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I've been trying to get my Passepied back into shape and post a video but I keep flubbing. I may post for August bar or should I entertain you with a flubby Passepied for July ?
To flub is human. You are in good company. Flub away!!!
Here you go!! In two parts too !! (for no reason!)..
Here's a Piazzolla piece I learned a couple of weeks ago - Milonga del angel. Still needs some work but thought I would share it here - I'm new to the Piano Bar.
I mentioned elsewhere that I had a Bach piece to practice. Well I had a go, kind of playing by ear after a brief study of the sheet (it's a bit pixelated) Just a few bars
That was really nice, Pianogirl. I'm new to piano and have a very limited knowledge of the range of music available to the piano. So, it was nice to learn of another composer, and another selection, but, mostly, nice to hear your performance.
I was invited to this forum by my good friend -Candlelight Piano -I am told you are a great bunch of guys here -so here goes for my first post -
This is a piece I wrote a few years ago -someone said i couldn't write a happy rock piece-so this was my answer -I hope you like it -I normally write serious emotional pieces .
I was invited to this forum by my good friend -Candlelight Piano -I am told you are a great bunch of guys here -so here goes for my first post -
This is a piece I wrote a few years ago -someone said i couldn't write a happy rock piece-so this was my answer -I hope you like it -I normally write serious emotional pieces .
PianogrlNW - Welcome to the Piano Bar! A beautiful melody you bring to the fore, even more beautifully played. A very passionate piece and you express the moods so very well. Never heard of Astor Piazzolla until now - thank you for introducing his music.
Phil60~~ Nice to see you at the Piano Bar, Phil - Welcome! Nice use of the scales and broken arpeggios in the right hand and the flow of notes in the left. Very upbeat piece of music. Good work!
Elssa~ I recall It Had to Be You from a long time back - a great tune from the twenties sung by so many wonderful vocalists. Your free form style is wonderful with this particular piece of music. Very enjoyable, indeed!
pianoprimo1~ gotta love Rachmaninoff! Thanks for sharing your practice take on Op 8 No 2. It’s a beautiful melody.
Larry, keep working at BWV 846. Using the sheet music will help you capture the details in the music and dynamics. Look forward to hearing it after it’s under your fingers.
sor~~ Welcome to the Piano Bar, and congratulations your new piano!- great start on Chopin’s Tristesse! Keeping the upper notes of the right hand at the center of the melody while keeping the accompaniments in check is so very difficult. Bach’s Gigue, Partita BWV 825 is superbly executed - I thoroughly enjoyed. Look forward to hearing the entire B-flat score, soon.
DebussyChopin~~ very nice Passepied! You play with lots of energy, and I’d like to hear it as a direct recording in to the the computer if you are willing to do it. You play so very well.
Ed~~ I’m a huge fan of Brubeck. You bring the energy necessary to play this quite nicely. With those crazy time signatures and tempo, it must get a bit tiring! I liked your take on Blue Rondo a la Turk. You’ve motivated me to learn a Brubeck piece!
Nice to see you back in the bar this month, Newman. Welcome first posters, Hello and nice work everyone.
A really lovely piece PianogrlNW. I've really liked much of Piazzolla compositions. All of which have been fairly recent to me. This is very pretty and nicely performed.
I'll look forward to the Bach later on, Larry. Just a caution that if memorizing almost immediately from the score, you need to be extra careful what you commit to memory. An extra check will always be needed for us that like to do this, and even then sometimes things creep in. I'm sharing a Bach Prelude this month which had a bit of straightening out. I think is close now ...
I'm just getting back from vacation and starting to catch up with the nice tunes at the piano bar.
I just finished an arrangement of Cavatina, The Theme from The Deer Hunter.
Cavatina is one of those magical instrumental pieces that can make a movie climb from just "very good" to "classic". The emotional heft that this theme gave to "The Deer Hunter" made all the difference in the greatness of this picture IMHO.
"Cavatina" is a 1970 classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers and best remembered as the theme from The Deer Hunter.
The piece had been recorded by classical guitarist John Williams, long before the film that made it famous. It had originally been written for piano but at Williams' invitation, Myers re-wrote it for guitar and expanded it. After this transformation, it was first used for the film The Walking Stick (1970). In 1973, Cleo Laine wrote lyrics and recorded the song as "He Was Beautiful", accompanied by Williams.