IOTM IOTM APRIL-2014-S.O.S.

[Jeanette]

Brought me out in a sweat playing this over and over but tremendous fun
https://soundcloud.com/user723179618/s-o-s-iotm-count-aldevis

Sounding good and like you were enjoying it 🙂

Jx

 

[Nick Wyver]

I had a bash at the fast one
IOTM April fast.mp3 - Box

 

[Ivan]

I had a bash at the fast one IOTM April fast.mp3 - Box

I might have a go at the soprano but dodgy intonation may prevent publication

 

[Ivan]

Sorry Chris I murdered your version

I found the head awkward in Eb

I won't upload soprano version... even less fit for human consumption than the above

 

[Ivan]

Relaxed and elegant?

I think it should be called S.O.S.

Agreed relaxed and elegant and I'd like to know how you remained relaxed and elegant 'cos I felt I was being kicked up the road by the rhythm even though the beat isn't actually breakneck

 

[Clivey]

I had a bash at the DeadAudiolink Removed

**** Nick. Great music for a Saturday night, foot tapping and head nodding

 

[Colin the Bear]

It's strange that what comes out has no relation to how it felt to play. I wasn't relaxed, It was a roller coaster ride or maybe the wild mouse. The beat just whisked me along. I was pleasantly surprised when I thought I'd dropped it and was hanging around waiting for something to give me a sign how to get back in, when the whole thing repeated and sucked me in again. It's a very clever piece, the way it flows from start to finish with twists and turns that don't go where you're expecting.

The quick changes in the middle leave little time for thinking and then the eight bar sections of the same chord give you nowhere and everywhere with the challenge to keep it interesting. It's a fascinating contrast. Hence the S.O.S. Gawd'elpus.

What's the tempo 240/250 bpm? A bar a second. That's pretty quick.

 

[Ivan]

What's the tempo 240/250 bpm? A bar a second. That's pretty quick.

I think the beat is nearer 112-116 but the rhythm is double hence the rather exciting rear-kicking effect (if I may say so)

 

[Chris]

Some really good versions being posted, you didn't murder the slower one Ivan, if you find the head awkward then just alter it. It's not set in stone, it was just something to play with. Colin the tempo on the quick one is up around 240, so says BiaB anyway, glad you seem to like it and are having some fun with it. Got to single Nick out after that fast version, it was really good

Chris..

 

[Ivan]

... on the quick one is up around 240, so says BiaB...

Chris..

I don't get it

If it really was 240 beats to the minute wouldn't we get the changes at twice the speed they're actually at? Simply counting one-two-three-four with the underlying beat, bars, chord changes, the head or whatever and I get half what the computer says. I get that fact the drum and bass are on amphetamines but the piano seems to understand my point

I'd put in a scratching head emoticon if I did emoticons

 

[BigMartin]

Some really good versions being posted, you didn't murder the slower one Ivan, if you find the head awkward then just alter it. It's not set in stone, it was just something to play with. Colin the tempo on the quick one is up around 240, so says BiaB anyway, glad you seem to like it and are having some fun with it. Got to single Nick out after that fast version, it was really good

Chris..

Just for information, you can calculate the tempo in Transcribe! too. Put a marker in for the start of a few beats or bars (for the latter tap m during playback). There's a "compute tempo" option on the "markers" menu Multiply by 4 or whatever if you're marking bars.

 

[BigMartin]

I don't get it

If it really was 240 beats to the minute wouldn't we get the changes at twice the speed they're actually at? Simply counting one-two-three-four with the underlying beat, bars, chord changes, the head or whatever and I get half what the computer says. I get that fact the drum and bass are on amphetamines but the piano seems to understand my point

I'd put in a scratching head emoticon if I did emoticons

The sheet music for the fast and slow versions is different. A crotchet on the slow sheet corresponds to a minim on the fast. So the fast version starts with 8 bars of C minor and the slow with 4. The fast track is indeed about 240bpm. The bass is playing crotchets.

 

[Ivan]

The sheet music for the fast and slow versions is different...

Oh

I just printed off the first in the list... slow versions

Sorry to tax you with my ignorance

 

[BigMartin]

Sorry to tax you with my ignorance

It's cheaper than VAT 😀.

 

[Chris]

Thought I was having one of those moments again I have been warned about them

Chris..

 

[Colin the Bear]

I just looked a the clock and counted. The second hand moves once every bar. It's very odd that you can't get a clock with a new one.

 

[Nick Wyver]

A bit more soprano practice.

IOTM April slow.mp3 - Box

 

[aldevis]

A bit more soprano practice IOTM April slow.mp3 - Box

And a perfect example of how to develop a solo from the original melody; listen to the first chorus after the melody.

 

[aldevis]

Sorry Chris I murdered your version

I found the head awkward in Eb

I won't upload soprano version... even less fit for human consumption than the above

Actually two great versions! The alto one sounds a bit Kenny Garrettish...

I don't get it

If it really was 240 beats to the minute wouldn't we get the changes at twice the speed they're actually at? Simply counting one-two-three-four with the underlying beat, bars, chord changes, the head or whatever and I get half what the computer says. I get that fact the drum and bass are on amphetamines but the piano seems to understand my point

I'd put in a scratching head emoticon if I did emoticons

This is the very point of this IOTM. Try to improvise thinking half or double tempo on both versions. It would relaxed your fast playing and spice up your bossa phrasing.

 

[Chris]

Another version not much left of the melody though

"S.O.S.v2"-April"

Chris..