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thinkinginpictures
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23 Dec 2013, 4:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktcrcfvjoyE

I composed this piece tonight.

Feedback needed :)



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23 Dec 2013, 4:58 pm

hauntingly nice. reminds me of greensleeves.



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23 Dec 2013, 5:09 pm

Lovely...I have always liked the French carol which was your inspiration, used to play it on a wooden fife every Christmas at church. Yours is a nice variant, familiar enough but not predictable. Nicely done--thanks for sharing! Happy Christmas!



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23 Dec 2013, 5:20 pm

My ears thank you. :)


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23 Dec 2013, 7:28 pm

Sounds like Patapan, which, if I recall, is a Basque carol.



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23 Dec 2013, 10:53 pm

lovely :) can you tell us how that was made?



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24 Dec 2013, 4:30 am

Meistersinger wrote:
Sounds like Patapan, which, if I recall, is a Basque carol.


Read my description ;)
I actually intended to do an improvisation of Patapan at first, then decided to make my very own melody.

auntblabby wrote:
lovely :) can you tell us how that was made?


I used soundfonts from Early Patches and a VST Medieval Legends (harp, lute and zither) and played the melody in FL Studio using my keyboard (pc-keyboard to type with, not a MIDI keyboard,
because I cannot play on a piano...).



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24 Dec 2013, 4:36 am

thinkinginpictures wrote:
I used soundfonts from Early Patches and a VST (harp, lute and zither) and played the melody in FL Studio using my keyboard (pc-keyboard to type with, not a MIDI keyboard, because I cannot play on a piano...).

that was VERY cleverly done! :thumleft: especially using a pc keyboard :o btw, did you know there is a free download called "miditzer" which is an emulation of a theatrical Wurlitzer pipe organ [the kind in old silent movie theatres with all the percussions and sound effects such as sirens and trainwhistles and such]? it works on either the pc keyboard [in abbreviated fashion] or on a MIDI keyboard via breakout box.