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Miri

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Marcelo said:
Miri, is your alto sax pitched in E flat? If so, do you have to transpose or do you use instrument-specific sheet music? Or maybe you never play along with other instruments and just play what you read. Thank God the viola is not a transposing instrument -- reading what is written is already hard enough!
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George my alto is eb a minor third.
Mildred my soprano is Bb a tone above.

I can just about sight transpose a minor third you just pretend you
are reading a different stave line. Lol

A tone above I just give up and play by ear or improvise.

I’m pretty good at improvising and I can play most things by ear.
In the worship team I had to come up with my own melodies and
harmonies as mostly it was drums, keyboard and guitar playing
chords. So there was very little written music.
 
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Miri said:
I can just about sight transpose a minor third you just pretend you
are reading a different stave line. Lol
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This is too hard for me! :D No, I'll never play any transposing instrument.
 
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Miri said:
Apart from playing bass chords, can you do anything else with them.
Is it possible to boogie with them. Lol
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Yes, I think it is possible, but first I suggest you learn a bass line -- like the one below -- and then you, together with you bass guitar, can boogie along with the boogie woogie song.:D

 
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Miri

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Well I suppose if an elephant can play the base notes,
anyone can!

 
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Miri

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The dog almost manages to synchronise his singing
to his playing. Lol
 
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Mel85 said:
Y’all have to definitely watch this if you haven’t already:)
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What an awesome idea for a flash mob :) I love this piece of music. I taught myself many songs by reading corresponding chord charts out of songbooks, but this may be the only song I learned reading note per note to play on my guitar. I was not trained in reading musical scales like that, and it took me about a month. After I learned it, I took it out busking. That was in the days before you needed to get a licence to busk :)
 
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Marcelo said:
Who deleted my vid?
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I'm sorry, Mr. Clinton, it was none of us! When the new layout came into effect all posts from May 24 06:33 a.m. and May 28 03:36 a.m. (between post #129 and post#130) were lost. I don't know if they all can be retrieved, but I'll do my best to re-post your vid.
 
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Here you are, Mr. Clinton, and ... welcome to Christian Chat!

 
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Miri, it looks like your vid was deleted too! Could you repost it please?
 
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i am currently listening to my husband play the electric guitar. he's a fantastic musician and has perfect pitch. i wish i had perfect pitch. meh! lol
 
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