The Mellotron Group

Depends on which ones you push and when. I just recently discovered that  
the keys repeat. I found this out when I couldn't find the keys of 'I' or 'V' 
 and so I looked it all up
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2013 3:35:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
Different not better.


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:33 PM, <_lsf5275@aol.com_ 
(mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
did you guys know that if you put your  fingers on the keys and kinda do, 
like, every other key and sometimes a  black one here and there you get a 
better sound than when you push down a  bunch that are right next to each other 
all at once?
 
 
In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:53:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_markpringnz@gmail.com_ (mailto:markpringnz@gmail.com)  writes:

 
 
Simple chord theory isn't difficult, and for popular music at least  you 
don't need to know much, you could probably harmonize most popular  music with 
2 or 3 chords, 4 if you want to sound sophisticated! There are  loads of 
tutorials available on the net. 

My limited knowledge came  from "The Pocket book of piano chords for 
dummies" which covers nearly  every chord you could think of and "Music 
Composition for Dummies."  

Once you get used to the various chord shapes on the keyboard you  can 
improvise without thinking about what chords you are actually playing.  I'm a 
bit like Fritz I often don't know what chord I am playing but  probably for 
different reasons! However it does help to know what key you  are in but even 
that is not essential.


There are rules but they are made to be broken. J S Bach did  absolutely 
astonishing things with harmony which should sound dreadful,  and admittedly 
do when I play them, but in the hands of a good player they  sound wonderful.



Mark



On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:42 AM, R l <_bluesrock77@hotmail.com_ 
(mailto:bluesrock77@hotmail.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
Chord construction...it sounds good for a non-musician like  me...could you 
please ellaborate?
tks



 
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From: _tomdcour@amnh.org_ (mailto:tomdcour@amnh.org) 
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:04:29  +0000
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Dying  Day.


 

My daughters piano teacher recently gave me a "refresher" course on  chord 
construction- very interesting really, think I wrote like 15 songs  right 
after!!




From: Tony Moffett <_atm655@verizon.net_ (mailto:atm655@verizon.net) >
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Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:56  AM
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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re:  The Dying Day.




 
Bernie I think it's holding down more than one key at a time.
Some arbitrary names were assigned to them by folks in the "way  back 
times".
It's my guess, I could be wrong.


Tony


On Apr 25, 2013, at 6:43 AM, "tron400" <_tron400@yahoo.com_ 
(mailto:tron400@yahoo.com) > wrote:



What are these "chords" you speak of?

Bernie

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> Thanks. This is a bit embarrassing, I am not certain           of the 
chords as it was a live improvisation. I think it started in e  minor and it's 
mainly a mixture of descending 5ths and 4ths, it  wanders around in F for a 
bit then ends in C. The sound is a mixture  of the Mark II violins from 
Redtron and the tremolo strings preset  from the Synth 1 VST. I recorded it 
using Reaper and added some extra  reverb in Audacity.
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> Very sweet. The opening chord and sound  reminds me of In the wake of 
Poseidon...what are they?
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> Nice mellow piece
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> For Anzac Day 
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