Alfie by Burt Bacharach

[tilleylad]

Fantastic playing. Well done for all your hard work and practise. It's paid off beautifully. tilleytunes.co.uk

[7notemode]

@tilleylad Hey, Thanks. I appreciate it.

[bossanova1761]

preciosa interpretacion, he estado tratando de encontrar un album que el hizo con the beatles llamado The burt bacharach orchestra and the beatles, en donde sta alfie y muchas mas todo en instrumental,please consiganmela

[SergioVellatti]

Man, I have been stuck on your channel and can't get out! I dig, I dig!

[dpatrocchio]

WONDEFUL!

[splungemania]

It's fascinating to see the "inner life" of a song. I never understood musical theory, my music teachers at school all became desperate, but I love watching your videos :-)

[7notemode]

@splungemania Thanks!

[americasgottalent97]

You are amazing! May i ask how you do the notes at the top? Im just 13 and i like writing piano music and i need something like that! Ive been looking everywhere...Thanks :)

[7notemode]

@americasgottalent97 I record the scrolling score in GarageBand as it plays the midi file. I use MidiKeyz to record the digital keyboard. I use ScreenFlow to record the screen and to layer the three videos into one. Thx.

[americasgottalent97]

@7notemode Thanks :) If you have any free time could you please send me a message explaining how it works? I really want to transfer my piano playing to sheet music but i dont know what i need or what to do...Remember only 13 :)

[lucianmarza]

can you send my the score you are playing? 

[strathers]

@lucianmarza if you get that, i would love a copy :)

[Quad8track]

That sounds fantastic!

I love this song and you played it very well on the piano.

Now I am going to the kitchen and make myself a martini and listen to this again. :)

[skip0318]

Nice interpretation of this song, overall I didn't like it very much. You failed to keep the melody alive because you were improvising so much. After awhile I forgot what song you were playing and thought you were just making up your own piece.

[Chalo77]

Wonderful version....But a little bit too technical....Bill Evans's version is perfect. It's deep, complex and so touching...

[kleinball]

i really enjoy your arrangements, your harmonic knowledge/taste is impeccable and it's very generous of you to provide the sheet music. It would be nice if there were chord symbols as well. Bravo.

[jthaw]

Tom - could you do a tutorial on Alfie. Yours is by far the best arrangement I have heard, including Bill Evans'.

[7notemode]

Thank you jthaw. Bill Evans was the foundation of this version. I'll put it on my list.

[FriPilot]

Nicely done Tom!

Thanks~

Fri

[7notemode]

Thanks!

[jthaw]

Very, very good!!!

[gonyt]

Beautiful !!

[wilsondylanmccartney]

When you get technical about music, that's when you lose the magic of it.

[SergioVellatti]

@wilsondylanmccartney Ain't that the truth!?

[dwalker62]

Your renditions are very enjoyable. Just wondering if the scrolling transcriptions are available anywhere. I would love to have it. You're a very good jazz pianist.

[7notemode]

dwalker62, I only have one transcript up on my website right now, but plan to add more. Thanks.

[nickchip5]

Read somewhere you said "Ivory sings to me emotionally at x-level..." or similar. Don't know you said this before or after you got the Galaxy II. For people not as professional as you are, they might not really want to have both Ivory and Galaxy II. So what do you say to these guys? Galaxy II or Ivory in terms of just Steinway piano for the emotional type of piano playing and Jazz? SSR, playable, iLok, ..etc.? What do you say?

[7notemode]

nickchip5, I marginally prefer Ivory although I play both for variety. I can get a little bit more tone coloration out of the Ivory, which is more important to me than SSR. The problem with these instruments is that you have to buy them first before trying them, so it's always a risk. I don't mind iLok.

[hitmanisbackmk2]

crisp

[schroeder666]

Nice... lovely song choice, too. Heartbreaking and beautiful song.

[creolelady182]

Absolutley beautiful

[sportsmediaamerica]

hip stuff.

[kijimarl1202]

thank you!

I recommend this theme!

久石譲-風の谷のナウシカ (風の伝説)

Please play this song by your own way~

[mazetov]

great rendition!

merci de partager votre musicalité

[SBennett225]

Impressed with your interpretation of this fave Bacharach composition. Nearly forgotten the lyrics come back, "as sure as I believe" as may be said of your perfomances. I've never been as certain about anyone how your compositions touch our hearts. Thank you for posting this one.

[Jonboyutube]

The new piano tone is very nice, it gives me a feeling of listening to some Dave Grusin a few years ago (in a good way)! Your piano tones seem to have some soul to them so good choice.

[genemir]

thank you very much..

[Rickmarket]

Beautifully done !!! The new software really shows the accidentals much much better too. Which program are you using now?

Rick

[7notemode]

Thanks. I use the keyboard and scrolling score in GarageBand.

[Jonboyutube]

Very nice. I agree with Jazz2511 about the touch, it's rare to see a performance with such expressive touch. Scrolling music is great, I almost cconvonced myself I could play along!! lol :)

[philipcwelch]

Nice pants? lol You got to give it t your subscriber's attention to detail. Great rendition also!!

[sbteech25]

I've always loved the distant feel of this song...there's so much you can do with it...you really captured the intent of the internal key changes that subtlely take place. I'm really surprised more pianists don't take advantage of this great tune...Thank you for this lush arrangement....you really caught the intent of the song and didn't overdo the improv...I love the fact you kept it basically simple and relied on alternate harmony to accentuate this great tune.....thank you

[7notemode]

Thanks. You summarized my intent: to focus on the harmonic switch ups while keeping the improvised melody simple.

[lesatz4]

Mi ¡Enhorabuena! por tan bella melodía que interpretada al piano resulta magistral.

[jazz2511]

Beautiful Tom - so tasteful, not just in the wonderful subs you use, but in your touch. This is so important I think, especially when improvising in free time - dynamics, articulation, pedalling. Most just worry about getting the notes, but so much could be learnt from studying (copying(?)) not just what you play, but how you play it.

And the scrolling notation helps to 'decode' some of your fresh ideas on this great Bacharach song.

[marg32]

Would like it better without discords ?? In the fab way/style of your 'One and Only Love'. Thanks for the music.

[wolf175]

I think, you played that intentionally so, that I cannot sing along ... ;-) wolf1750

[7notemode]

Sorry!

[desertlight]

Bravo! Great harmonization. Best version of Alfie I've ever heard. The end of this song always seemed to strangely hang without adequate resolution. You solved that problem beautifully.

[pondergrace]

Beautiful!

[tjjazzpiano]

Your voicings are truly your own. Wow.

[beebebop]

What a beautiful musical bonbon to bring closure to yet another manic week for yours truly. As always, 7NM, many thanks for sharing!

Kind regards,

Beebebop,

Beijing.

[MatthewPA1972]

Can you explain the Left Hand approach? What was the methods you relied on to determine what the LH would be doing?

[7notemode]

Since I don't do LH solo in this piece, the LH plays a supportive role. LH helps to define the chord voicings, provides occasional counterpoint melody and rhythmic support. I didn' use many LH only voicings, with single RH melody line like in traditional trio playing. Mostly I used two hand voicings.

[localpm]

Great Feel!

[tomokioh]

Fantastic! How do you record midi? A particular software?

Very nice playing. Favourited

[7notemode]

I use a MacBook Pro and GarageBand.

[abz48]

Nice pants!

[7notemode]

I had been doing yard work. I guess I ought to think through wardrobe a little bit better next time ;-)

[abz48]

Actually I think the combination of awesome piano playing and freaky pants could and should be explored further

[apostro]

Great 7,

and you can have as much stars as you want

Also for the total oeuvre !

[PianistaItaliano]

Great arrangement Tom, and definitely a pleasure to hear to. The BestService piano is also one of my favorites sampler.

[Lot2learn]

Wonderful treatment of this classic. Very fluid and soulful with great reharmonization. The Galaxy II sounds like a winner too.

[jimbomed]

Nice teaching upgrade on the three components w music...I don't play this song but now will try it out! Thanks so much,it's an uncomplicated and pretty arrangement that's easy to listen to.