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Post by Zi on Feb 22, 2023 17:23:47 GMT
Yesterday I managed to work out how to record a second track alongside one I'd previously recorded using Audacity. In fact, I simply double tracked The Collie singing along to Daphne... which appears to be one of her favourites. Today, I've tried playing both parts of Van Eyck's What Shall We Do in The Evening. I've played duets before with my teacher but I hadn't realised how difficult it is to play against your own recording. Because my playing on the treble is a lot more fragile than on the descant, I slowed the piece down for the treble but when it was the turn of the descant I forgot the slow speed and zipped along - for the first few bars... Take 1 ended early. Take 2 was a bit better but I didn't know when to start so came in late... Take 3 consisted of a digital voice metronome through headphones and it's a bit of a blur really!
The Van Eyck is really simple but maybe it isn't simple enough!
Has anyone else tried anything like this?
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Post by keff on Feb 22, 2023 18:19:50 GMT
It is something that I would like to try.
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Post by Zi on Feb 23, 2023 11:41:05 GMT
It was fun. The Daphne was hilarious because The Collie thinks Daphne is the best ever piece of music. I think it's the low notes followed by high ones (the leaps) that really sets her off. When it was played back to her, she 'sang' very low the second time thus reinforcing the idea I've read that dogs will choose a note that is different from those already in use. As an aside, my husband is seriously impressed that I can play despite The Collie delivering howls at full volume.
The attempt yesterday was more structured as she doesn't 'like' the piece as much so pretty well ignored me. I really need the metronome on its own track - I think pavane talked about that elsewhere but I haven't checked to see if Audacity can add that without recording it separately myself.
When I duetted with my teacher, there were micro-tells between us so we kept together. She made allowances for my playing but on the rare occasion she'd make a mistake and I'd compensate. She was really proud of me then! But when you duet with yourself you can't do those micro-tells or compensations in quite the same way and I'm dependent on myself for setting the right tempo and maintaining a constant rhythm.
Helen Hooker has recordings for the recorder where she plays several parts and she conducts so I may try one of her easier ones to see if that helps. But so far, it's been interesting, has caused a lot of laughter and it's made me use the metronome in a much more focused way - so I'm pleased at the attempt.
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Post by pavane on Feb 23, 2023 13:28:13 GMT
I haven't checked to see if Audacity can add that without recording it separately myself.
Yes, it can: see Generate -> Rhythm Track. I think it's extremely useful, especially as it generates the correct number of bars, so you know when you are supposed to have finished!
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Post by Zi on Feb 23, 2023 15:16:53 GMT
Thanks pavane - that's great! I've just listened to the sounds it can generate and a couple are extremely demanding and I won't be able to ignore them. That's just what I need!
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Post by Zi on Dec 29, 2023 12:15:08 GMT
Having located the voice recorder, I thought I'd try a very simple duet. As it's still within the Twelve Days - I chose Silent Night. I recorded track one but decided just to play along with it to see what happened. As I was playing, I wasn't too sure whether I liked the effect or not. However, The Collie had no such doubts and sang with gusto (I think Gusto was out of tune) so the duet turned into a trio... and it wasn't good!  I will persevere though - I think this could be fun... |
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Post by Zi on Dec 31, 2023 12:48:34 GMT
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