Week 3: Music is Music! 
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All right, maybe to lighten the mood after the funeral, here's is a first attempt at playing my arrangement of "Avadim Hayinu" ("We Were Slaves"), a Passover song.
It's definitely very rough around the edges; it's late here and I'm a bit sleepy, but it's probably enough to give you an idea of what it's supposed to sound like. I thought it best to post before the end of the challenge too.
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Roni Glaser That was great Roni. What a dramatic arrangement. Great job. I hope you are notating the facial expressions in the score
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Jack Stewart joosje Blaise Laflamme Thank you for your kind words!
But yes Jack, I still haven't quite managed to perfect my eyebrow vibrato
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I just posted a video here - it says it's "pending review" is that normal? Is that because it's a video?
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Roni Glaser It happens to me once in a while too. Some word of yours must have tripped the algorithm in the computer.
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Eric Phillips Right, maybe it was confused by the title. Or probably funerals and slavery had put it in a bad mood. :)
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Roni Glaser i had the same thing yesterday.
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Here are updates on the Lutoslawski arrangements of 2 folk melodies. A bit cleaner though still needs much work. I have been trying to update the Chopin and Schubert but so far my efforts are not satisfactory. Hopefully.......
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Jack Stewart Just beautiful, Jack!
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Jack Stewart Hey these a great, I hadn't heard them before. Thanks for sharing!
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Jack Stewart Those are really great! Who did the transcription for guitar?
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Blaise Laflamme These are from a collection of twelve transcribed by Raymond Burley thru Boosey and Hawkes. I just noticed that SheetMusicPlus has the collection by a different transcriber but I know nothing of that one. I first heard them on a Julian Bream Album of modern music. There are some real gems in the collection. Would make a nice suite.
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Roni Glaser Thanks Roni. I first heard these on a Julian Bream album of Modern Music. This particular is transcribed by Raymon Burley.
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Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. Very Schubert-esque don't you think?
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Jack Stewart Ok I found it out... https://www.boosey.com/shop/product_detail?id=2104862
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Ok, so this will probably be my last update before showtime (it's 11:45 pm). This recording went fairly well until the last few measures - and then I thought 'I've made it, all I need to do is get thru the last few measures...." Well, we see how well that worked out. If you stop it at around 3:15 you'll be doing yourself a favor.
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Jack Stewart That was great to listen to! The melody is so clear and legato.
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Jack Stewart bravo Jack, you're doing great! the part with the chromatic scale looks tricky
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Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. I don't know why there are 2 postings. But at least both were 'unlisted' so I seem to have matured that part.
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Blaise Laflamme Thanks Blaise. Yeah those chromatic scales get me sweating
, and for good reason. I almost made it. I am using the Apogee MiC+.
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