GR translation: arranger-style piano

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Isn't he simply talking about the sort of sheet music that was available and current at the time?  You want to play Somewhere Over the Rainbow, you go to the local music store and for a quarter buy sheet music with it arranged for you and, if you're a better player, with chord changes noted above the staffs.



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From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>; Humberto Torofuerte <strongbool at gmail.com>; pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 2:48 pm
Subject: Re: GR translation: arranger-style piano


Of course you're right about this, but my point is that what he is talking about is a guy who knows enough piano to accompany himself, or his drunken buddies, while they attempt to sing whatever it is, usually some pop songs of the day. He's not playing a full-blown piano arrangement. Trust me, I'm a trained professional, for whatever that's worth.


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:00 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

Piano "arrangements" are simply taking any (mostly popular) songs or
instrumental pieces and "arranging" it for piano.  Beatles, Dylan, Led
Zeplin, are, I'm sure, available in piano arrangements.

http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0020073

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daA0LDDX6Tc

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



On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice ideas, guys, but do you think Pumm will be accompanying his drunken baritone with Rocky or Liberace? It's a simple style of basic piano playing.







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