Birthday Party Waltz, by Horace Weston - Sheet music? Recording/s? - Classic-Banjo2024-03-29T11:47:02Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/birthday-party-waltz-by-horace-weston-sheet-music-recording-s?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A181054&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAbsolutely! That’s a great id…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1810702021-02-24T16:39:29.775ZAaron Jonah Lewishttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/AaronJonahLewis
<p>Absolutely! That’s a great idea. Last time we got together and had a big jovial sight reading session was so much fun. I’d love to do that again. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
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<p>Absolutely! That’s a great idea. Last time we got together and had a big jovial sight reading session was so much fun. I’d love to do that again. <br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
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<p>If you explore A notation there is a HUGE volume of just this sort of thing.</p>
<p>These easy pieces seem to me to be social music. Get together with your friends and you can all play them without any practice (or even seeing them before). They are not finger-busters, but they are musical. </p>
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</blockquote> Aaron, if we ever have anothe…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1810682021-02-24T15:59:27.214ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Aaron, if we ever have another rally we should keep a copy of this for "sight reading" fun. </p>
<p>If you explore A notation there is a HUGE volume of just this sort of thing.</p>
<p>These easy pieces seem to me to be social music. Get together with your friends and you can all play them without any practice (or even seeing them before). They are not finger-busters, but they are musical. </p>
<p>Aaron, if we ever have another rally we should keep a copy of this for "sight reading" fun. </p>
<p>If you explore A notation there is a HUGE volume of just this sort of thing.</p>
<p>These easy pieces seem to me to be social music. Get together with your friends and you can all play them without any practice (or even seeing them before). They are not finger-busters, but they are musical. </p> Cool! It sounds so much bette…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1810672021-02-24T15:54:14.883ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Cool! It sounds so much better live, as expected.</p>
<p>Sometimes a piece just doesn't work well when played by a robot. I can apply all sorts of complicated compensations to make it better but I've found that it just isn't worth the effort (can take a long time).</p>
<p>One of the reasons I pushed it to 130bpm was that it just sounded better that way robotically. Also, being a former dancer I tend to think of dance forms as, well, dances. Really slow waltzes need dramatic interpretation,…</p>
<p>Cool! It sounds so much better live, as expected.</p>
<p>Sometimes a piece just doesn't work well when played by a robot. I can apply all sorts of complicated compensations to make it better but I've found that it just isn't worth the effort (can take a long time).</p>
<p>One of the reasons I pushed it to 130bpm was that it just sounded better that way robotically. Also, being a former dancer I tend to think of dance forms as, well, dances. Really slow waltzes need dramatic interpretation, pauses, rubato, etc., etc., that only a live performance can give.</p>
<p>Well done!</p> Here’s a video of me sight re…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1810542021-02-24T14:05:29.113ZAaron Jonah Lewishttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/AaronJonahLewis
<p>Here’s a video of me sight reading it last night, as written (A A B B A B C C A). </p>
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<p>Here’s a video of me sight reading it last night, as written (A A B B A B C C A). </p>
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<p><br/> <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://youtu.be/-Np25aBeZvw" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/-Np25aBeZvw</a></p> I thought it might be Stewart…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1812512021-02-24T13:30:45.541ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
I thought it might be Stewart's or Weston's...<br />
It was nearly a national holiday here in the 19th Cent. (famous in song, fiddle tunes, etc). I wonder if Stewart felt any connection.<br />
It was the first melodic style banjo tune I learnt.
I thought it might be Stewart's or Weston's...<br />
It was nearly a national holiday here in the 19th Cent. (famous in song, fiddle tunes, etc). I wonder if Stewart felt any connection.<br />
It was the first melodic style banjo tune I learnt. And mine. Joel Hooks said:
J…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1811462021-02-24T13:10:21.834ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>And mine.<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
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<p>And mine.<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/birthday-party-waltz-by-horace-weston-sheet-music-recording-s?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment181043"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">January 8th was S. S. Stewart’s birthday.</div>
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</blockquote> January 8th was S. S. Stewart…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1810432021-02-24T11:52:50.572ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
January 8th was S. S. Stewart’s birthday.
January 8th was S. S. Stewart’s birthday. Hi Amazing Marc (we never dou…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1808252021-02-24T10:40:27.211Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p>Hi Amazing Marc (we never doubted it, but now we know!)</p>
<p>Thanks for the scores I will upload them to the MUSIC LIBRARY for everyone.</p>
<p>Hi Amazing Marc (we never doubted it, but now we know!)</p>
<p>Thanks for the scores I will upload them to the MUSIC LIBRARY for everyone.</p> Here's the mp3 file. I've "in…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-24:2667446:Comment:1806872021-02-24T00:36:06.916ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Here's the mp3 file. I've "interpreted" the repeat indicators to follow the standard A-A B-B A C A format.</p>
<p>The TRIO does not have a pickup measure and it sounds like it just appears out of nowhere. I would have to finagle the system to get a comfortable fermata at the end of the A section (leading to the TRIO), so I just left it alone. Frankly, I think I would prefer to add a pickup measure to the TRIO.</p>
<p>Here's the mp3 file. I've "interpreted" the repeat indicators to follow the standard A-A B-B A C A format.</p>
<p>The TRIO does not have a pickup measure and it sounds like it just appears out of nowhere. I would have to finagle the system to get a comfortable fermata at the end of the A section (leading to the TRIO), so I just left it alone. Frankly, I think I would prefer to add a pickup measure to the TRIO.</p> I'm just amazing. ;-)
Full of…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2021-02-23:2667446:Comment:1806802021-02-23T23:38:32.237ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>I'm just amazing. ;-)</p>
<p>Full of it too...</p>
<p>It helps that I've been transcribing notation since the early 1980s.</p>
<p>The computer program (Musescore) is actually the amazing thing. I just poke the original notes into the staff from my keyboard and then, when I have them all in, I click on "Transpose" and then choose "Up - minor third" and voila, A notation becomes C.</p>
<p>It takes a few minutes more to arrange it all so it fits on two pages neatly.</p>
<p>This latest version…</p>
<p>I'm just amazing. ;-)</p>
<p>Full of it too...</p>
<p>It helps that I've been transcribing notation since the early 1980s.</p>
<p>The computer program (Musescore) is actually the amazing thing. I just poke the original notes into the staff from my keyboard and then, when I have them all in, I click on "Transpose" and then choose "Up - minor third" and voila, A notation becomes C.</p>
<p>It takes a few minutes more to arrange it all so it fits on two pages neatly.</p>
<p>This latest version (3.6) has much improved fonts. Looks very professional.</p>
<p>I sight read tablature, so I do this stuff a lot. I'm pushing 500 pieces of classic banjo now...</p>
<p>I'll spend some time with "The Birthday Party" after dinner and fix some of the harmony, etc. Then I'll republish with a sound file and tab.</p>
<p>130 bpm = my first guess for 'feel'. It isn't marked so I just set the computer program to what sounds comfortable to me. The piece is a bit awkward and it doesn't sound very good (to me) played slowly. I'll post the mp3 file soon and you can judge for yourself.</p>