doc benway Posted September 13, 2020 A thread devoted to sharing and discussion of music. Whatever you like, play, compose, listen to, whatever... In honor of coming Autumn, I made this recording of Qiu (Autumn). It’s a guitar piece from Si Ji (Four Seasons) by French composer Thierry Rougier. It’s written in shang mode, one of the classic Chinese folk music modes. 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent thunder Posted September 13, 2020 Music is central to my life. I love acoustic guitar... (12 string especially), it's probably my most loved. Also the Guqin and Guzheng are instantly capivating. Wood Flutes (Plains Indian in particular) and the Cello... by the gods... the vibrations of a Cello can be like swimming in liquid light. Drums of any kind... always. So primal. I played a bit today and sang an old song from the Lakota Tradition that I haven't sung in years. I used to sing professionally in my stage days back in the 80's and 90's. I sang with several groups (an Elizabethan Sweet Sixteen Madrigal group, several Barber Shop Quartets, a Jazz Octet, umpteen musicals... and a few Choirs) Lately I sing in the shower, or about he house, only occasionally. I played saxaphone for years, as well as drums (grew up with Ethiopian animal skin drums that were gifted to my uncle by tribes he treated as a Doctor while traveling through Africa in the 1960's). Also studied some piano and last couple years have plunked about with a guitar. Nothing for anyone else to listen to, just something to engage and express myself. This piece leapt out at me and has become something of an obsession lately... fitting it's a piece oriented about Autumn too... Quote Raflum, a solo project from Sichuan, which means "melancholic autumn enchained by rain",was founded in late autumn in the year of 98th,ROC(autumn in 2009 A.D.) by Han. The music of Raflum conveys the yearning of solitude seclusion, highly influenced by these Neo-folk bands, like Vàli. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwai Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) Here’s my soundcloud stream — https://m.soundcloud.com/implicate-order/let-go-be-here-now Edited September 13, 2020 by dwai 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted September 13, 2020 16 hours ago, silent thunder said: Music is central to my life. I love acoustic guitar... (12 string especially), it's probably my most loved. Also the Guqin and Guzheng are instantly capivating. Wood Flutes (Plains Indian in particular) and the Cello... by the gods... the vibrations of a Cello can be like swimming in liquid light. I played Autumn on a flamenco guitar. I like the percussive sounds and the buzzing for that song. I’m also a big fan of the cello, closest instrument to the human voice. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent thunder Posted September 13, 2020 You can actually play that piece?! *deep bow sir* Wow. You are officially invited to our next, and any subsequent camping trip... ever. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted September 13, 2020 28 minutes ago, silent thunder said: You can actually play that piece?! *deep bow sir* Wow. You are officially invited to our next, and any subsequent camping trip... ever. 😆 Yeah man, that’s me! And I love camping!! I noticed some leaves falling, felt a nice cool breeze, and recorded it on my deck with my phone... 2nd take, 1st was a touch too slow. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silent thunder Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, steve said: 😆 Yeah man, that’s me! And I love camping!! I noticed some leaves falling, felt a nice cool breeze, and recorded it on my deck with my phone... 2nd take, 1st was a touch too slow. 18 hours ago, steve said: I made this recording of Qiu (Autumn). wow... I was distracted and this bit slipped passed my goalie... That's amazing good sir. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwai Posted September 13, 2020 Wow! I’m genuinely impressed @steve 🙏🏾🙇🏻 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qofq Posted September 17, 2020 Currently listening to this. Great synesthetic music. Primordial sound forms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vajra Fist Posted September 17, 2020 On 9/13/2020 at 8:32 PM, steve said: I played Autumn on a flamenco guitar. I like the percussive sounds and the buzzing for that song. I’m also a big fan of the cello, closest instrument to the human voice. I've been playing classical guitar for about 30 years and I'm nowhere near your level @steve. That was absolutely terrific, such a beautiful piece. On 9/13/2020 at 7:44 PM, dwai said: Here’s my soundcloud stream — https://m.soundcloud.com/implicate-order/let-go-be-here-now This is awesome! Pretty close to what I listen to on Spotify, very Mogwai. I'm not going to embarrass myself by sharing my music, but these are two of my absolute favourite guitar pieces at the moment. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
