Sweet Jasmine...

[Trapdoor2]

Ok, I'm in the middle of TABbing this jewel out...hopefully done this evening (it has 141 measures and almost all is dotted...which is a royal pain to enter). In the meantime, I'm listening to old Olly Oakley hammer it out from a single cut I have (sent to me from David Wade some years ago).

I find a couple things interesting about this "cut": #1 As Jody said, the A-part is quite beautiful. It is in 6/8 time and marked "andante". What the dots don't tell you is to 'roll' all the chords aggressively (at least, that's what O.O. is doing). #2 The B-part is in 2/4 time and marked "moderato"...which means it whips along nicely. O.O. seems to be adding a "ground note" (open 4th-D) to the "hesitation-figure" (syncopation?) which is not shown in the dots...the Piano seems to be hitting it initally but O.O. takes over for the rest of the piece. #3 O.O. makes a mess of the C-part the first time thru but cleans it up the next time. It sounds like single-string...so it may be easier with a more modern "melodic" fingering...I guess I'll find out when I attempt it.

This is a great piece, thanks to wh0ever mentioned it. I had the sheet music but had no idea I had a recording until I started working with it. I kept thinking, "gee, this sounds familiar..." I lost the little note that came with the CD David sent me so the Olly Oakly stuff mostly is titled "track 12, Olly Oakley". Now I know "track 12" is "Sweet Jasmine".

[thereallyniceman]

Thanks Jody, and thanks again Marc.