Lady GaGa: Bad Romance - STRING TRIO COVER (split screen, one player)

Lady GaGa: Bad Romance - STRING TRIO COVER (split screen, one player)

This is the 15th video in my continuing series of classicalized popular music. One of my goals in doing these popular music video projects is to help keep string instruments relevant. I mean to do everything from help keep current string students interested in their instruments, to introducing the violin to new listeners who maybe had no idea that a violin can play all their favorite popular songs too.

My approach in arranging and performing: I simply play the music its its most traditional sense as "pure" music, I arrange the score respecting the integrity of the music so that my performance is as true to the original song as is reasonably possible. This way you can see it without all the distractions such as lyrics, electronic sounds, unnatural instruments, exaggerated beat machinery, etc. that have nothing to do with pure music -- the melody, harmony, and rhythm. All 15 of my covers are full length, and are in both the exact same key and tempo as the originals. The original video of the song may be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I

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 2 violins and viola, and then performed it. I recorded each part separately. I was able to sync up and mix the 3 parts on my computer with the free sound wave editor, Audacity. 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.

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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Music

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• Lady
• GaGa
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• Romance
• Fame
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• pop
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• violin
• viola
• arrangement
• string
• trio
• instrumental
• split
• screen
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• avisynth

[desandted]

It really sounds like the instruments are singing the words. o. o

[noaeiden]

Violas are way awesomer than violins. Will you please put it on a sheet and put it on he computer or sell it or something. PLEASE!

[ladyunebarton]

Can you share privatly the score?. Im a student and as you say, even if I like the Violin, its not like having a guitar. While many of my friends had fun making covers of pop music. I was studing classical music, and while im not new with the instrument. I found very dificult to write a score like this by ear. So please, if you can.

[TheSingerJackie]

Every Video, its always the right player cause the sound follows the lyrics!

[ksanlopes]

que roupa eh essa mano!

[LiveForFunny]

this is really amazing, and i'd love to hear you play some classical music, too.

[Plaehni]

may you can download the notes anywhere?

[MilesFilmProductions]

CONVINTO DE MERDA! chi sono i goldoni a cui può piacere una versione così terribile della gaga?

[589wz97]

This sounds great. I'm sure that Judas by Lady Gaga would too! Thumbs up if you agree. :)

[iXloveXconverse]

FML. I love this! You, sir, are a genius.

[kjappe1]

nice

[07freddym]

i just notice the third instruments is a viola