Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks
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Lirone, a bowed string instrument that’s great at playing chords (but not much else):
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Lirone, a bowed string instrument that’s great at playing chords (but not much else):
Link to videoFascinating -- I'd never heard of the instrument before, though it sounds so familiar.
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The Lock Picking Lawyer‘s keynote at a (computer) security conference, dated Nov. 2021, so it’s very recent.
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Making of a pair of bespoke hiking boots:
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Parts of Moonlight Sonata and some Chopin mixed with some modern stuff.
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Parts of Moonlight Sonata and some Chopin mixed with some modern stuff.
@Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
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Parts of Moonlight Sonata and some Chopin mixed with some modern stuff.
Hated it.
Sloppy playing. Every competitor in a major piano competition has more piano skills.
The arrangement was not very innovative. No really new ideas. He barely changed anything except adding drums and chords.
If you want to make an arrangement of a famous classical piece, you really have to reinvent it, in my opinion.
Here's an example of an arrangement that succeeds in my opinion.
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@Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
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Parts of Moonlight Sonata and some Chopin mixed with some modern stuff.
Hated it.
Sloppy playing. Every competitor in a major piano competition has more piano skills.
The arrangement was not very innovative. No really new ideas. He barely changed anything except adding drums and chords.
If you want to make an arrangement of a famous classical piece, you really have to reinvent it, in my opinion.
Here's an example of an arrangement that succeeds in my opinion.
Link to video@Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:
Sloppy playing. Every competitor in a major piano competition has more piano skills.
The arrangement was not very innovative. No really new ideas. He barely changed anything except adding drums and chords.
If you want to make an arrangement of a famous classical piece, you really have to reinvent it, in my opinion.
I quite agree with these points.
My favorite good examples of rearranging well-known classics with modern idioms (outside the piano realm) are these:
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I'll see your David Shire and Walter Murphy, and raise you this:
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From hydroponics to potato chips.
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Hoof repair and changing of horse shoes.
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Hoof repair and changing of horse shoes.
Link to video@Axtremus that poor mule...
Farriers work really hard. It's very physical work. Besides the general "cleanup" that this guy did, the video should have shown how the shoe is actually fitted to the hoof. That work involves heating the shoe in a furnace until it's red hot, and hammering it into shape on an anvil.
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@Axtremus this is just wonderful stuff. I never had the patience, or the correct tools to do this.
Japanese joinery is a wonder to behold.
(slight aside)
After moving into the condo, I decided I needed to purchase a saw. I decided on a cheapo Japanese pull-type saw. It was inexpensive and very effective. Since it cuts on the pull stroke, the blade is thinner. That means you remove less wood with each stroke. That means it's easier and more accurate.
The Japanese approach to sharpening cutting tools (planes and chisels) is also very different. In my opinion, better, too.
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Peter Bence :
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Link to videoNotice that he taped over the piano brandname on the fallboard, not sure why he did that.
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The original was composed as a violin concerto.
Just stumbled upon an arrangement for two erhus and a piano:
Link to videoFor comparison, a performance of the original composition as a violin concerto:
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Balancing act:
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Skip to the 1:40 mark to get to the music.
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Skip to the 1:40 mark to get to the music.
