"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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I only know what I like.

Country and Western, huh?



Regards

Donal

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Ya know what? You don't know what you sent...the first part was the correct
version of "Air" but it went immediately into a boogie thing....I think you
may have loaded a file on top of your "Air" file....I thought you were
referring to the following boogie thing as being an attempt at a variation
in boogie rhythm....Sorry...you did a very good job on the note for note
"Air" I'm impressed that you've come this far with your piano studies and
certainly was not being derogatory of the Bach in its' natural form...only
of the attached boogie stuff...

"Donal" wrote in message
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"katysails" wrote in message
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Bach's Air on the G String is one of my favorite pieces...I
don't,however,
have appreciation for it with a boogie baseline beat....

That's a very interesting comment. I wasn't aware that I had put a boogie
beat on the bass. In fact, I've used the metronome to try to make sure
that
I play it correctly. I've really worked hard to get the bass correct.


Does it really seem to have a boogie beat the whole way through?



It's the same with
others who have tried to improve on what's already perfect....why? Why
take
something that's beautiful and turn it into something else?

I wasn't trying to improve on it. I really thought that I was playing it
"note for note".

I thought that my demonstration would show that Bach was the father of
modern blues. Bach was one of the first composers to make use of the
"chordal progression" which is the foundation upon which blues, jazz, and
rock is based.


Also, I've recently been learning a Bach piece that seems to be the
inspiration for one of Pink Floyd's songs.


Instead, write
your own rather than changing what someone else has created....

Honestly, I didn't think that I had changed it. I played it to the best
of
my ability.


BTW, if you
like that piece, you would probably really like barber's Adagio for
Strings,....


I do............


Regards


Donal
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Man, I am so sorry Donal that this was all misconstrued...let's start
over...the Air was lovely...forget that you sent another file attached with
it...that i could take or leave....and yes, I totally see your point about
the Adagio form being a precursor to blues...I love musica lachrymose...Mr
Sails says I'm maudlin..I just tell him I'm Irish...

"Donal" wrote in message
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"katysails" wrote in message
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Bach's Air on the G String is one of my favorite pieces...I
don't,however,
have appreciation for it with a boogie baseline beat....

That's a very interesting comment. I wasn't aware that I had put a boogie
beat on the bass. In fact, I've used the metronome to try to make sure
that
I play it correctly. I've really worked hard to get the bass correct.


Does it really seem to have a boogie beat the whole way through?



It's the same with
others who have tried to improve on what's already perfect....why? Why
take
something that's beautiful and turn it into something else?

I wasn't trying to improve on it. I really thought that I was playing it
"note for note".

I thought that my demonstration would show that Bach was the father of
modern blues. Bach was one of the first composers to make use of the
"chordal progression" which is the foundation upon which blues, jazz, and
rock is based.


Also, I've recently been learning a Bach piece that seems to be the
inspiration for one of Pink Floyd's songs.


Instead, write
your own rather than changing what someone else has created....

Honestly, I didn't think that I had changed it. I played it to the best
of
my ability.


BTW, if you
like that piece, you would probably really like barber's Adagio for
Strings,....


I do............


Regards


Donal
--

"Donal" wrote in message
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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I only know what I like.

Country and Western, huh?

YEEEEEECH!

"katysails" wrote in message
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Ya know what? You don't know what you sent...the first part was the
correct
version of "Air" but it went immediately into a boogie thing....I think
you
may have loaded a file on top of your "Air" file....I thought you were
referring to the following boogie thing as being an attempt at a variation
in boogie rhythm....Sorry...you did a very good job on the note for note
"Air" I'm impressed that you've come this far with your piano studies and
certainly was not being derogatory of the Bach in its' natural form...only
of the attached boogie stuff...

Ok, I understand.
The "attached" stuff in intended to shock, however it is also intended to
sound impressive. I've got to play them in public in a couple of weeks.
I'm toying with the unusual linkage that I've posted. That is why I've
posted it. I was hoping to get feedback.


Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message
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"katysails" wrote in message
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I think Bach, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Liszt, Van
Cliburn,
Beethoven, just to name a few, would find this whole thread very
amusing...

Here Katy, just for you!


www.lanode.com/priv/bachblue.mid


Not very good, but Bach provided the inspiration for much modern music.



Regards


Donal


Okay. Did you write it?

John Cairns

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"katysails" wrote in message

Bach's Air on the G String is one of my favorite pieces...

I had an arrangement of it played at my mother's funeral. Also Samuel
Barber, Rachmaninoff, and Albinoni.

The Albinoni Adagio is also beautiful...

Indeed. My daughter, age ten at the time, requested Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini--the melodic interlude from the middle--because it
was one of her and her grandmother's favorite pieces. I requested Samuel
Barber's Adagio for Strings to be played just before the pastor spoke.
Following the crescendo near the end, there was nary a dry eye in the
church. That is a most moving piece, and it still makes me misty whenever I
play it.

Max

Have you heard the sung version.? It's very difficult...we performed it at
a dedication of a church in Frankenmuth about 4 year ago....same
effect...very moving piece...

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"katysails" wrote in message

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"katysails" wrote in message

Bach's Air on the G String is one of my favorite pieces...

I had an arrangement of it played at my mother's funeral. Also Samuel
Barber, Rachmaninoff, and Albinoni.

The Albinoni Adagio is also beautiful...

Indeed. My daughter, age ten at the time, requested Rachmaninoff's
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini--the melodic interlude from the
middle--because it was one of her and her grandmother's favorite pieces.
I requested Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings to be played just before
the pastor spoke. Following the crescendo near the end, there was nary a
dry eye in the church. That is a most moving piece, and it still makes me
misty whenever I play it.

Max

"katysails" wrote in message

Have you heard the sung version.? It's very difficult...we performed it
at a dedication of a church in Frankenmuth about 4 year ago....same
effect...very moving piece...

No. I'm assuming there aren't lyrics, only vocal chord voicings, and I can
imagine it could be most impressive. No instruments, not even strings, are
as expressive as human voices. Except, of course, dog and cat voices. g

Max

I thought they only sang Christmas carols there.

Scotty


"katysails" wrote in message
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Have you heard the sung version.? It's very difficult...we
performed it at
a dedication of a church in Frankenmuth about 4 year ago....same
effect...very moving piece...

"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"katysails" wrote in message

"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"katysails" wrote in message

Bach's Air on the G String is one of my favorite pieces...

I had an arrangement of it played at my mother's funeral. Also
Samuel
Barber, Rachmaninoff, and Albinoni.

The Albinoni Adagio is also beautiful...

Indeed. My daughter, age ten at the time, requested
Rachmaninoff's
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini--the melodic interlude from the
middle--because it was one of her and her grandmother's favorite
pieces.
I requested Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings to be played just
before
the pastor spoke. Following the crescendo near the end, there was
nary a
dry eye in the church. That is a most moving piece, and it still
makes me
misty whenever I play it.

Max