Well, its embarassing. #I don't hear Silent Night. #I mean no offense. #I will never be a sliver of the player Ted is. I like the tune that's posted but I don't hear Silent Night. #Is it just more jazz than I can cope with?
Well, its embarassing. #I don't hear Silent Night. #I mean no offense. #I will never be a sliver of the player Ted is. I like the tune that's posted but I don't hear Silent Night. #Is it just more jazz than I can cope with?
Agreed. I suspect that the wrong song was uploaded. Or it's a completely different song with a familiar title.
It's just as well. There are some tunes you don't mess with. Silent Night is one of them. That one should be done straight up, IMHO.
Well, I just listened to it for the first time just now - And it's undeniably Silent Night. If it was broke, it's fixed now.
I hear Silent Night. Of course, it is eggnog season and we haven't ran out of brandy yet.
John
Wow! This is a tough room! I doubt that Herr Gruber played it that way - but it is a fair artistic interpretation nonetheless. Nice tone on that Rigel, too!
Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh, y'all!
Merry Christmas (and pass that eggnog).
Milan
Milan
Sorry if I offended anybody's Yuletide "sensiblities." Guess "Straight Up" isn't part of my repertoire...
Merry Christmas, everyone.
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Very cool.
Well played. The snip of Jingle Bells at the end is a classy touch. I wouldn't have played it this way, but it motivated me to get the mandolin and make up my own solo arrangement (which i call "Herr Glauber's").
Equipment? Was this the 4-string "jazz" thing?
Incidentally, click here for Herr Gruber's arrangement, very playable on the mandolin.
Or download it here:
Merry Holidays, all!
Oh, and above all, thanks, Ted/Scott for posting this.
Here's my version
http://users.rcn.com/kvk/xmass_2005.mp3
I asked Santa for a sweet buttery tremolo for Xmas. Gosh knows I need it. My tremolo is a best rank beginner and I'm not quite sure why I ever allowed my attempt at tremolo to be heard anywhere outside my living room.
This was done with an itty bitty computer mike hanging of the side of the desk which accounts for the pfthmmmpt sound when I bang into it a couple times as well as some spikes in volume as I got too close. You can here my kid watching Power Rangers in the background during a quiet part.
Best to you and yours,
Ken
"Dust off those rusty strings just one more time. Gonna make em shine!" -Robert Hunter
Kool, Ken! I asked Santa for time to record "my" version and guts to share it. Let's see if he delivers!
Tremolo sounded OK to me. Every one's tremolo is different.
Ted, re:my post,certainly nothing offensive about your arrangement, I like it, I just don't get it. There's a lot of jazz like that for me, ie Monk etc. I think I'm too simple melody oriented and I have silly expectations like, I was thinking it would be more Joe Pass like ( Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with your work) But thanks for challenging me to open m years up and Happy Holidays (Hey,any chance you'ld do "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's)
Maybe this will help some ears…
Back in my earlier days as a MIDI keyboard musician, I recorded a Christmas Album in 1991. This is the version of #"Silent Night" from which the solo mandolin was extracted:
Earlier Jazz "Silent Night."
Maybe the melody is a bit more transparent there. (or not...) The chord progression was actually inspired by music from Vince Guaraldi’s "Charlie Brown Christmas," especially the song "Christmas Time is Here." The change from 3/4 to 4/4 time, as well as the Latin Beat has unfortunately been a bit more of stretch for some to handle.
The rest of this album, if you’re into unique but "dated" synthesizer sounds: An Urban Christmas.
Ted Eschliman
Writer, Music Industry Consultant
www.JazzMando.com
Author, Getting Into Jazz Mandolin
About Us
Twitter: @FFcPmandolin
It really doesn't matter, the arrangement is very good and well played IMHO. It's just that the style works against what we expect from the song: it's more of a funky night than a silent one. One expects the Magi to dance in from stage left wearing fruit on their heads, if you understand what i'm taking about.
But the more i hear it the more i like it. Expectations are meant to be challenged and rules are meant to be broken, right?
I thought the playing, with the swing and the sliding chords, sounded very Jethro/Stiernberg.
What mandolin did you use?
Gee, it would have been cool to make SN the December tune of the month.
Maybe next holiday season, the tune of the month can be any arrangement of any holiday tune. That would be real nice.
"Dust off those rusty strings just one more time. Gonna make em shine!" -Robert Hunter
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