Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Manfred Mann's "Untie Me"

I recently listened to The Five Faces of Manfred Mann for the first time in over a year and was reminded of the Hohner Pianet part in "Untie Me."  I figured it out about two years ago, and I thought I'd post it.

The Pianet simply doubles selected portions of the piano part.  Throughout the song, there are a handful of single D notes in the lower register (nearly two octaves below middle C), and this phrase is at ~2:20:

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Purcell: Minuet in A minor, Z. 649


I got the notation from IMSLP.  It doesn't have fingerings, so I came up with my own, which probably aren't technically correct.

I did at least half a dozen takes to get a good (and consistent) andante tempo.  A couple days after I recorded this, I referenced the recording I have by Pieter-Jan Belder, and his tempo is closer to what I'd been playing originally, so maybe I needn't have bothered slowing it down.