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I tried to play one a few times and found it imposisble
and I was Grade 7 on a normal trumpet!
Also, the drums on "Everlong". Probably not that complicated, but the speed and energy, as with a lot of Dave Grohl stuff.
Baritone Sax!
I've been trying for about 10 months! I've got to grips with a load of other songs but that one is hard (too many black notes, for one thing)
I learnt then, realised there was nothing else I wanted to learn on it as I wouldn't have time to get into proper bluegrass mandolin, then gave it away to a chap who, despite chasing me several times whilst awaiting me to drop it off for him, is yet to say thank you for it several years down the line.
I also realised this song sounded better on guitar anyway when I do it...
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It's amusing to hear properly trained trombone players attempt to play it, as the blastiness of it goes against what they've been taught.
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
I don't know if I want to play violin or compose classical music... I watched the Aurora Orchestra play Richard Ayres No. 52 (exploring Beethoven's discovery of his deafness and sharing the news with his brothers - as Richard himself was going deaf) - the piece tries to describe the artefacts that interfere with normal sounds so we all can feel a little of what Beethoven felt... then they played Beethoven's violin concerto, led by Nicola Benedetti (written 4 years after discovering he was losing his hearing) - full of fire, determination and joy - I had something in my eye was all - I wasn't crying, you were crying! (what an absolute fighter he must have been!)
This Wednesday - Aurora Orchestra play The Firebird Suite as part of the proms with an introduction that's a must for any Zappa fans (Stravinsky was one of his role-models) it explains some of the theory and "theft" involved - We watched it on Sunday in one of their rural performances... The Firebird Suite has been a favourite of mine for about 30 years all told. I'm not a fan of the proms or a good percentage of the audience at any performance (what Theodore Adornos described as 'Jealous Listeners' .. "I prefer the blah-blah version..." ) - but the rooms this stuff is played in is a big part of the sound, and the audience are part of the acoustics (if they could just shut up about what Vivian is doing in Sicily this month, that'd be reet grand)
Aside from that Billy Taylor - made me want to play Piano
So...drums...Marc Cerrone.
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=77uYNp4vQRU
In fact I'd never heard of him when I decided to take up drums but the guy who inspired me played a lot like him - solid, metronomic, four to the floor and in the pocket. I still gravitate towards drummers who can nail the groove solidly to the wall...like Marc Cerrone.
Piano - or more specifically, rhodes...Selan. We auditioned a keyboardist for my dance band many years ago. He was Australian and turned up with a Nord Electro II, plugged it in and played a few inversions like Selan and all 10 of us stopped what we were doing went dead silent and just watched him, while the hair on the back of our necks collectively stood up. We begged him to join up but he decided to emigrate back to Australia instead. That was the one that got away and I've never had had such an intense aethetic reaction to any instrument since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmJCAR6qArE
So yeah, rhodes like Selan. Master of those inversions and maintaining a tonal centre through a chord progression, a bit like Nile Rodgers.
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