tony, I quite agree with your comment that you can't get away with the odd wrong notes that would go unnoticed live. They may (and probably will) go unnoticed by an individual listener, but every time you watch it any mistakes will stick out like a sore thumb. I'm a believer that if it's worth doing...

Hi Torben,

Another fabulous recording by you and your gorgeous friend Nadia. Thanks for posting.

Hugh

Brian,

That looks a very interesting site for CHORDS for songs ...

Do a right-click to open this up in a New Tab
https://www.bellandcomusic.com

Hugh

Thanks for your comments Brian. I reckon you and I have the same ideas about music. These are the two songs Brian is on about, in Chord Progressions : Click this LINK to open it up in a New Tab http://www.tierce-de-picardie.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=402&t=6526&p=51946#p51946

In another Topic on Chords and Harmony Brian007 has said: One of the most fascinating example of a chord progression for me is in the song " Hotel California " by the Eagles and one more is " Help" by the Beatles both of which a been massive hits for the songwriters. These are th...

More on chords and how they determine the character of a piece. This has cropped up after one of our Challenges, which for March 2020 was for us all to play the same piece of music .. Somewhere Over The Rainbow . First listen to what I have played (with the chords from the music .. for a change!). L...

How a song sounds depends very much on the chords that are being played for it. Listen to the chords I have played for Blue Moon . At the start, I have used some 'conventional chords to play this tune. Then when I play the tune again after the chorus, I have played what you might call some 'upliftin...

Hi Tony,

How do the congregation get to hear you playing these? Do you have a Zoom going for the congregation on a Sunday?

Again, I am smitten by the sound of your Viscount Envoy 35FV organ (the first video).

Hugh

Hi Tony,

Thanks for posting that. I looked on YouTube for Clavier Organ and found this piece, below. I am not normally a classical music fan, but this particular piece had me bowled over. So I am posting it here.

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (complete on organ)



Hugh

Hi Den, A boat trip is right up our street. We don't have to walk anywhere (much) when on a boat. Looks fun. Glad the commentator was giving his talk in English! Sounded it was very windy on the water? Just about blew the mic away! Here's a song for you to listen to while you're cruising down the ri...

Les, It's been a pleasure putting those photos together for you. Les had responded to my post in Read this first ... in this section suggesting Members that had some holiday photos should send them to me together with a piece of music they have played for me to put the two together as a YouTube vide...

Had this from Charles (ChuckH) in Australia.



Hugh

Hi Tony,

Some nice Hymns there, and beautifully played. Listening to your Viscount Envoy 35FV organ is a delight! Now that is what I would call a 'Church Organ'!

Hugh

Bronwyn and I have always had dogs (we collected our first two from the Isle of Wight at the end of our honeymoon) and our last three were a Schnauzer (Teddy - which we inherited from Bronwyn's Mum), a Westie called Ben, and finally a Westie called Cassie, who we got from Westie Rescue. Cassie was t...

I have another track (from Ken Horton) that has a 'hum' running through it. So here's another example of using Audacity to remove that 'hum'. Samba de Orfeu First listen to this version of this song. LRhPocYpbYo And now listen to Ken playing this song. In his recording he has a 'buzz', which althoug...

Arthur ( abr250 ) has played and arranged the piece of music below. This is what I had to say about it: Really enjoyed that. What a super arrangement. That change from the emphasis being on every other beat in the bar to every beat in the bar just blew me away! Interesting 'jazzy' voices, particular...

Here is the sort of thing we had in mind. Dennis has done this one using 59 photographs; has added four music tracks played on his Tyros 4; and it runs for approximately ten and a half minutes. Yours doesn't have to be as ambitious as this! Just send me some photographs of your holiday! Do a right-c...

I have been thinking ... If you send me some photos of your Holiday as email attachments I can make a video for you for YouTube. If I do this I would need an MP3 music track to put with it, so if you have a suitable piece of music you have played then send that to me as well, as MP3 (to go with the ...

Do you have any 'hobbies' you can share with us? Maybe a video of you doing a 'hole in one' on a golf course? ( JohnT .. I'm sure you must have a video of you doing this?) Or a model railway you have built? Or creating a garden or allotment? (Another for you, JohnT ?) If you have photos of your hobb...

Thanks Fred (dragon) for these:

If the PDF file does not show, 'refresh' the page.



Or click this LINK to view the PDF files directly:

http://www.ar-group.org/Files/ChurchillQuotes.pdf

Den and I have been collaborating on this video, which has been done with Movie Maker. There are several options in Movie Maker, like putting 'Transitions' between the clips (if it's photographs you can choose a 'transition' to go between each picture). These gradually change from one video or pictu...

Hi Carloss,

You seem to go in for discordant sounds! Not something I can hum whilst doing the washing up!

Hugh

Hi Tony, I enjoyed listening to those. As I think I have said before, I sang bass in a choir when at school in Kenya (they had a Electronic Organ there, not a Pipe Organ) .. and both my uncles were vicars, one in Langtrree (Nr. Torrington in Devon) and the other in Bexhill-on-Sea in Sussex, so joine...

And what have my son's family been doing during the lockdown (apart from shopping for us once a week)?

Dancing at Home Farm



Hugh

Another jigsaw completed. 750 pieces. Bits and Pieces Shaped Puzzle. The outside edge of the jigsaw is the coloured picture. Interesting because all the pieces are individually shaped and at different angles.



Hugh

I have a piece here played by Brian007 on his PSR-SX700 where he has made good use of the the sounds on his keyboard. Here is what I had to say about it: You just have a way of putting songs together and everything 'flows' so well. You came straight in with your song so we heard you playing right fr...

Hi Den, Well! Not just any old video that you have picked up from YouTube, but it's our very own Den showing us how to record in MIDI, then play back what we have recorded and add more to the recording. I think that the way my AR80 organ records must have been the early days of MIDI. For starters, I...

I have added more to the post I put up about SUGURU , so go back and take another look. Coming up soon I shall be posting an explanation ( OH NO! .. I hear you say :cry: :cry: ) of a two-pack Patience game I used to play with my Dad. He used to say he could always get it out. Logic again. He was an ...

Thanks to all of you who have added your comments. A puzzle that Bronwyn and I like doing is called SUGURU (the Japanese seem to have had a hand in making these sort of puzzles). We first came across one in a newspaper and really enjoyed doing it. This game should not be confused with Sudoku, which ...

Kens has come up with the right answer to this one. On his second attempt! Any more offers?

Hugh

Thanks Ken for posting.

Now, here's a very 'upbeat' version of this.

Joy To The World – Pentatonix



Hugh

How many more blocks to finish the cube?

Answers on a postcard please. Actually, no ... email me with your answer .. hugh@ar-group.org



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So what have Bronwyn and I been doing? Well, we are very keen on jigsaws and have done two. The first was 1,000 pieces and just a normal rectangular shape; and the other was 1,500 pieces and 'curved' at the top, which made it a lot more difficult. We nearly gave up as we couldn't seem to get it star...

What have you been doing during this coronavirus lockdown? Now that we are all restricted as to where we can go and what we can do I'm sure we are all finding things to do to occupy our time. Of course we all have keyboards/organs so this gives us an opportunity to brush up on our playing skills an...

Hi Tony,

Thanks for posting those. Your Viscount Envoy 35FV digital classical organ certainly makes a very good recording. A very strong, clear bass and a wonderful 'Church Organ' sound.

Hugh