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Thanks guys!

Peyton - have you seen Pletnev play the second bit. Awesome.



PS: He can't hit a 10th - I always think of him when I moan something is too hard because I can't hit a 10th. No excuses!

Very well done, LaValse. I enjoy attempting to play Schumann. A wonderful composer.

Glen

Yes, I've seen that. In fact as I struggle I keep coming back to watch him to hear how it's done. I can't even come close....

ED-Holy cow! Your Tico-Tico on the organ wasn't just "hold on to your hat", it was a "hold onto your hair" performance! I loved it.

LAVALSE - The Schumann was beautiful! Definitely recital-worthy.

Here's me and Augustina's duet for the month so far Sorry for any mistakes on this one. It was a bit more difficult to keep the rhythm with each other on this duet than some of the other ones :P

Corpse Bride piano duet

It sounded good to me - but does it really end that abruptly or did the video just cut off? I guess for something called Corpse Bride perhaps an abrupt end is what to expect!!

me playing Simple Gifts

La Valse - that was lovely!

Cathy

LaValse, nice job on the Schumann piece.

ladypayne, What a name for a piece. I can imagine that was a challenging duet with those tricky rhythms. Great job.

Augustina, Simple Gifts sounds like the hymn Lord of the Dance. I love that one. Nice!

There's a very good reason for that!

Well, I'm not great at coming up with comments, but Here they are
TrueBeginner- that was great!
Peyton I've never heard of Lenard Cohen, But great preformance, and love the singing:)
Andy- that was so pretty:)
Rickster- You always seem to have so much fun playing your songs it was fun to listen to, great job!:)
Ed, That was very well played, and I enjoyed Tico Tico also:)
Elssa, I liked watching the light on the piano, From the metronome?:) Tico Tico was also fun to listen to, great job!
Glen, loved your songs:)
Bill, another great song:)
LadyPayne nice job on Turkey and the Straw, and Corpse Bride was kind of hard to keep the rhythm, but I don't think it sounds that bad:)
LaValse- That was very pretty, nicely played too:)

DUET GIRLS - For the tricky rhythms on Corpse Bride, well done! I like this very much. (I really think you guys should come up with a separate name for your duo )

AUGUSTINA- Very nice on Simple Gifts! Such a great melody, another one well done.

hmm a separate name for our duo Interesting idea! No idea on a name though =(

That was from the Rhumba rhythm setting on my Roland there -
All the rhythms have the flashing lights that I try to pay attention to and play along with (not always too successfully). It was fun to use it with Tico Tico, though.

It's great to play along with the different rhythms, Latin, Swing, etc.. sort of like playing with a little band.

I enjoyed your "Simple Gifts"! As always, very gracefully played and lovely to listen to.

Ed, please post some more of your old Hammond recordings.. they're sensational!

Here's one I did on my Conn organ (with pedals) back around 1980, also with a cheap little recorder, so sound quality is not so hot (okay, really bad):

BRAZIL

LaValse,

I really enjoyed that Schumann, I didn't know this piece, but it sounds strangely familar, similar to something. Then the penny dropt...isn't it: "O Iesu Mawr"?

Yes, Elssa, that recording was really bad. The playing, though, was quite nice. I think that your bad recording captured a bit more of the bass than did Ed's.

Thanks, Dennis. Yes, I remember I had a loud bass setting on with the pedals for that one. Too bad I didn't have my Zoom H2 recorder back then, though. Maybe I'll redo it now.. still have that same organ.