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#396084 - 11/18/14 04:11 PM
Re: Reality check!
[Re: Taike]
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#396092 - 11/18/14 06:18 PM
Re: Reality check!
[Re: tony mads usa]
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Registered: 07/27/05
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I was hoping that Garner would have played it totally solo. Ian I couldn't find a version of him playing it solo ... Ian, I agree about the bass alone vs. drums alone ... I think the drums alone only works if the pianist has a strong left hand ... I also feel even the strong left hand (piano) with drums is still not as pleasingly smoothly blended as a bass (especially acoustic upright) as the piano bass tends to sound a bit too harmonically complex for my ears. The string bass seems to be sonically more appropriate. Tony, this tune has always been on my must play list, along with As Time Goes By and Somewhere Over the Rainbow...they seem to be loved and recognized by a broader age range of listeners than most tunes, especially if you are playing only instrumentals. "All the Things You Are" is another one that seems to fit in with the above. They are all so rewarding to play. Ian
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#396098 - 11/18/14 08:56 PM
Re: Reality check!
[Re: Taike]
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Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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To realize just how important bass is, I sometimes switch off the drums while playing a style and it still works pretty good (you could probably still dance to it) but if I leave the drums on and switch off the bass, the style seems to lose direction pretty quickly.
I love starting out a tune with a style, first with both bass and drums turned off, bringing in first bass and then drums as it progresses. In fact some of my styles are edited to accomplish just that...usually the first variation being without the drums (or both bass and drums) with the subsequent variations adding them.
Of course, some players accomplish the same thing using Registration Memories.
Ian
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