Genesis - Firth of Fifth Intro

It's taken me 30 years to get to this stage. Here's to the next 30!

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Music

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• genesis
• firth
• fifth
• tony
• banks
• piano
• intro

[mugwamp4]

the best piano intro ever ,,, pissed off that they didnt include the intro in the seconds out songbook

[jumb0j0ck]

Thank you. I know, I learned about music books from that. One disappointment after another. There are 5 that are worth a look. There's a Japanese score book that has all of the parts for a few songs. The others are by an Italian company called Ruginentti (spelling?) who do 4 of the 70's albums. They need a wee bit of tweaking but close.

[kipp0man]

well done - thanks for sharing your first attempts too - I think it would take more than 3 or 4 takes for most people to get this demanding piece right - so a huge well done - that was brill !

[jumb0j0ck]

You're most welcome. I'm giving it all a rest at the moment but looking at starting some Floyd numbers.

[TheDrumChannel]

That looks really difficult to play . It makes you appreciate the original work put into this. Well if you've done 30 years so far, the next 30 will be more enjoyable. This is a great song and you did it really nice. 5 ***** for sure. Can you play any part of Dukes end?

I'm dying to play that one and I'd love to add a few more musicians in to it.

Take Care - Joe

[jumb0j0ck]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for that. Funnily enough that's next on the list. After the recent 2007 tour there's some video footage which will help. I'll let you know.

jj

[mugwamp4]

@remnrone i've heard that but that sounds ridiculous didnt he have roadies to do the grunt work i've seen bands use grands or mid size grands in 1500 seat venues Genesis were playing huge arena gigs to 10's of thousands its not like they were doing the  friday night res at the local pub

[remnrone]

@argonnj Banks stopped playing it because he couldnt drag a grand piano up on stage

[argonnj]

That's ok, even Banks stop playing the intro on tour.

[BlackmoonUK]

Absolutely gorgeous. I gave up with this intro long long ago, I decided I'll NEVER be able to play it like this. It's great that you show the disasters too, most folk would cut those out, but it shows you are human after all.

[hogweed89]

ha ha you very cool man :D

well it's very difficult this piece, not surprise to see you try it many times...

Let's keep genesis living in our hearts (and fingers ;) )

[PercySmydge]

Watched this before popping up to Somerfields for ma tea. What a disaster! They'd nae chicken. Settled on a couple o pehs.