The Mellotron Group

Nice! Was it a pump spinster?
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2013 4:42:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
markpringnz@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
He had 19 children and used to practice on the spinster in the  attic!  







On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:04 PM, <_lsf5275@aol.com_ 
(mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
Yeah, well you're talking about a guy  who played with his organ till it 
killed him.
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/26/2013 3:41:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
_markpringnz@gmail.com_ (mailto:markpringnz@gmail.com)  writes:

 
Well like Bach said, you only have to put the right finger on  the right 
key and the instrument plays itself!


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:38 PM, <_lsf5275@aol.com_ 
(mailto:lsf5275@aol.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
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_ (mailto: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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To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
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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
To: "_newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
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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

--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
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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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> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] The Dying  Day.
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> Nice mellow  piece
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> For Anzac Day  
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