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    Axtremus
    wrote on 31 Mar 2022, 12:55 last edited by
    #261

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    Parts of Moonlight Sonata and some Chopin mixed with some modern stuff.

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    • A Axtremus
      31 Mar 2022, 12:55

      Link to video

      Parts of Moonlight Sonata and some Chopin mixed with some modern stuff.

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      Klaus
      wrote on 31 Mar 2022, 20:35 last edited by Klaus
      #262

      @Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

      Link to video

      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

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      • K Klaus
        31 Mar 2022, 20:35

        @Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

        Link to video

        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

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        Axtremus
        wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 03:56 last edited by
        #263

        @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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          George K
          wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 11:31 last edited by George K 4 Jan 2022, 11:32
          #264

          I'll see your David Shire and Walter Murphy, and raise you this:

          Link to video

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Axtremus
            wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 02:57 last edited by
            #265

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            From hydroponics to potato chips.

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              Axtremus
              wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 04:03 last edited by
              #266

              Hoof repair and changing of horse shoes.

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                1 Jun 2022, 04:03

                Hoof repair and changing of horse shoes.

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                George K
                wrote on 1 Jun 2022, 12:03 last edited by
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                @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.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Axtremus
                  wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 23:19 last edited by
                  #268

                  Link to video

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                    2 Jun 2022, 23:19

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                    George K
                    wrote on 2 Jun 2022, 23:29 last edited by
                    #269

                    @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.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      Axtremus
                      wrote on 27 Jun 2022, 21:12 last edited by Axtremus
                      #270

                      Peter Bence :

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                      Link to video

                      EDIT: Adding one more, because I like the original song:

                      Link to video

                      Notice that he taped over the piano brandname on the fallboard, not sure why he did that.

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                        Axtremus
                        wrote on 5 Jul 2022, 04:36 last edited by
                        #271

                        The original was composed as a violin concerto.

                        Just stumbled upon an arrangement for two erhus and a piano:

                        Link to video

                        For comparison, a performance of the original composition as a violin concerto:

                        Link to video

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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on 3 Sept 2022, 22:09 last edited by
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                          Balancing act:

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                            Axtremus
                            wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 05:19 last edited by
                            #273

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                            Skip to the 1:40 mark to get to the music.

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                              22 Sept 2022, 05:19

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                              Skip to the 1:40 mark to get to the music.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 11:32 last edited by
                              #274

                              @Axtremus I did a double take when I listened the first time. Then I did another, and another, until I finally understood.

                              I had to Take Five.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Klaus
                                wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 12:07 last edited by
                                #275

                                What an odd time signature!

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                                  22 Sept 2022, 12:07

                                  What an odd time signature!

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 12:33 last edited by
                                  #276

                                  @Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                  What an odd time signature!

                                  Depends on what you're looking at, I suppose.

                                  Link to video

                                  And if you can't stand that, go for every other measure.

                                  Link to video

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Axtremus
                                    wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 14:28 last edited by
                                    #277

                                    On 5/4 time ...

                                    Xylophone version:

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                                    Piano solo version:

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                                    • G George K
                                      22 Sept 2022, 12:33

                                      @Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                      What an odd time signature!

                                      Depends on what you're looking at, I suppose.

                                      Link to video

                                      And if you can't stand that, go for every other measure.

                                      Link to video

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                                      Klaus
                                      wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 15:16 last edited by
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                                      @George-K said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                      @Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                      What an odd time signature!

                                      Depends on what you're looking at, I suppose.

                                      That was supposed to be a word play on the fact that 5/4 is commonly classified as an "odd" meter.

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                                      • K Klaus
                                        22 Sept 2022, 15:16

                                        @George-K said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                        @Klaus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks:

                                        What an odd time signature!

                                        Depends on what you're looking at, I suppose.

                                        That was supposed to be a word play on the fact that 5/4 is commonly classified as an "odd" meter.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 22 Sept 2022, 15:37 last edited by
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                                        @Klaus said in [Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks](/post/179392

                                        That was supposed to be a word play on the fact that 5/4 is commonly classified as an "odd" meter.

                                        I never heard it called that! I guess I’m not odd enough.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Axtremus
                                          wrote on 25 Sept 2022, 19:05 last edited by
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