Dave Horne

My mother-in-law has a man made pond in her garden and is probably a few feet deep. I just shoveled her driveway and probably made that pond a little deeper. Glad to hear that even though it was an unfortunate accident, it happened after the job and not before ... and am glad to hear that you're OK.

I guess we could say the job was a ... wash? I guess from what you wrote, you didn't play the job ... ? Did you get paid? How exactly does this work? (At least the piano was intact. )

I saw this at a Buddy Hackett page ... My wife said to me, I want to be cremated. I said, How about Tuesday?

I like them lights. Purdy!

While looking up information regarding Bob Hope I came across the following which I thought funny and classic ... From Wiki .... On July 27, 2003, Bob Hope died at his home in Toluca Lake at 9:28 p.m. According to one of Hope's daughters, when asked on his deathbed where he wanted to be buried, he told his wife, "Surprise me."

It's been a while since anything has been added and I thought I'd add an oldie ... and perhaps, a moldy. Sweet Lorraine

SK, I enjoyed that! It's good to have you back, we haven't seen you in a while.

I just listened to Darn That Dream. I really enjoyed listening to that - very nicely done!

Dave Ferris, for the longest time I had problems with YouTube; I'd almost always receive the 'video does not exist' message. I researched the problem and went through the same thing as you with installing Java Script/Adobe Flash 9 (or whatever it was) and I still had a problem. I had that problem for months. All at once, the problem went away and I attribute that to a Windows Update though I have no proof of that. Just a thought.

Leon, when you work jobs what kind of music do you play?

I agree, that is amazing playing! Leon, I hope you contribute more tunes to this thread. Welcome!

Dave Ferris, that is a very, very nice reharm! I play that tune but nowhere near the reharm you've done.

Yea, I'm I'm with Linwood - a very brave first post and done well! When reharmonizing a song, are there certain guidelines that you follow? There are simple little tricks that I use. I'll take a look at where I want a certain note in the melody to end harmonically on. Let's say I want the fifth note of the melody to have some kind of 'C' chord. I'll work backwards from there. The fourth note of the melody will have some kind of 'G' chord, the third note of the melody will have some kind of 'D' chord ... and so on. Sometimes you can force things through, sometimes not. ... or I'll approach the 'fifth' note of the melody (in this example) using chromatically ascending or descending chords. If I wanted a 'C' type chord on the fifth note of the melody, the fourth note will 'see' some kind of 'Db' chord ... and so on ..... or I'll approach it from a 1/2 step below. ... or I'll use the same exact voicing using parallel (block) chords. Each melody note will be, for example, the +11 of a chord and I'll use the same exact voicing for every melody note. (You can't do this for too long, say, four of five melody notes.) Anytime I see a dominant 7th chord I break it up into a ii7 - V7. That alone doubles your chords and helps to move things along. If I see a minor iv chord, I'll think a bVII chord ... and so on. Before I reharmonize anything I simply play just the melody and listen. These 'tricks' can be worked on systematically.

Mo 'Wurst, would it be possible to play it slower. I have more time to waste than most.

Impressive!

SK, I spent a lot of time trying to solve this problem and had no success. I have this problem on two different computers. I jumped through all the hoops given to me by YouTube and still can not view all videos. I would be interested in knowing more about BIAB and what modules I should consider purchasing. Is it out of place to ask this here?

I tried Opera and after several attempts got the video to appear. Nice playing! I may buy BIAB to make my practicing more interesting.

... We're sorry, this video is no longer available. .... suggestions?

AVALARF, perhaps you could share with us just how you actually created that tune. Did you play all the parts yourself or did you use a style from an arranging keyboard, play the melody and have the keyboard fill in the rest?

I took three weeks off from the piano (wife's vacation) and am back to practicing. This is my third day back and I'm not too far from where I was before the vacation. I hope to add something within a week or so - I'm Old Fashioned perhaps - nothing too creative, just a play through.

I just got back from vacation and saw that this thread was placed somewhere in Utah ... so to speak. I was away for three weeks and it will take at least a week to be back in shape but I hope to add more to this most important thread. I will admit the Keytar thread is tempting though. So, where the f*** is everyone?

SK, your minor piece wasn't so minor after all. Very nice!

The F#, an octave and a tritone from the top C, as well as the G and G# - one sample, are out of tune when the sustain pedal is depressed. Regarding your tuner, a friend of mine who lives in Bonita (outside of San Diego, I believe) pays $ 95 per tuning and I thought that was a lot. He has a seven foot Steinway.

Dave F, I particularly liked that sequence for a few measures before the last bar. Since you and I have the same sample set, do you hear three or six (one or two samples) tones that are out of slightly out of tune in the top end of the piano but only when you use the sustain pedal?

Short and sweet, very nice! (And coincidentally, I was almost the 5,000,000,000th visitor to that site. This is my lucky day.) I think George and his beautiful sister Ira are a tough act to follow .... though the following might give some food for thought. Well, if I had to do it all over again, Babe, I'd do it all over you. And if I had to wait for ten thousand years, Babe, I'd even do that too. Well, a dog's got his bone in the alley, A cat, she's got nine lives, A millionaire's got a million dollars, King Saud's got four hundred wives. Well, ev'rybody's got somethin' That they're lookin' forward to. I'm lookin' forward to when I can do it all again And babe, I'll do it all over you.