"The Ace of Swords"

Last week, I learned the clavinet part in the introduction in "The Ace of Swords," so I made an updated recording:

Since I last recorded this, I got a new keyboard (a Nord Electro 5D), and some of the sounds are a lot better (for what it's worth, I used French harpsichord D and clavinet C).  I included the bass part in the audio but not the video.

"The Ace of Swords"

Last month, I learned the bass and string parts (or at least one of the string parts) for the introduction in "The Ace of Swords," so I added them to the harpsichord and oboe parts I already knew.  Of course, after I recorded this, I realized that I played the string part an octave too low.  There's still a clavinet part I have to learn, so once I get that, I'll update this again and try to remember to put the string part in the correct octave.

Instead of trying to match the original recording, I just set up a click track and played the parts to that, which is why my recording doesn't have the ritardando at the end.

"The Ace of Swords"

I recently learned the woodwind part at the beginning of "The Ace of Swords" (I'm not exactly sure what woodwind instrument it is specifically, but I think it's oboe).  I didn't really know how to write it down (notating the trill would have given me problems), so I decided just to film the notes.  I don't have an oboe (or any other reeded woodwind) to play it on, so I used the oboe setting on my keyboard, which actually makes it easier to see what notes I'm playing.  I hadn't written down the harpsichord part either, so I filmed that for posterity too.

"The Ace of Swords"

Backdated, archival post

[link to original on tumblr]

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The day after I posted half of the opening harpsichord part in "The Ace of Swords" and said I couldn't figure out the rest of it, I figured out the rest of it.  I was waiting to record it so I could try to figure out an-other part, but I've been busy lately and didn't get around to it, so I just recorded the harpsichord part.  I'm still not that great at rolling my chords though.

"The Ace of Swords"

Backdated, archival post

[link to original on tumblr]

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Last night, I figured out about half of the harpsichord part at the beginning of "The Ace of Swords."  The part after this is just rolled chords, so it's kind of frustrating that I haven't been able to figure it out yet.