Taking a Chance On Love - improvised solo piano lesson

Taking a Chance On Love - improvised solo piano lesson. This is another midi file created some time ago that I have reconstructed as an instructional video. It was done after listening to the great pianist/conductor Andre Previn's version on his solo piano Album 'Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke' - but is not a transcription - I just stole some of his basic ideas! (like the little repeating figure at bars 8 - 16, the abrupt key change at bar 26 and the 'Stop time'thing on the out chorus.)
I have annotated it - experimenting with labelled arrows to more clearly define the music being referred to. The transcription was created from the piano solo using a computer program. Be careful taking too literally the note values if you are reading the transcription. A free-to-download better quality version of the video(that can be clearly read - and without the clipping that Youtube has seemed to add to the audio) is at http://www.bushgrafts.com
A printable PDF version of the transcription is on my instructional DVD (details on the above website). Click on http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=V7HT_sLr9Xk&fmt=18
to see the Youtube video in better quality

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[JRNL75]

I was taking a chance at your version of "Taking a chance on love"

youtube.com/watch?v=pXSadK64R2­U

Please tell me what you think about it!

Thanks!

[jazz2511]

@JRNL75 I am flattered that you would take the time to learn so perfectly one of the 'arrangements' I have done. As I noted, I listened fairly closely to Andre Previn's version before I played this and copied broadly some of his main ideas so we all learn from one another. Please put a link to your version as a video response above.

Doug

[EricEnvy]

Great!

I've been looking for a sheetmusic-program for some time now.

What program do you use, to make your sheetmusic ? :-)

[jazz2511]

From the original recording, I took the midi file of the improvised performance, and I used 'Sonar' to create a tempo track to set the rubato sections correctly into measures. Then imported from Sonar to the program 'Power Tracks' (PG Music), the corrected midi file with the tempo map I had created. In Power Tracks, I split the Right and Left hand, did quite a bit of editing, and this was the result. Not easy and very time consuming! The video was created in Camtasia

[EricEnvy]

Thanks for replying. Can you also tell me, where I can read more about these programs & download them ? Mainly the notation program.

PS! It does sound very time consuming, but worth it, no doubt. Feel free to look at my videos :-) Maybe you can make a performance with that song: "By Your Side" by Sadé :-)

[jazz2511]

Read more about PowerTracks on the PGMusic website - it is a companion program to Band in a Box, which will also create notation such as this from a midi file, though won't read or create a tempo map as will PowerTracks. Both of these programs are very inexpensive, considering how powerful they are for this sort of thing.

[rtel123]

I have listened to the great Previn performance.

The great Doug McKenzie's interpretation is even better.

Thanks, Doug.

[rtel123]

Brilliant. The level of genius we saw in Liszt when he improvised on Chopin.

This has to be my favorite interpretation, alongside the wonderful Benny Green version on youtube.

[bettygoodbody]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. me like . alot.

[YellowYackets]

the one performed my previn is also very good...

[hitmanisback]

this is equisit doug

[drmalone]

Do you have this transcription available that you could send me? Love this arrangement.

[ChadMStevenson]

reminds me of conversations with myself - it's always great to watch these video's a pick up a few cool licks and ideas to incorporate into my own playing. Much appreciated

[yuehchopin]

danke