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Pompadour - Morley
How did a soulless, brutal banjoist like myself who eats kittens for breakfast manage to play such a dainty piece? Well, last night I was visited by an apparition of Joe Morley...
It is an auncient banjoeer,
And he stoppeth one of nine:
"Now wherefore dost thou grippe me soe,
with that calloused fiste of thine?
The gig is sette, the band awaites,
So thither must I parte;
Soe, by your leave, I must be gone,
I have no tyme for talke!"
And I didn't give the ancient banjoeer time to tell me his story, which might have made me a sadder and wiser man the morrow morn.
Here's the link to the piano track I made: www.megaupload.com/?d=162WEA60
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Comment by thereallyniceman on January 19, 2012 at 10:29
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Brightly, brightly played the tune,
Yet mellifloususly softly too:
Sweetly, sweetly played the ayre
For me alone… er, and you
Old Joe Coleridge Morley certainly spun a good verse. Banjo wisdom from beyond the grave!
Great tune again Mike.
ps. Shall we all have whip round to raise enough money for a new light bulb?
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Comment by Mike Moss on January 19, 2012 at 11:33
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Excellent Coleridgification!
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Comment by Eric STEFANELLI on January 19, 2012 at 14:11
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That's blowed me ! What's nice an intelligent ! I think about many persons want to follow this .
That's great !
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After hearing, and almost seeing, Mike's brilliant performance of Joe Morley's Pompadour Gavotte I am sure that many will like to try the piece out. It is not too difficult to play and a very effective piece. I have placed the score in the Library for all to download.
Ian
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@Eric: Merci beaucoup pour vos commentaires, j'apprécie vraiment :-)
Yes, actually it's not difficult at all, it's just 1/3 notes and 2/3 grace notes :-P
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NB: The link to the piano track no longer works, as Megaupload has been taken down by fascist goons. In other words, all my (legal and legitimate) files are gone; thanks, SOPA.
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That is bad news Mike. I am still researching a way of adding playable audio uploads to the site...
Watch this space !!!
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