'Armando's Rhumba' - Jazz piano duet

An experiment to see if I could have a split screen with two independent tracks synced together. I played each track in each several times (recording both video and audio as a midi track) alternately trying to respond to the playing on the other track. Unfortunately, Youtube seems to have mucked up the sync, especially on the accompaniment screen. There is better downloadable video (in sync) and a midi file with both tracks separate at my site at
http://web.newsguy.com/dougmck
You are welcome to replace one of the tracks with your playing making a true duet. If you do, I would love to hear it!!
If you have a fast connection and want to see this in high quality video to see the notes clearly (and improved audio), add the letters &fmt=18 straight after the existing internet address line above.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Armando's
• rumba
• rhumba
• Doug
• McKenzie
• learn
• play
• improvised
• jazz
• piano
• lesson
• duet

[Superphilipp]

It's a great idea though, I'd love to see a newer version some time. Keep on the videos, they are extremely informative. Almost nobody on YouTube has the guts to let all covers down and expose and demystify all of their technique for anybody to understand. Keep it up!

[jazz2511]

You are quite right - the playing is sloppy. I suppose that I was too hasty in trying out a new idea - I found a way to split the screen using Windows Movie Maker and for some reason settled on this song, even though I was not all that familiar with it. The bad sync doesn't help, and it would sound better if Youtube was in stereo so that each track could be panned left or right - like the Marion McPartland 'Piano Jazz' duets.

[NirvanaAmira]

where can i get the sheets ???? of the original song pliiiiiz

[bassist1627]

You're swinging your eighth notes... kind of feels like there should be a hip hop beat underneath

[peacefulprogrammer]

I like the concept, but the audio is troublesome. Can you explain the distortion? I would have thought that the MIDI synthing would have laid pretty easily over the top, but it seems like it's being fed over a poor mic. Just curious.

Great work, though. Don't let me be a downer. :D

[giovannifragale]

l'audio è sfasato rispetto al video

[MrSnigger]

The have little hands with fat fingers hahahahhaXD

[tenorbanjo4]

Great musician and great professional teacher :0)

[Vuotaraaputin]

Nice video, and u are a good player!

Good training for me, i am training the bass line :P not easy! :D

[Grozeil]

Great idea that helped me to fix some issues with this tune. More please!!!

[run15cc]

Very unique idea here!!! I'm an 18 year old jazz pianist from sacramento goin to UCLA for jazz this fall. Feel free to check out some of my vids. They're ok, but I'll be posting some new ones in the future. I've given you some as responses. Soundin' great!

[karmaburna]

inspector gadget!

well, almost.