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Britney Spears: Circus - VIOLIN + VIOLA COVER
"Oops, I did it again" - Played another Britney song, that is.
This is the 8th* video in my ...
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Britney Spears: Circus - VIOLIN + VIOLA COVER
"Oops, I did it again" - Played another Britney song, that is.
This is the 8th* video in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. The song was requested by many here. As with all my covers, my tendency is to play the first verse straight, an exact imitation of the original song, so you don't see the good stuff till half way through or so. In the original video (seen here on BritneyTV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zeR3N... ), there is an introduction before the actual song begins. I elected to do that intro in my video as well.
This performance is the third* of my split screen videos where I play with myself. To do this video, I listened to the original song and by ear wrote out a sheet music score, then arranged it as a violin viola duet, and then performed it. I recorded each part separately, first the violin, then the viola. I was able to sync up and mix the 2 parts on my computer with a sound wave editor. To do the split screen, I used AviSynth (scripting based video editing and effects utility) in combination with VirtualDubMod (a free video editing utility) to sync up and render the two videos into a single split screen video. The sound then had to be synced to the 2 videos playing simultaneously.
For those that do not know what a viola is, its basically like the violin but bigger and lower sounding. It plays 5 notes or about half an octave lower than a violin, on the notes it shares with violin the viola sounds deeper, and it reads a different clef (alto) for its sheet music. Description of a viola for violinists: "A big honkin violin, missing the E string at the top of the range and gaining a C string at the bottom of the range and reads a funny looking clef". Also, in a survival situation, the viola would be preferred, as it burns longer. The viola in this video (right side frame) is just a Knilling student model, 17 inch.
* I have uploaded my videos out of sequence, I maintain that musical video number 8 is this one, Britney Spears: Circus. I did perform it 4 weeks before I did my 9th video, Flo Rida: Right Round, also a violin-viola split screen.
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Flo Rida: Right Round - VIOLIN + VIOLA COVER
This is the 9th* in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. As with all my covers, they a...
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Flo Rida: Right Round - VIOLIN + VIOLA COVER
This is the 9th* in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. As with all my covers, they are by request, this one was from "akkatty", who claims this song will be big in 2009. Should that happen, it means more views and thus more people exposed to the violin, which is my primary purpose in playing popular music on here instead of my classical.
This performance is the fourth* of my split screen videos where I play with myself. To do this video, I listened to the original song and by ear wrote out a sheet music score, then arranged it as a violin viola duet, and then performed it. I recorded each part separately, first the violin, then the viola. I was able to sync up and mix the 2 parts on my computer with a sound wave editor. To do the split screen, I used AviSynth (scripting based video editing and effects utility) in combination with VirtualDubMod (a free video editing utility) to sync up and render the two videos into a single split screen video. The sound then had to be synced to the 2 videos playing simultaneously.
For those that do not know what a viola is, its basically like the violin but bigger and lower sounding. It plays 5 notes or about half an octave lower than a violin, on the notes it shares with violin the viola sounds deeper, and it reads a different clef (alto) for its sheet music. Description of a viola for violinists: "A big honkin violin, missing the E string at the top of the range and gaining a C string at the bottom of the range and reads a funny looking clef". Also, in a survival situation, the viola would be preferred, as it burns longer. The viola in this video (right side frame) is just a Knilling student model, 17 inch.
* I have uploaded my videos out of sequence, I maintain that musical video number 8 was Britney Spears: Circus, also a violin-viola split screen. I did perform it 4 weeks before I did this 9th video, I have yet to release it here.
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Lady Gaga (ft Colby O'Donis): Just Dance - VIOLIN + VIOLA COVER
This is the 7th in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. As with all ...
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Lady Gaga (ft Colby O'Donis): Just Dance - VIOLIN + VIOLA COVER
This is the 7th in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. As with all my covers, my tendency is to play the first verse straight, an exact imitation of the original song, so you don't see the good stuff till half way through or so.
This performance is the second of my split screen videos where I play with myself. To do this video, I listened to the original song (seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65zI9... ) and by ear wrote out a sheet music score, then arranged it as a violin viola duet, and then performed it. I recorded each part separately, first the violin, then the viola. I was able to sync up and mix the 2 parts on my computer with a sound wave editor. To do the split screen, I used AviSynth (scripting based video editing and effects utility) in combination with VirtualDubMod (a free video editing utility) to sync up and render the two videos into a single split screen video. The sound then had to be synced to the 2 videos playing simultaneously.
Other technical notes: My camera is an old piece of junk which doesn't even record sound without static and many glitchy effects, so the sound was recorded separately on my computer using a cheap $5 microphone, same one I use for VIOP chat when playing online mutltiplayer 1st person shooter games, sadly it is better than my camera.
For those that do not know what a viola is, its basically like the violin but bigger and lower sounding. It plays 5 notes or about half an octave lower than a violin, on the notes it shares with violin the viola sounds deeper, and it reads a different clef (alto) for its sheet music. Description of a viola for violinists: "A big honkin violin, missing the E string at the top of the range and gaining a C string at the bottom of the range and reads a funny looking clef". Also, in a survival situation, the viola would be preferred, as it burns longer. The viola in this video (right side frame) is just a Knilling student model, 17 inch.
Lastly: For those who have seen my other violin covers, I would like some feedback. My first 5 videos all included a recording of the original song playing in the background. These last two, "Just Dance" and "Let it Rock" are all me. Should I continue in this style, where I play the piece completely myself without the original recording playing in the background? Should I stick to violin only covers? Or should I mix it up (probably what Ill do) and do whatever?
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* "HQ" --- Make sure you watch in "High Quality"
Lady GaGa : Poker Face - VIOLA TRIO COVER (split screen)
This is the 11th video ...
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* "HQ" --- Make sure you watch in "High Quality"
Lady GaGa : Poker Face - VIOLA TRIO COVER (split screen)
This is the 11th video in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. The song was requested by so many people its hard to point the finger at any one. The original video of the song may be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ5uCf...
This performance is the 6th of my split screen videos where I play with myself, and the 2nd where I play a trio with myself. It's all about the viola this time, just like Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.6, a concerto for strings, yet it features no violin parts. I steal my ideas from the masters of course. To do this video, I listened to the original song and by ear wrote out a sheet music score, then arranged it as a trio for 3 violas, and then performed it. I recorded each part separately. I was able to sync up and mix the 3 parts on my computer with a sound wave editor. To do the split screen, I used AviSynth (scripting based video editing and effects utility) in combination with VirtualDubMod (a free video editing utility) to sync up and render the two videos into a single split screen video. The sound then had to be synced to the 3 videos playing simultaneously and properly mixed. My AviSynth script for this video:
viola1 = crop(AVISource("N:\PokerFace\VIOLA_1.avi"),256,0,-60,0)
viola2 = crop(AVISource("N:\PokerFace\VIOLA_2.avi"),192,0,-136,0)
viola3 = crop(AVISource("N:\PokerFace\VIOLA_3.avi"),188,0,-128,0)
video = StackHorizontal(viola1,AddBorders(crop(viola2,4,0,0,0),4,0,0,0,$000000),AddBorders(crop(viola3,4,0,0,0),4,0,0,0,$000000))
audio = WAVSource("N:\PokerFace\pokerFace_CLEANED_SOUND_STEREO-mix-44100_s1_final.wav")
AudioDub(video, audio)
Trim(0,7078)
Other technical considerations: I am still looking for the ideal codec and format for youtube. What I eventually uploaded was something that makes use of thier high quality widescreen format, my source is 960x540 H264/AVC in an MP4 container at a bitrate of 3360kbps -- converted by: "Super (Version 35)". I am not happy with the video quality in youtube's low quality version, it jitters like its dropping frames, but if you click on HQ, in my tests it played very smoothly and clearly. Other notes: My camera has been through hell and back, but it mostly works still. The audio is crackly intermittently, the video is ghosty ... so buy me one of those new hi-def cameras ... only about $3,500 for a half way decent one :)
For those that do not know what a viola is, its basically like the violin but bigger and lower sounding. It plays 5 notes or about half an octave lower than a violin, on the notes it shares with violin the viola sounds deeper, and it reads a different clef (alto) for its sheet music. Description of a viola for violinists: "A big honkin violin, missing the E string at the top of the range and gaining a C string at the bottom of the range and reads a funny looking clef". Also, in a survival situation, the viola would be preferred, as it burns longer. The viola is just a Knilling student model, 17 inch.
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