a weekend of music
Jun. 4th, 2023 05:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird1I've spent my weekend arranging random music for multiple accordions.
This because:
- My old accordion group was far too far away, and I was too exhausted to go.
- I found someone closer who wants to start an accordion group.
- I contacted her, and she said "Great! Do you have experience arranging music for groups?"
- And I thought "…no, but the fact you're asking me that question means I'm probably better at it than you."
I live in that weird area of musical ability where, if someone asks me if I'm musical, I will gauge where they're at before answering. Decent musicians get told "Eh, kinda. I can play a couple of instruments, but not well." whereas non-musicians are told confidently "Yes. I am very musical." If someone is used to arranging music, they're better at it than me; if someone is looking for help arranging music, I am definitely better at it than them.
So I've created arrangements of Feed the Birds, Edelweiss, and the Inspector Gadget theme song, and totally failed to figure out an arrangement for Que Sera Sera. I'm now trying to make one for You Got a Friend in Me, from Toy Story. (Basically, I'm listening to the same YouTube video several thousand times, and slowly writing down the melody, the bass line, the embellishments, and the background music. It takes FOREVER.)
At least, this way, we get to play the stuff I like playing, rather than random crap I don't like.
This because:
- My old accordion group was far too far away, and I was too exhausted to go.
- I found someone closer who wants to start an accordion group.
- I contacted her, and she said "Great! Do you have experience arranging music for groups?"
- And I thought "…no, but the fact you're asking me that question means I'm probably better at it than you."
I live in that weird area of musical ability where, if someone asks me if I'm musical, I will gauge where they're at before answering. Decent musicians get told "Eh, kinda. I can play a couple of instruments, but not well." whereas non-musicians are told confidently "Yes. I am very musical." If someone is used to arranging music, they're better at it than me; if someone is looking for help arranging music, I am definitely better at it than them.
So I've created arrangements of Feed the Birds, Edelweiss, and the Inspector Gadget theme song, and totally failed to figure out an arrangement for Que Sera Sera. I'm now trying to make one for You Got a Friend in Me, from Toy Story. (Basically, I'm listening to the same YouTube video several thousand times, and slowly writing down the melody, the bass line, the embellishments, and the background music. It takes FOREVER.)
At least, this way, we get to play the stuff I like playing, rather than random crap I don't like.
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