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C Dixon Member From: Duluth, GA USA	posted 06 October 2003 07:46 AM profile My favorite piano compostion of all time is the subject tune. I have never heard this done on the steel guitar. Has any one done it, or has anyone ever tried it? I believe it would be a beautiful tune to learn; and in the hands of our master, BE, it should be incredible. As he did on "Canon in D" by pachelbel. Buddy? carl
Smiley Roberts Member From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075	posted 06 October 2003 08:11 AM profile Carl, I know you ain't gonna believe this but,I used to date a girl named Clair. She was kinda "wacky",so everybody called her,(are y'all ready fer this?) Clair,da loon. ------------------ ~ ~ ©¿© It don't mean a thang, mm if it ain't got that twang. www.ntsga.com
C Dixon Member From: Duluth, GA USA	posted 06 October 2003 08:25 AM profile
Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL	posted 06 October 2003 10:02 AM profile Carl, That's one of my favourites, too. I figured out an E9 version years ago - your post has prompted me to see if I can remember what I did.... I'll let you know. RR PS: Debussy's 'The Girl With The Flaxen Hair' sits nicely on E9, too!
Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA	posted 06 October 2003 10:45 AM profile Clair Du Lune was recorded by B.J. Cole. It appears on his "Transparent Music" CD. The CD also features compositions by Ravel and Satie. I recorded "The Maid With the Flaxen Hair" as part of my Firebird Suite CD. That piece was the single most difficult thing to record on the entire CD. It's so naked that even the slightest error sticks out. I must have recorded 30 takes, none of which were any good. Then one night I suddenly woke up at 4 in the morning with a revelation as to what I had been doing wrong and what I needed to do to properly record the piece. I got the take that appears on the CD the next day. [This message was edited by Mike Perlowin on 06 October 2003 at 10:46 AM.]
Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA	posted 06 October 2003 11:10 AM profile I know somebody has done Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, and I've worked it up myself for a retirement party for my mother a few years ago. I think Moonlight Sonata would be a really powerful number. If anybody has a link to someone doing it, I'd appreciate a link. EJL
Harry Williams Member From: Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada	posted 06 October 2003 12:24 PM profile Sorry to be nit-picky you guys but it's supposed to be "Clair de la lune". French, like Spanish, has feminine and masculine words, and in this case "lune" (Moon) is feminine and needs the "la" before it. Interestingly, in Spanish, "moon" is masculine - go figure! But, just like Bill Shakespeare said, " a rose by any other name is still beautiful"... ------------------
CrowBear Schmitt Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France	posted 06 October 2003 01:30 PM profile you're kinda right Harry but in French it is correct to say "Clair de Lune" which is the proper term for just "moonlight". "Clair de la Lune" is also correct but it is mostly used when in a sentence or like in the children's song " au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot" French is too subtle [This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 06 October 2003 at 02:30 PM.]
Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA	posted 06 October 2003 02:33 PM profile 'Clair De La Lune" may be technically correct, but Debussy named the piece Clair DU Lune. Sorry Harry.
chas smith Member From: Encino, CA, USA	posted 06 October 2003 02:48 PM profile Clear the Saloon
Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA	posted 06 October 2003 03:09 PM profile Looks like I can say " I was there" when WWIV broke out. And it started out so peacefully. A day much like any other.. EJL
Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA	posted 06 October 2003 04:49 PM profile quote: Clear the Saloon quote: Looks like I can say " I was there" when WWIV broke out Will the waiter survive? (With apologies to Jim Cohen) ------------------ Roses are red. Violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, and so am I
Ray Montee Member From: Portland, OR, USA	posted 06 October 2003 06:42 PM profile Wasn't Clair.....Ben Dover's sister?
Chippy Wood Member From: Elgin, Scotland	posted 07 October 2003 01:04 AM profile I knew a girl once at our hospital called 'Amazing' Grace, but that's another story. Seriously though I would like Mike Perlowin or another 'quality player' play an interpretation of Mozarts 'Clarinet Concerto' or 'Flute concerto', that would be challenging. ------------------ Ron (Chippy) Wood Carter S10/Pad [This message was edited by Chippy Wood on 07 October 2003 at 02:58 AM.]
Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA	posted 07 October 2003 08:23 AM profile I appreciate the compliment Chippy, but I'm not nearly as good as people seem to think. My recordings are the result of sutdio trickery rather than virtuoso playing. Ar any rate, I have no plans to record the Mozart flute concerto. My current project in progress is a program of Spanish music including Manual De falla's El Amour Brujo. I also hope to have West Side Story officially and legally released (after a 3 year delay) in a month or two.
Harry Williams Member From: Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada	posted 07 October 2003 09:43 AM profile Where else but on the Forum can you get quality topic drift from music to linguistics? ------------------ [This message was edited by Harry Williams on 07 October 2003 at 09:44 AM.]
Dave Boothroyd Member From: The Malvern Hills	posted 08 October 2003 04:42 AM profile I don't know if you get it in America, but there is an advert for tourism in Egypt on TV in the UK that starts off with the March from Verdi's Aida played on steel guitar. That really works for me! Was it you, Mike P? Cheers Dave
Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA	posted 08 October 2003 07:06 AM profile quote: the March from Verdi's Aida played on steel guitar. Was it you, Mike P? No. It was probably B.J. Cole. I just play in bar bands and am not a session player. The only recording I ever do is in my home studio where I make my classical recordings. There are some truly outstanding players in L.A. Al Vescovo, Mike Johnstone, J.D. Doug Livingston, Gary Brandin, Greg Lies, John McClung. I'm sure I left a few out. I am not in the same league as any of these guys.
David Doggett Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	posted 08 October 2003 07:36 AM profile Chippy, I'm working on an arrangement of The adagio middle movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A. It was part of the sound track of the movie "Out of Africa", and is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. The basic theme of the middle movement is not that hard and lays out fairly easily on E9. I don't have a home studio yet, but if I could get some software I could record through my new POD XT into my home computer and so get a track that way. Anybody got suggestions on the best software? Has anyone worked out a program to easily get E9 tab by typing into a computer?

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