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Re: Other music

Post by Rob Lister » Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:47 pm

Anaxagoras wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:34 pm
Sounds familiar.

From the Fifth Element
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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:26 am

Some variations on Purcell:


[if "unavailable": https://youtu.be/01ycTJB_Oes]

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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:12 am

Let's compare three versions of the presto in BWV 1001:

On the (modern) guitar:




The baroque lute:




And the original for violin:


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Not the same music… :mrgreen:
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Re: Other music

Post by Rob Lister » Fri Feb 01, 2019 12:39 pm

violin wins this round.
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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Sat Feb 02, 2019 1:37 am

↑ There's also a trumpet version, but I'll spare you that.

How about some Strauss?

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Post by Witness » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:59 am

Organists have kept up an improvisation tradition:



Too much swing? :mrgreen:
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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Fri Feb 22, 2019 4:18 am

Warning: it's harsh on the ears. :mrgreen:

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Re: Other music

Post by Anaxagoras » Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:04 pm

Weird funky tune from the 1970s I heard recently.

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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:12 am



The kamanche can produce the saddest music known to Humanity. (I'll try to find a more gripping piece. :twisted: )
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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:30 am

Witness wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 06, 2019 4:12 am
 The kamanche can produce the saddest music known to Humanity. (I'll try to find a more gripping piece. :twisted: )
Here we go, the moaning of something dying painfully and in despair.

Turkish version:




And Iranian, sadder still:



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Re: Other music

Post by Witness » Tue Mar 19, 2019 3:19 am

Some Carpathian rap for comrade Gram:



And non-rap:

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We've all seen virtuosi with terrible body language, but this fantastic guy clearly enjoys his job:



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:BigGrin3:

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