Open Mic Challenge 138 - Walt Disney Theme. 3 Part violin and piano solo.

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Hello dear Open Mic Comunity

I was so excited about this week's theme "magic". There are lots of songs about magic. Good and bad...but I looked at it from my childrens' perspective and my fond childhood memories.

Walt Disney movies are all about magic, making us believe in fairy tales and happy ever afters. I just had to cover this song.
I asked myself how I could make it more interesting. Everyone knows I can play piano and violin so I wanted to do a bit more.
With the limited equipment I have I decided to record a 3 part harmony, each recording on top of the previous one.

First, I started with recording my piano accompaniment as always.

Piano part:

Secondly I recorded my 2nd violin part while playing the keyboard recording back.

Piano and 2nd Violin:

Thirdly, I recorded the 3rd violin part while playing back the second violin part recording back...does this even make sense?

Piano and 3rd Violin:

And finally, I recorded the melody on top of the last recording with the 3rd violin part.

I do hope you enjoy this. Please let me know what you think and send links to your recordings for me to support you back.

Marelize



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Is it the keyboard itself that is doing the recording? Is that a common function?

I would love to learn to play piano/keyboard one day to challenge myself.

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Yes @Jasper any keyboard has a record function but then only for the keyboard. I had to record the violin and keyboard with my phone and play it through the keyboard woth an aux cable. That's why the sou d quality is not so clear at the end.

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Oh eek. I have a loop pedal for guitar-jack and microphone that I occasionally use.

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I would love to experiment with a loop pedal one day!

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Yes! There are enough surfer-dude, guitar-and-harmonica playing Jeremy Loops wannabes out there (ahem... cough cough... hahaha!)

I think there is a niche for a female piano and violin loop pedal prodigy instead! Throw in a kazoo to really stand out!

(Actually, I don't think I will ever make my/our act revolve around the loop pedal, but we have one or two songs that work well with it... you obviously need to use a repetitive chord structure, and it helps if it is a proper bouncy jam.)

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That's the thing! You are limited to the chord structure...I will start mastering the kazoo first. Not sure how long that's going to take 😆

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Magical playing for sure!
This is a lovely interpretation of this very famous theme song!
😃👏

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Thank you for your kind word. I am so happy you enjoyed it.

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Hello . Disney is undoubtedly a reference of magic, especially because it makes us connect with our inner child, your cover with instruments has been beautiful, I loved it. Thank you for participating and may the magic of Christmas shine in your life.

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Thank you for your kind word. I am so happy you enjoyed it.

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Every time you upload, you add yourself playing a few more parts. Pretty soon you'll be a whole orchestra 😁 You've got a wonderful talent there, not just to be able to play the instruments, but to understand how to combine multiple recordings into a single piece.

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hahaha! I think its called a One Man Band. Thank you for your kind word. I am so happy you enjoyed it.

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I am so happy to see that you can accompany yourself and do these complex works. Being able to play several instruments is great. Very good entry @marelizezeeman 👌

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Thank you for your kind word. I am so happy you enjoyed it. I love playing duets with myself ;)

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Yes, I suppose you do. I would like to do the same with myself, oh well, just piano with piano combination would be possible for my "self duet" 😁

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Beautiful melodies and excellent interpretation. Very pretty.😊👏👏👏

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Beautiful melody indeed! Thank you for your kind word. I am so happy you enjoyed it.

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This is very impressive... You have done wonderfully.

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Thank you for your kind word. I am so happy you enjoyed it.

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