StuartEstell Posted August 3, 2016 Posted August 3, 2016 This may only make sense to Brits --- it's the theme tune for Saturday afternoon sport on the BBC in the 1970s and 80s. I've often said that if I wrote a single tune as good as this I'd die happy, and I say that completely without sarcasm. It's played in D on a C-core Jeffries duet. The chord structure to this tune is really lovely but a pig to play on the Jeffries! Sadly there's no way of reproducing the timpani glissando in the first section... https://soundcloud.com/lachenaliamusic/grandstand
Hereward Posted August 3, 2016 Posted August 3, 2016 All I can say is Bravo! This is the sort of sound that would make anyone with a musical bent give a thought to learning the concertina.
Defra Posted August 4, 2016 Posted August 4, 2016 Magnificent! And thanks for the shot of nostalgia, you transported me back several decades to happy Saturday afternoons watching sport with my Grandad
StuartEstell Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 Thanks for your lovely responses folks -- I'm hoping to extend the arrangement once it's bedded in a bit, by adding some more details like the woodwind trills etc if physically feasible. Blankety-Blank next...
Defra Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Blankety-Blank next... Maybe we can send in requests for old TV theme tunes?
StuartEstell Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 I'll happily take requests, but none of that ITV rubbish
Gavin Atkin Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Very nice work Stuart! It's so nice to know there are other Jeffries duet players around - particular ones who are (or appear to be) under 50! Please get in touch if you're ever down our way. Gavin
malcolm clapp Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) I much prefer the original Grandstand theme, "News Scoop" composed by Herbert Leonard Stevens and used between 1958 and 1971. But then I'm probably showing my age! Must find the dots and give it a go.... Edited October 12, 2016 by malcolm clapp
Gavin Atkin Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFw5Wv3VsEs Jeffries duets really are a great vehicle for nostalgia, aren't they? Gavin Edited October 13, 2016 by Gavin Atkin
squeezyjohn Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 Oh Wow! That is spectacular ... it's inspired me to have a go at it on my G/C extended Jeffries anglo (probably converted from a duet) ... all the notes and chords are there ... but playing them - that's goingt to take a little longer!
Pikeyh Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 Brilliant Stuart ! On my to do list for my own Jeffries duet !
squeezyjohn Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 Haha ... that's the best workout I've had on anglo in ages ... not quite there yet ... but coming along! Love it
StuartEstell Posted October 16, 2016 Author Posted October 16, 2016 Thanks folks -- Gavin -- yes, definitely south of 50 at the moment! John -- I confess I was lazy with the articulation of the repeated semiquavers on D taken by the xylophone in the original and used bellows rather than fingers... Some of the chord changes are hilariously counter-intuitive on Jeff duet but you're a brave man to attempt that lovely not-quite-circle-of-5th modulation passage on a C/G! Now, I must keep that Blankety-Blank pledge...
StuartEstell Posted October 16, 2016 Author Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) Although I have now been distracted into "Hoots Mon" by Jack Good / Lord Rockingham's XI and its crazy semitone shifts. Gavin, you're absolutely right about Jeff duets and nostalgia Edited October 16, 2016 by StuartEstell
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