Cathedral Organ Combi - Bach's Tocatta & Fugue

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:52 pm

pedro5 wrote:Well...well....that's twice this week you have made me smile with your offerings......
Thanks my friend.

Please keep 'em coming !!!

Thank you kindly for that

ed_f · Post by **ed_f** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:52 pm

PianoManChuck wrote:
ed_f wrote:
PianoManChuck wrote:ed_f: Should go without saying that its an interpretation. Actually, no one knows how the original of any classical piece is supposed to sound since the only recording device back then was pen & paper (music notation)... so all performances are interpretations.
Well if it was an accurate rendering of what was written down then I would agree yes goes without saying. Altered notes and timing etc are a different matter, thats all I was saying.
Ahh yes. Altered notes & timing are what makes it unique! I do many classical (and non-classical) pieces with altered notes & timing - gives it a very interesting uniqueness - sometimes even better than the original! Mechanically reproducing what's on sheet notation is one thing... the ability to offer something a bit different - but still recognizable - is what makes it all interesting!

I don't disagree and it was never a slam (tried to make the clear with a smiley face). Some will draw a line as to when it is no longer "correct" others won't - something this iconic when altered can cause some to lose control in much the same way a disco version of St. Pepper would... or something similar.

And in my opinion music should create an emotional response and sometimes that is "I can't stand this!!" and that is ok too.
As an aside on interpretation - I bet you can hear the traditional version played much more than say the "Switched on Bach" version (and I love those albums so not a dig again for all you folks that think comparing or contrasting is an insult) While there are plenty of cases in more modern music where the interpretation becomes the favorite over the composer/original version. One never knows.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:55 pm

Hal2001 wrote:Chuck, I don't know if your thumbs up at the end was a subliminal message, but it worked, I did give it a thumbs up on the video and left a comment. Nice job.

You know Hal, I never made the connection of my usual "thumbs up" at the end of most of my videos with Youtube listeners clicking the thumbs up icon!

Silly me... it was there the whole time and until you pointed that out, I never would have thought about it.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:09 pm

ed_f wrote:
PianoManChuck wrote:
ed_f wrote: Well if it was an accurate rendering of what was written down then I would agree yes goes without saying. Altered notes and timing etc are a different matter, thats all I was saying.
Ahh yes. Altered notes & timing are what makes it unique! I do many classical (and non-classical) pieces with altered notes & timing - gives it a very interesting uniqueness - sometimes even better than the original! Mechanically reproducing what's on sheet notation is one thing... the ability to offer something a bit different - but still recognizable - is what makes it all interesting!
I don't disagree and it was never a slam (tried to make the clear with a smiley face). Some will draw a line as to when it is no longer "correct" others won't - something this iconic when altered can cause some to lose control in much the same way a disco version of St. Pepper would... or something similar.

And in my opinion music should create an emotional response and sometimes that is "I can't stand this!!" and that is ok too.
As an aside on interpretation - I bet you can hear the traditional version played much more than say the "Switched on Bach" version (and I love those albums so not a dig again for all you folks that think comparing or contrasting is an insult) While there are plenty of cases in more modern music where the interpretation becomes the favorite over the composer/original version. One never knows.

I never took it as "a slam" at all! I understood what you were saying and where you were coming from straight from the get go... and I appreciate that. I know there's some on here that will make a very big deal (and have in the past) about doing some cover song and not getting a particular chord "right".
Going back to the days of Bob Dylan with his excellent song "Mr Tambourine Man"... then hearing the Byrds version of the same song would be a great example of how one song, interpreted differently, can change the entire song (even though its the same song)!. To this day, many people believed The Byrds wrote the song since it was the more popular one, and the one played the most... yet shocked when they heard the original! There's a few songs like that, but that one immediately comes to mind.
I like your "Disco version" analogy of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Its not a far-fetched analogy.... Flo Rida did a version (remix) of Etta James' Good Feeling and it came out fantastic!!

runningman67 · Post by **runningman67** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:24 pm

Wow, the power of the Kronos, the pipe organ and a talented pianist/ keyboardist.
Not a piece of manuscript in sight. I don't know how you do it Chuck.

PianoManChuck · Post by **PianoManChuck** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:50 am

runningman67 wrote:Wow, the power of the Kronos, the pipe organ and a talented pianist/ keyboardist.
Not a piece of manuscript in sight. I don't know how you do it Chuck.

Awww - thanks Lester

I don't know how I do it either - its just something I've been able to do all my life (play what I hear).