catty Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I didn't have much success arranging Gnossienne No 3 for melodeon, but it sounds great on anglo c. Anyone playing these tunes on anglo? I didn't see anything on youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 ...it sounds great on anglo c. Let us hear it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I regularly play Gnossienne #1 on the Hayden duet. I transposed it from F minor to D minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Levine Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Gorgeous on the piano: There are a number of clips of Satie's music on Youtube, as well as a good deal of commentary. The Trois Gymnopedies are also lovely. You can hear Ravel coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 I didn't see anything on youtube (for concertina) I played the more popular Gymnopadies and Gnossiennes on guitar for 20 years or more--although these are quite popular arranged for guitar, the Gnossienne (No 1, particulalry) leaves something to be desired on guitar. So I learned to play them on piano (which is of course best). Currently I play them on melodeon...but the Gnossienne No 3--I was unable (so far) to arrange on melodeon, so I put it on the anglo c.--on which I was surprsed how particularly well it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidesqueeze Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 ...it sounds great on anglo c. Let us hear it? Yes, please share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Haven't figured that out yet...sorry I wasn't even able to figure out how to run my OLD computer's recording program...I can't even edit photos on this one! Still, I'd be surprised if no one else is playing these...I'm sure someone (with more tech wherewithal than me) will provide us with a nice anglo-cized recording I learned it from this: nice and easy to play on the C/G 30b...although it would be especially nice to have more bass notes for a piece like this, etc...one of the challenges (and fun) of arranging for concertina Edited August 30, 2012 by catty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Levine Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 On the piano Satie is haunting and ethereal. Delicate, even, without being precious. On the piano accordion Satie sounds heavy and lugubrious. Muddy. This might be because of the heavy left hand. I am not a fan of the PA in any case. Compare to this, for instance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I learned it from this: On the piano Satie is haunting and ethereal. Delicate, even, without being precious. On the piano accordion Satie sounds heavy and lugubrious. Muddy. This might be because of the heavy left hand. I am not a fan of the PA in any case. I have heard a more effective performance of the Gnossienne #1 on PA, taken a little faster and with more rubato. But if you don't like the PA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 On the piano Satie is haunting and ethereal. Delicate, even, without being precious. On the piano accordion Satie sounds heavy and lugubrious. Muddy. This might be because of the heavy left hand. Why the opportunity to render on concertina is so effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Why the opportunity to render on concertina is so effective Yes, but one must be careful: As on the accordion, the left hand can overpower the right. In working out the Gnossienne #1 for Hayden Duet Concertina, I found I had to adapt what Satie had written for the left hand (long bass notes starting by themselves but with chords overlying the latter portions) and halt each bass note when the chord sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Why the opportunity to render on concertina is so effective ...I found I had to adapt... The only instrument for which I didn't adapt written arrangements of the Gnossiennes and Gymns was piano (I arranged adaptations for guitar, melodeons, anglo concertina). Arranging is half the fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catty Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 I like to learn my rags from the original piano rolls too. Likewise, this is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJack Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Gorgeous on the piano: There are a number of clips of Satie's music on Youtube, as well as a good deal of commentary. The Trois Gymnopedies are also lovely. You can hear Ravel coming. Has anyone the dots or abc for these? I have not heard them since undergrad so many years ago and have longed for them since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Gorgeous on the piano: There are a number of clips of Satie's music on Youtube, as well as a good deal of commentary. The Trois Gymnopedies are also lovely. You can hear Ravel coming. Has anyone the dots or abc for these? I have not heard them since undergrad so many years ago and have longed for them since. They're all there to take, FOC, on the Petrucci Library. Hurrah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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