>>Acoustic Snapshots Episode 149 - Works In Progress - Heliotrope Bouquet
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:32 pm
Hi Gang,
Here is something a little different that I hope you will enjoy, a series we might call "Works In Progress." This may be a bit like a Fly On The Wall peek at a practice session that includes some thinking out loud, practice techniques, and even a "Dress Rehearsal" take on a piece that is starting to come together after quite a long time (over 35 years from the first time I looked at the tune). My recent obsession with revisiting the world of Ragtime Guitar has had me playing almost nothing else for the past three or four weeks, much to the chagrin of my family. One of the pieces in heavy rotation is Heliotrope Bouquet, a hauntingly beautiful collaboration between Louis Chauvin and Scott Joplin. There are many arrangements of this out there and most of them modify the original as many passages do not translate easily to the guitar. I have tried to stick as faithfully as possible to the picture painted by the original, creating some very difficult sections. I thought I would fire up the camera this morning as I was practicing and do a little Work In Progress video with some thoughts and comments on practicing challenging pieces. Much of this should be applicable to improving anything at any level and I hope to come back in in a few weeks with a more polished version. In the interest of full disclosure, most members of the household have been caught humming parts of this memorable melody.
Neil
Here is something a little different that I hope you will enjoy, a series we might call "Works In Progress." This may be a bit like a Fly On The Wall peek at a practice session that includes some thinking out loud, practice techniques, and even a "Dress Rehearsal" take on a piece that is starting to come together after quite a long time (over 35 years from the first time I looked at the tune). My recent obsession with revisiting the world of Ragtime Guitar has had me playing almost nothing else for the past three or four weeks, much to the chagrin of my family. One of the pieces in heavy rotation is Heliotrope Bouquet, a hauntingly beautiful collaboration between Louis Chauvin and Scott Joplin. There are many arrangements of this out there and most of them modify the original as many passages do not translate easily to the guitar. I have tried to stick as faithfully as possible to the picture painted by the original, creating some very difficult sections. I thought I would fire up the camera this morning as I was practicing and do a little Work In Progress video with some thoughts and comments on practicing challenging pieces. Much of this should be applicable to improving anything at any level and I hope to come back in in a few weeks with a more polished version. In the interest of full disclosure, most members of the household have been caught humming parts of this memorable melody.
Neil
