My Romance Solo Guitar arrangement Redux

[Mpoiuz]

Just beautiful, Allen...and a sound to die for...fantastic! Loooking forward for your transcriptions!

Uli

[carvetop01]

@Mpoiuz

Thank you Uli. You are very kind.

allen

[diz52nd]

I really enjoyed that deliberate, slow tempo. Thanks for posting your unique, beautiful arrangement!

[carvetop01]

@diz52nd

Thank you for your kind words. It's a great melody.

Cheers,

allen

[6K6R]

Sounds very nice

Beautiful music 5*****

Claude

[jbctah]

Very nice!!! I like it so much. Sound great!

[Keesfarida]

Hi Allen,Very nice my friend,I love fingerstyle music,beautiful chords ,nice melody,that is power of us ,we dont need a backup,Allen Iam working at the tune ;

I only Have eyes For You; mayby about 4 weeks its on You Tube,and Iam learning the song ; Its All in The Game,nobody on You Tube play that on guitar ,so Iam the first Dutchie ,its a arrangement from my own,I let you know when its on You Tube,have a nice day,greets Kees.

[carvetop01]

@Keesfarida ,

Kees,

I look forward very much to your upload of "I Only Have Eyes for You". It's a beautiful melody and with your gentle touch and sense of harmony I know it will be something special.

Cheers,

allen

[jazzyedwin24]

That was so beautiful, I love this song. Well played like a master.

BRAVO!!!!!!

[carvetop01]

@jazzyedwin24 ,

Thanks for the kind words. This is one of my all time favorite melodies.

Cheers,

allen

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Hi Allen,

this is such a wonderful song. A very fine arrangement - I love the chord work - and you play it with feeling and heart.

All thumbs up, my friend!

Cheers, Bernd

[carvetop01]

@BoeckmannLudwig ,

Thank you Bernd.

Cheers,

allen

[hachamacha]

Sounds terrific. Been awhile since I've been doing anything on Tube, but glad to hear you playing such a beautiful and sensitive arrangement.

Thanks, Hashi

[carvetop01]

@hachamacha ,

Thanks Hashi. What are you working on these days?

allen

[hachamacha]

@carvetop01 allen - I had a couple of hand surgeries, and am in a fairly long recovery period, so I just this week uploaded my first stuff in 5 months. I'm about 40-50% of my former 'range-of-motion'/"ability to feel my fingerips"', but am coming along.

I did a recording/upload of Ain't Misbehavin, and also quickly learned and tossed out a great tune by Denny Zeitin which I need to rerecord named "Quiet Now".

Thanks, Hashi

[archtopbrownie]

Loved the open strings Allen. You've bested yourself on this one. Pure romance coming through. Thumbs up.

[carvetop01]

@archtopbrownie ,

Thank you Lance. Some of these old melodies are timeless me thinks. Open strings are a guitar's secret weapon.

Thanks again,

allen

[birlim1]

The Beautiful music, the beautiful performance!!! I listened and peered into music! Thank you!

[carvetop01]

@birlim1 ,

Спасибо мой друг. Эти старые мелодии никогда не стареют.

allen

[roseslinger]

Absolutely beautiful, Al. I must share with my "FB friends" immediately! Thanks for sharing this one. -paul

[roseslinger]

Absolutely beautiful, Al. Must share with all of my "FB Friends", immediately! Thank you for recording this wonderful piece. -paul

[carvetop01]

@roseslinger ,

Thanks Paul. It's a great tune.

allen

[stephanegiovannelli]

Hi brother, I'm really glad to receive a video yours...

As always, very subtle interpretation of the Music...when I listen to you , I feel so good...Great sound too , and very beautiful chords in this tune...

Very good work mi Hermano...

Your Brother...

Stephane.

[carvetop01]

@stephanegiovannelli ,

Hola Hermanito!

Tu es siempre muy alentador. Tengo suerte de tener a un amigo tan bueno.

Abrazo,

allen

[Jazzguts]

Beautiful intro,great tone, the harmonization of the theme with nice chord inversions, original approach in spacing creating a very special atmosphere. The bass tones of this guitar sound very pronounced. Intro repeated with slight variation at the end. Simply very subtle and musical work, you're a mighty fine guitarist Allen, je bent een goede muziek vriend,Vic.

[carvetop01]

@Jazzguts ,

Thank you Vic.

Altho this arrangement is in A, the 6th string is tuned down to D. That might account for the bass being a bit out front. I do think it makes the chords sound more rich in this case. It's a beautiful melody. Your version is simply outstanding.

Cheers my friend,

allen

[LONGWINDING]

Wondeful, Allen. Lots of open strings, the good thing on guitar. There are some pretty nice chord voicings! It´s a Romance, and we can hear that in your playing. Maybe when you recorded it was high concentration for you, I don´t know, but the result is romantic and tender. Very nice. (Nowadays the all say "TU" for the thumbs up instead of the stars....so let me say: TU ;-))

See you, Frank

[carvetop01]

@LONGWINDING ,

Thank you Frank. I was in a bit of a melancholy(Melancholie ?) mood when I recorded this. Thank you for your kind remarks. Ihr wörter ermutigen mich.

Cheers,

allen

[SIRONEDRAGON]

Al That low D is awesome in the fullness that it gives the flow of Johnny's arrangements ..Huh?? Wow ... Fabulous job..Really cool !!

[carvetop01]

Thanks,

I use drop D quite often. It works great for tunes in Eb also.

Allen

[SIRONEDRAGON]

Beautiful sound.. Johnny was So cool to use that idea ..

[luukey9]

WOW- NICE performance- sweet arrangement.

I really enjoy this one!

Dave

[carvetop01]

Thank you Dave.

cheers,

allen

[mdhakr]

For LOL, this is somewhat closer to Johnny Smith perfection than mine! Hardly different than the original. Great Job!

Regards, Jack.

[carvetop01]

Thanks Jack,

It's such a great song. Check out Jazzguts version.

Cheers,

allen

[freddym223]

great arrangement,and played to perfection! those chords go right through me!

[carvetop01]

Thank you!

THAT MEANS ALLOT COMING FROM A PLAYER LIKE YOU!

[useryug]

The perfect thing to calm me down after a hectic and loud evening, (planning the mixing/mastering of the tracks on our forthcoming record.) - An antidote. Proper quality....Thanks.

[JesseGuitar07]

that wasd great my friend:)

enjoyed

[carvetop01]

Thank you Jesse. It's a great melody. With a tune like this it's hard to go wrong.

Cheers,

allen

[tkaschuba]

Nice, i like to listen to your music.

[carvetop01]

Thanks man! I like your music also. I subscribed to your channel.

Cheers,

allen

[useryug]

Real class, Allen.

Static's not really noticeable.. perhaps a slight over-recording distortion in one or 2 millisecond spots... sounds great on my livingroom Kef speakers, and here on the studio monitoring rig.

YT's compression does tend to lessen the quality, then again, I think you uploaded this in HD....

Anyway, what am I wittering on about!

Immaculate stuff, and most welcome. Thanks,

B

[carvetop01]

Thanks Barry,

I have no clue how to record. I have no problems with a live audience but for some reason turning on the recorder turns off my brain.

Cheers my friend,

allen

[useryug]

With an unstressed sound like this you don't need to fret about with technology.

We all suffer the record button syndrome!

[SoloGuitarist1]

A stellar arrangement Allen! The close voicings at the intro and ending frame the audio picture, a gem.

Carl

[BocaFriend]

Soooooo perfect! What sonic serendipity to have you perfect the audio just when my sensitive ears are now under the merciless control of headphones -- the double edged sword of the greatest sound when things are done well and yet no means to camouflage this hiss 'n artifacts. (sounds like a law firm in Boca)

Cheers, ~Terry

[carvetop01]

Hi Terry. Thank you. Rodgers & Hart composed some magnificent tunes. I think this is probably my favorite. "Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered" is a close second. I posted my humble attempt at that tune a month or so ago.

Cheers,

allen.