David Sprouse Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) vals video This is a south american guitar piece by Barrios that I arranged for winds and brass. Vals Music Edited October 16, 2021 by David Sprouse 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa Reels Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 How did you feel about this when you finished it David ? There's a lot of unseen work in this and I think you did a good job .. but I have to say I prefer Émilie Fend acoustic version( Augustin Barrios Mangoré 'Vals op 8 No 4 with a Götz Bürki guitar ) however overall this is a great bit of instrumental playing and I love it ... and your interpretation .. well done 👍 ATB Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, SupaReels said: How did you feel about this when you finished it David ? There's a lot of unseen work in this and I think you did a good job .. but I have to say I prefer Émilie Fend acoustic version( Augustin Barrios Mangoré 'Vals op 8 No 4 with a Götz Bürki guitar ) however overall this is a great bit of instrumental playing and I love it ... and your interpretation .. well done 👍 ATB Steve I follow japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi... so it could use some improvement. it's tough with wind and brass instruments to get really good dynamics, like one can with guitar. It's a real show stopper in that situation. The piano section could use some dynamics for sure. Thanks for listening Steve, I appreciate your ears. Edited October 3, 2021 by David Sprouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 outstanding!!!!!!!!jack c. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 8:33 AM, jack c. said: outstanding!!!!!!!!jack c. Jack I'm beside myself. Thanks for the great review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy j Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Beyond my comprehension but I know good musical work when I hear it. Very good indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 David, you’ve done an excellent job here, and as stated above it’s no easy task. On 10/3/2021 at 10:31 AM, David Sprouse said: could use some improvement We tend to hear the “warts” in our work, rather than focus on the whole. So I’ll just add 👍‘s up! t at the very end there you could add a little more to the “pregnant” pause before the run down... not a crit, just an observation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Very well done, David. I'm not used to hearing brass playing the melodic part. Would have expected a violin maybe but you did a great job. Not a crit just an observation. Like you said classical music is difficult to do because of the required articulation to get the right dynamics and I've found that to be true. -Bjorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/4/2021 at 12:05 PM, freddy j said: Beyond my comprehension but I know good musical work when I hear it. Very good indeed! Thanks for listening Freddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T. Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) Hi David....outstanding....i enjoyed all of the piece very much....Thank You....📯🎺🎻🎹 Edit: your Timing is....perfect, i'm pretty far away from that kind of polish and hard work....any advice you have time to post?? ....thanks again 🎶🎷🎼🎵 Edited October 8, 2021 by Larry T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 4:47 AM, DeeringAmps said: David, you’ve done an excellent job here, and as stated above it’s no easy task. We tend to hear the “warts” in our work, rather than focus on the whole. So I’ll just add 👍‘s up! t at the very end there you could add a little more to the “pregnant” pause before the run down... not a crit, just an observation tom, thanks for the inspiring words. Ya, your right about hearing the warts...it's a bad habit. Most people let the notes fly by and enjoy...I'm cursed with finding the faults. I just saw a documentary on wabi-sabi and it's so true, I really do have that aesthetic sensibility: finding beauty in imperfect things. As for the audience...I don't know haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 11:31 AM, bjornpdx said: Very well done, David. I'm not used to hearing brass playing the melodic part. Would have expected a violin maybe but you did a great job. Not a crit just an observation. Like you said classical music is difficult to do because of the required articulation to get the right dynamics and I've found that to be true. -Bjorn Bjorn, I wasn't quite sold on the trumpets carrying the melody, but I was trying for a mariachi sound; The last cadence is very mariachi. Session horns does some things really well...but it doesn't have many articulations. Thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 18 hours ago, Larry T. said: Hi David....outstanding....i enjoyed all of the piece very much....Thank You....📯🎺🎻🎹 Edit: your Timing is....perfect, i'm pretty far away from that kind of polish and hard work....any advice you have time to post?? ....thanks again 🎶🎷🎼🎵 Hi Larry! I'm glad you noticed the precise rhythm. What I did was write the entire thing out in Finale and then export xml into cubase. I didn't play any of this in as midi. It's a good way to make sure everything is in the pocket, better than quantizing I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 4:47 AM, DeeringAmps said: David, you’ve done an excellent job here, and as stated above it’s no easy task. We tend to hear the “warts” in our work, rather than focus on the whole. So I’ll just add 👍‘s up! t at the very end there you could add a little more to the “pregnant” pause before the run down... not a crit, just an observation I added the pregnant pause, thanks for the tip. (See video) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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