Twelvefret - Posted - 12/15/2008:  04:49:27

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Here is a recording played to speed and slowed down a couple of times through to help members who might like to learn the melody of Jay and Molly's, The Mountain House.

I will try to get a guitar back later, but the Martin is in the bedroom and I don't want to wake Beverly up

http://www.hangoutstorage.com/fiddl...15122008.mp3

chuck

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Percy - Posted - 12/15/2008:  05:01:01

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Chuck -- have you tried the "B" part yet? That part's a dewzie to play and get the intonation on... I've been working on that thing for 6 months!

Twelvefret - Posted - 12/15/2008:  05:35:56

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Chuck -- have you tried the "B" part yet? That part's a dewzie to play and get the intonation on... I've been working on that thing for 6 months

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Carol,

I downloaded Jay and Mollie's version from their Lover's Waltz CD. The melody I recorded is the one that they play several times through before the guitar solo, which plays the same melody.

Jay does go to a higher octave and does some harmonizing as a variation to the original melody so I did not think of it as a B part, but a variation on the basic theme. In order for me to play these variations, I need to have another track to harmonize with or at least one or two other players keeping the rhythm for me.

I am not saying that I am correct, but this was my observation as I listened to the the Ungar's recording, Carol. Perhaps others with a better understanding will advise us both.

Merry Christmas,

chuck

"Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
Pablo Picasso

A baby is God''s opinion that life should go on. (Carl Sandburg)

The people who are most sure of themselves are the most dangerous.



Nothing''s going to work just because you want it to. You got to make the damn thing work. (Thomas A. Edison)

He who ****s in the road meets flies on his return. (African proverb)

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best." - Henry Van Dyke


"Don''t blame me, I voted for Sarah". chuck naill

"A gentleman is a man who knows how to play the banjo... but refrains from doing so."
Mark Twain

You only have power over people so long as you don''t take everything away from them. But when you''ve robbed a man of everything, he''s no longer in your power - he''s free again.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 -2008 )

Percy - Posted - 12/15/2008:  06:53:19

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I had ordered the lead sheet for this one (though I can't read music very well). There were things I was having trouble hearing -- and just looking at the sheet music helps me see where the music is going when I can't hear it right.

It does seem that the higher part is actually the melody for a "B" part (though it follows the same chord pattern as the "A" part) so the "A" part can be played right under it (which is done on the recording). That's why I was having trouble hearing it...

Twelvefret - Posted - 12/15/2008:  10:52:51

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It does seem that the higher part is actually the melody for a "B" part (though it follows the same chord pattern as the "A" part) so the "A" part can be played right under it (which is done on the recording). That's why I was having trouble hearing it...

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My suggestion is to get the basic melody that I recorded for you down then proceed. Its is common to mix things up to make it interesting and why they through in a guitar solo.

chuck

"Good artists copy. Great artists steal."
Pablo Picasso

A baby is God''s opinion that life should go on. (Carl Sandburg)

The people who are most sure of themselves are the most dangerous.



Nothing''s going to work just because you want it to. You got to make the damn thing work. (Thomas A. Edison)

He who ****s in the road meets flies on his return. (African proverb)

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best." - Henry Van Dyke


"Don''t blame me, I voted for Sarah". chuck naill

"A gentleman is a man who knows how to play the banjo... but refrains from doing so."
Mark Twain

You only have power over people so long as you don''t take everything away from them. But when you''ve robbed a man of everything, he''s no longer in your power - he''s free again.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 -2008 )