"A Dream within a Dream"

Last night I learned some more parts for "A Dream within a Dream."  I listened to Tales of Mystery and Imagination yester-day and discovered that "A Dream within a Dream" has slide guitar.  I mean, I'd certainly heard that part before, but it wasn't until yester-day that I realized that it's slide guitar.  I learned that first and discovered that it has the same four pitches (A, D, E, and G) as the recorder part.  They have a different order and rhythm, but they're the same four pitches.

I can't remember if I already knew the bass part or not, but it's only one note (A), so that was simple to either learn or re-learn.  I knew I was going to write a post here at least to mention that the slide guitar and recorder have the same notes, but I didn't know if I should record a version because - while I'd have the bass part - there's a lot of space between those two elements.  In order to fill out my recording, I learned the electric piano part and the acoustic guitar chords.  My recording still feels a bit empty, but I guess five parts are better than only three.

I'm pretty sure the recorders are double-tracked in the original.  One might be lower than the other, but all I have is a soprano recorder, so doubling that is the best I could do.  I'm looking into getting a tenor recorder, although I'm not sure that's what's used in the original recording.

I double-tracked the acoustic guitar and the slide guitar.  I'm not sure that's accurate; I just thought it would sound better.  I don't have the delay effect on the slide guitar because I simply don't know how to do that yet.  I briefly played around with some effects in my recording program, but even the shortest delay I could get was too long compared to what's in the recording.

"A Dream within a Dream"

About two years ago, when I figured out the recorder part for "A Dream within a Dream," I mentioned that I have a recorder but it wasn't working.  Recently, I discovered why it hadn't been working:  I wasn't covering any of the holes (although I think its not having been played for over a decade didn't help either).  According to a fingering chart I found, covering at least one hole is required to make a note.  Now that I discovered my error, I can play my recorder again (although I'm still re-learning the fingerings).  The only part I could think of that's specifically for recorder is in "A Dream within a Dream."  Since it's only four pitches, I learned how to play that, and I also figured out the notation:

I have a soprano recorder, but I'm not sure that's what's used in "A Dream within a Dream."  Mine sounds higher.  The APP website lists just "recorders," which isn't very specific.

"A Dream within a Dream"

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Listening to Tales of Mystery and Imagination earlier this week, I thought the recorder part in "A Dream within a Dream" sounded like it would be pretty easy to figure out, so I figured it out yester-day.

I actually have a recorder, but it doesn't sound like it should (I think there's dust in the fipple, and I'm either going to have it fixed or just get an-other one), so I did this with the fake recorder setting on my keyboard.  At some point though, I'm going to re-learn recorder and do it right.  This is only four notes, so it should be a pretty simple thing to start with.