Mellotronists

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From: RotateyDiskers@...

To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 9:17 PM

Subject: Fwd: [Mellotronists] sheet music for the mellotron...

In a message dated 22/03/2004 19:51:05 GMT Standard Time, andy.thompson@virgin.net writes:


Ah yes! the old "Watcher of the Skies intro 'tron part" conversation.

Andy is quite correct here (again!!).

I'm just being a smartarse - Banks did play it on a Hammond/'Tron violins combination once he got the M400, largely because the strings and brass were allegedly out of tune with each other. Surely not?

I've actually got a brief and very terse interview with Banks on the subject from a few years ago up on my site:

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/genesis.htm

So what exactly was played on the "accordion" side is an interesting point as a sustained F-sharp is not possible due to the highly controversial, and some would say, unconstitutional 8-second rule. It sounds like some sneaky altering of an F-sharp and an octave below or above (depending on where you start)

Sounds to me like low, high, etc. Although... I thought there was only half-a-keyboard's-worth of the sound on there? Looking at my machine, I've just realised that F# is the only note that's only there twice, and he can't have retuned it... Can he?

Andy T.