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Here's a little dance called a Galliard (or, in French, Galliarde) written by that most prolific of all composers, Anonymous. This was probably written between 1520 and 1529.
Enjoy!
Ed
"...a man ... should engage himself with the causes of the harmonious combination of sounds, and with the composition of music." Anatolius of Alexandria
Ed - very well played - love those early pieces - I just recorded a lovely little Minuet in A minor from the era of Bach - might post it here in the Bar soon - thanks for sharing.
Regards, JF
Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frederic Chopin
Current favorite bumper sticker: Wag more, bark less.
Thanks for your kind words. I look forward to hearing your minuet!
Ed
"...a man ... should engage himself with the causes of the harmonious combination of sounds, and with the composition of music." Anatolius of Alexandria
Composed by the German Johann Krieger (1651-1735), a contempoary of Bach and Handel, this gorgeous little piece in one of the prettiest of all keys has a very active left hand part with a "life of it's own". This is especially effective in the second section in the little LH "roll-over" that returns the piece to the RH theme initially heard in the first section. The repeat of the last four measures at the end is my own enhancement, which is not (but should be!) in the original score. Enjoy.
Here is my April Piano Bar submission. It is a tune from 1930 called On the Sunny Side of the Street. I used Movie Maker to give the video sort of a depression-era look to fit the song.
Angelo, hey, I really love that song, and you certainly did it justice with that laid-back, thoughtful performance. Well done.
Ed (EPF), that certainly has a medieval sound to it, like an ancient folk tune. Very nicely played, very smooth.
John, very pretty indeed. Your right-left hand coordination is impressive here.
Bill, very apropos! I always liked that song - the tune, the hopeful spirit. And you could have fooled me with that video editing trickery! Well done.
My piece this month is Blue Moon, featuring "Viv", my lovely Virtual Vocalist. She is not too good with lyrics, and her voice won't melt your heart, but I can count on her to sing the right note at the right time, and she rarely complains. And though you can't tell from her singing, she is absolutely gorgeous! (At least, in my mind's eye she is.)
By way of explanation - - I'm trying to learn how to accompany a singer, including the art of improvising little melodies to fill the empty spaces in songs, without getting in the singer's way. I don't think I'm there yet, but making progress.
Riddler (Ed) - I think you are too hard on yourself - your accompaniment and solo break sound down right professional to me. Excellent. Viv is lucky to have hooked up with you.
Absolutely Awesome! Loved it! You aren't really going to tell us that you've been playing for only two years, are you? I bookmarked your home page and will listen to more of your stuff. Great work!
I had to try the youtube-to-forum thing. It's my dad's birthday (he would have been 82 today) so I changed the song I wrote about him a little and here it is. It's called Judging Distances. On a side note... I would like to figure out how to record the audio on my computer audio program (metro) and then tie it in with my video program (i-movie). Does anyone here have i-movie and tried that?