Robin Reddocke
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Robin Reddocke
This isn't an original composition, but it's my own arrangement of a piece from the late 16th century (Ballet's Lute Book). The original lute score is arranged for classical guitar, and I added parts for alto and tenor recorders, plus a frame drum.
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These are all "real" instruments (i.e., no samples or software instruments -- "real" isn't the best word, but you know what I mean) played by me and recorded and mixed with Bitwig.
Robin Reddocke
These are all "real" instruments (i.e., no samples or software instruments -- "real" isn't the best word, but you know what I mean) played by me and recorded and mixed with Bitwig.
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Re: Robin Reddocke
This was a very enjoyable piece. Well played and well recorded. The instruments sounds nice and clean. If I had any suggestion for improvements they'd only be to personal taste. Somehow the guitar's mid highs appear a little too prominent and the frame drum is rather monotonous, though I suppose that is by design.
All in all, it sounds "professional" annd radio ready. Thanks for sharing!
All in all, it sounds "professional" annd radio ready. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for the feedback; I appreciate it!jeanette_c wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:46 pm This was a very enjoyable piece. Well played and well recorded. The instruments sounds nice and clean. If I had any suggestion for improvements they'd only be to personal taste. Somehow the guitar's mid highs appear a little too prominent and the frame drum is rather monotonous, though I suppose that is by design.
All in all, it sounds "professional" annd radio ready. Thanks for sharing!
Interesting. Listening back, I see what you mean. Some of that may be this particular guitar (it's a "parlor sized" Cordoba C9 classical guitar, so slightly smaller than a full-sized classical guitar -- it has a very "present" sound and skews more towards the treble end of spectrum, compared to larger guitars), but my EQing could also be influencing it. I'll take a look at the EQ settings I used and see. This was my first time recording and mixing this guitar, so it's quite possible that I need to experiment with the EQ approach some more.jeanette_c wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:46 pm...Somehow the guitar's mid highs appear a little too prominent...
Ha! The frame drum was a last minute addition. It's an inexpensive Roosebeck "bodhran" (mulberry frame/goatskin head), played with my hand/fingers. I'm not really a drummer, so I just kind of did what I could for a basic beat and didn't spend a lot of time on it. I'm sure a real drummer could've done better, even on such a simple piece.jeanette_c wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:46 pm...the frame drum is rather monotonous, though I suppose that is by design.
While I'm not a drummer (I can play some basic beats on a drum kit, but that's about it), I've been very interested in drums and percussion, lately. I recently picked up a cajon, too, but I haven't recorded anything with it, yet.
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This is fun, it makes me want to take up playing a lute, don a leather jerkin, and organize a band of traveling minstrels.
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Lol... Thanks. It's definitely a bit "off the beaten path," but I enjoyed recording it. I think it's kind of cool that it's from so long ago, but here I am recording an arrangement of it and posting it to the internet.Michael Willis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:04 pm This is fun, it makes me want to take up playing a lute, don a leather jerkin, and organize a band of traveling minstrels.
Too bad they don't provide royalties in gold pieces!
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Really beautiful arrangement, and you did a great work with all instruments! I wish I could play more than just the guitar... I was given a Chinese Dizi as a gift for Christmas, though, so if I force myself to learn to play that too I could get to two
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Thank you!
Yes, I think you should go for it. The Dizi is a cool instrument.
My family bought me a didgeridoo for Christmas. *That* was a surprise.
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This is really nicely done. It has a feeling of authenticity
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Thank you!
"Authenticity" is a nice compliment, and I was kinda going for that (with the use of all physical/acoustic instruments). Amusingly, though, the instruments are not really "correct" for the period. Guitar instead of lute (I don't own a lute -- although I would love to have one). Recorders are "correct," but the recorders I own are all baroque style, which is a little later -- medieval or renaissance recorders would be a better fit, but I don't own any. And lastly, this piece is done with modern equal temperament tuning with A = 440. If it were truly "period correct" it would probably be in some sort of meantone temperament, and A would probably not be 440. But that's all little details that don't really matter in the grand scheme of things. I'm very pleased that it sounds "right."
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I love this genre. I have an album of Scottish lute pieces from a little later, but the music was written before the Baroque counterpoint styles had really penetrated that far north so it sounds very Renaissance-y. I could listen to that stuff all day. (Actually, I have before!)
Your recording is well done, and very pleasant on the ear. Like @Michael Willis, it made me want to don a jester's cap and scratch at my fleas while dancing a jig.
Your recording is well done, and very pleasant on the ear. Like @Michael Willis, it made me want to don a jester's cap and scratch at my fleas while dancing a jig.
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Thanks, milo.milo wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:05 pm I love this genre. I have an album of Scottish lute pieces from a little later, but the music was written before the Baroque counterpoint styles had really penetrated that far north so it sounds very Renaissance-y. I could listen to that stuff all day. (Actually, I have before!)
Your recording is well done, and very pleasant on the ear. Like @Michael Willis, it made me want to don a jester's cap and scratch at my fleas while dancing a jig.
I have a book of medieval and renaissance pieces arranged for guitar by John Renbourn; I'd like to get around to recording some of those, too, and perhaps adding other instruments to the guitar arrangements, as I did with this piece.
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Re: Robin Reddocke
Very good! I think you could make an album of these
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Thank you.
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