by Hugh-AR » 11 Nov 2017 10:51
Hi Tony,
I admire people who can multi-track and I always listen for those extra little bits that have been put into the music. We once had a keyboard player staying at our Hotel, and he used to play his keyboard for us in the Hotel Lounge, amplified through my Farfisa. He used to have a band of his own aboard a Cruise Liner. He would do multi-tracking too, and when I asked him how he did it he suggested I have a go (when we were on our own, of course!). So I played a piece using left and right hands. Then he said, "Right. Now add something else in." Well, for the life of me, I couldn't do it as (a) I couldn't think of anything to 'add in', and (b) my hands just wanted to play exactly the same as what I had just played. As if my hands had been programmed by my brain just to play those notes. He took over, and put in at least another three 'layers' of music.
I have come to the conclusion that you have to have the ideas in your head for those extra bits you put in. I am getting better at it now, but only manage one extra 'part' to add in, which I call a 'counter-melody'. Away In A Manger (which I have played in this section) is one such piece where I have done this, and it was all I could do to concentrate on playing that one counter-melody while I was listening to the tune playing back at me.
Hugh
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