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mrmando
Jun-18-2010, 3:17pm
I posted this on another thread, but it really belongs here.
Simen Kjaersdalen
Jun-19-2010, 1:58am
Thank you! This really tasted good with the morning coffee. In what direction do you play the chords towards the end?
mrmando
Jun-19-2010, 3:27am
The 5-note, 2-beat figure that recurs from bars 23 to 28 is always played DUDUD. The 4-note figure in bar 25 is DDUD. The last 3 chords are all downstrokes.
swampstomper
Jun-19-2010, 8:05am
Interesting, you put a lot of chord substitutions in there. What computer program did you use to produce the sheet? It looks quite nice.
mrmando
Jun-20-2010, 2:40am
Thanks, this was done in Sibelius 4.
The chord movement is typical of jazz/swing music, as I'm trying to push myself in that direction. I have a piano-playing friend and occasional bandmate at church with whom I could do a killer duet version of this. I hope, however, that the chord substitutions won't frighten off mandolinists who are used to playing this tune more "straight."