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***nigelgatherer*** · 24-01-2009, 07:20 PM

The Entertainer

This music is now available on the EMGO web site. It was suggested (I think) by Eric Renshaw, so it's his fault. The arrangement was donated to us by Fingers and Frets orchestra in Bristol, but I think it really comes from Trekel in Germany.

Eric Renshaw · 25-01-2009, 12:24 PM

Many thanks for this Nigel. The 5-part arrangement should sound great, and will widen our range of musical themes quite considerably.

Eric

will toner · 31-01-2009, 06:14 PM

Just listened to the midi after ifi wifi download. Got my work cut out to try to keep up now. Thanks Eric! Cool

Eric Renshaw · 31-01-2009, 06:36 PM

(31-01-2009 06:14 PM)will toner Wrote: Just listened to the midi after ifi wifi download. Got my work cut out to try to keep up now. Thanks Eric!

Thought you'd really like this piece. It's perfect for you. We played it for the first time last Thursday and immediately were (almost!) note perfect, so don't stay away too long.

andrew burnside · 31-01-2009, 06:49 PM

Will

No es problema

Practice hard. Join us on 2 April at Quakers in time for 4 April concert!

Andrew

Eric Renshaw · (This post was last modified: 06-02-2009 12:05 PM by Eric Renshaw.)

I hope you weren't too disheartened by our attempts at the Entertainer last night, Nigel. I am sure we will all get there and it will sound totally fantastic when we do. I can naturally only speak for myself, but I have been playing around with the M2 part this morning, and once the alternative fingering has been worked out (much easier than standard) the main issue seems to be timing. Since each time there is an extended gap, each section may be relying on hearing where other sections have got to rather than watching you (mea culpa here!); so if overall timing wobbles then things tend to crunch down. You came up with the obvious answer, namely to place an mp3 file on the EMGO site - for this can then be used in conjuction with the Amazing Slow Downer. That way we will all be able to practice at our own speed and hence quickly learn to play in total synchrony. The other new pieces sound super already.

P.S. I have an mp3 for Nigel's original midi, but in one of my increasingly many Senior Moments can't remember whether Nigel has already given us this or whether I converted it myself using some cheap and cheerful freeware. At 11.5Mb I can't attach it here, but if anyone wants it and has reasonably fast broadband I can email it to them until such time as a better version is placed on the EMGO site.

For since the ASD slows things down to 20% (produces an interesting sound effect!) it will cater for all speed reductions, if required.