovely Carol - plenty of "breathing room" in there making it very listenable. You left me wanting more...

JF

I like "tinkle, tinkle, tinkle thing". I was anguishing over a name for the song... that might of worked..

It's real simple. Aflat (thumb)/Eflat (4th finger)..A (thumb) Bflat (2nd finger)... F/Bflat... Eflat/Bflat... Dflat (thumb) Eflat (2nd finger)... C/Eflat...Bflat/Eflat...Aflat/Eflat. Then repeat continuing down. I have done it with a more complicated pattern but in the end this seemed to say what I needed.

Many thanks all for the compliments! I've been thinking about this song and the "Christmas tune" thread we have here every year but still got caught by surprise thinking December had to be at least another two months off....