January 14, 2009 

Keeping the Party “Up-Tempo”

My friend Joachim Luis came over tonight and started reading though the beginning piano book that was resting on my keyboard. Being the jock party animals that we are, we decided to try to sing a few of them as two part vocal pieces.

First we sight-read “Rondino” by Jean Philippe Rameau on movable “doo” with Joachim on bass and me on treble (this one is for my dad):

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Then out came the solfeggio. “A Farewell” by Henry Purcell with Joachim on treble and me on bass:

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And then out came the video camera. “Sarabande” by Arcangelo Corelli:

Apologies and thanks to David Xiques.

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128 Responses to “Keeping the Party “Up-Tempo””

  1. MissJessyeNorman January 27, 2011 at 4:38 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @Fiddler222 lol, It’s a learned skill. and you def. don’t need perfect pitch for it. You learn perfect “relative” pitch by studying ear training. Ear training teaches you to derive all pitches from just one given pitch. (You can also memorize one pitch, so you don’t need an outside source, e.g, a piano, for that pitch). So, no you don’t need perfect pitch, just a LOT of time, effort, practice and study to be able to do it at first sight like this (which we call sight-singing by the way).

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  2. MissJessyeNorman January 27, 2011 at 4:38 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @Fiddler222 lol, It’s a learned skill. and you def. don’t need perfect pitch for it. You learn perfect “relative” pitch by studying ear training. Ear training teaches you to derive all pitches from just one given pitch. (You can also memorize one pitch, so you don’t need an outside source, e.g, a piano, for that pitch). So, no you don’t need perfect pitch, just a LOT of time, effort, practice and study to be able to do it at first sight like this (which we call sight-singing by the way).

    Reply
  3. MissJessyeNorman January 27, 2011 at 4:38 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @Fiddler222 lol, It’s a learned skill. and you def. don’t need perfect pitch for it. You learn perfect “relative” pitch by studying ear training. Ear training teaches you to derive all pitches from just one given pitch. (You can also memorize one pitch, so you don’t need an outside source, e.g, a piano, for that pitch). So, no you don’t need perfect pitch, just a LOT of time, effort, practice and study to be able to do it at first sight like this (which we call sight-singing by the way).

    Reply
  4. MissJessyeNorman January 27, 2011 at 4:38 pm #

    [..YouTube..] @Fiddler222 lol, It’s a learned skill. and you def. don’t need perfect pitch for it. You learn perfect “relative” pitch by studying ear training. Ear training teaches you to derive all pitches from just one given pitch. (You can also memorize one pitch, so you don’t need an outside source, e.g, a piano, for that pitch). So, no you don’t need perfect pitch, just a LOT of time, effort, practice and study to be able to do it at first sight like this (which we call sight-singing by the way).

    Reply
  5. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 12:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  6. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  7. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  8. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  9. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  10. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  11. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  12. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  13. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  14. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  15. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  16. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  17. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  18. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  19. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  20. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  21. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  22. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  23. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  24. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  25. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  26. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  27. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
  28. Bittersweet123 February 13, 2011 at 2:44 pm #

    [..YouTube..] thx for this– for some reason I couldn’t find this exact version of sarabande anywhere and the other ones by Corelli sound different

    Reply
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