Misc recording Stella By Starlight

[mrblackbat]

It's song of the month over on the other site, so thought I'd share my first recording here. Quite pleased with the bit around 2:25. Why my face is so pink I don't know....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Pcog48MiE

 

[Colin the Bear]

I can't decide all this courting by moonlight and starlight is to do with looking better in the dark or an obsession with nocturnal fresh air.

Anyway. Lovely playing.

 

[mrblackbat]

Did some A section specific practise this morning, working out a quarter/crotchet note line, then using that as a basis to riff off:-

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Cmx77qYRQ

 

[Pete Effamy]

Hi Matt

Good stuff.

What about something different ? How about just playing the tune over and over. Each time, play it very differently:

- rhythms
- note order
- leave out notes (which ones; so that the tune is still recognisable ?)
- Articulations etc

Ideally, a backing track would be digital and we could vary the BPM without distortion - you can do that in your DAW...

 

[jazzdoh]

Great playing love this tune.

 

[cappers]

We tried to play this for the first time last night at band practise.
Matthew plays it beautifully, we hashed it totally Ground to a stumbling halt after about 12 bars!
The timing is deceptively hard with all those whole tones, extended notes, dotted quavers and rests, especially for a newbie like me.
We shall persevere. I have versions by Ella, Frank, Stan and Miles to absorb.

Respect @mrblackbat

 

[mrblackbat]

Don’t out yourself down Cappers, this is a hard tune. Try working out your own quarter note line through the chords, trying to keep it melodic, and then once you have that memorised use it to play off.

 

[jazzdoh]

We tried to play this for the first time last night at band practise.
Matthew plays it beautifully, we hashed it totally Ground to a stumbling halt after about 12 bars!
The timing is deceptively hard with all those whole tones, extended notes, dotted quavers and rests, especially for a newbie like me.
We shall persevere. I have versions by Ella, Frank, Stan and Miles to absorb.

Respect @mrblackbat

This is the same for most ballads, they sound deceptively easy but they are not, because you have long notes to play you are more exposed with timing, tone and intonation. if you keep at it they will get better and more rewarding.

 

[cappers]

Don’t out yourself down Cappers, this is a hard tune. ......

I tried it a few times at home before the rehearsal and thought "this is going to be interesting!"
I'm sure the rest of the band and I will get it in the end. I enjoy a challenge!

 

[skeller047]

I love this tune. Though the lyrics are not inspiring…. The chords, which move through several related key centers, and provide many opportunities for exotic scale choices, are beautiful. The melody stays entirely in Bb with the exception of one passing tone (in the 10th bar) and the final cdence, borrowing the b6 from Bb minor. What a lovely contrast.