Handful of Keys Fats Waller
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Wonderful rendition. Not heavy handed like some I've heard.
3 years ago 5
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wonderfully done.
2 years ago 3
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nice, you done quite well! very original my friend :) but it did sound like you farted when you sat down, haha
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I have a very thick book of the complete Jelly Roll Morton that you have inspired me to look through...
Can't wait until my lovely Yamaha U3S arrives at the end of August, so that I can post some youtube clips of myself too!
Cheers, Alex
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I believe this is the definition of "tickler"
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Very nicely played. There's nothing wrong with interpretations that are not exact replicas of the original as recorded by the composer. It happens all the time in the classical world and no one complains.
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Played with a nice light touch. Other on YouTube play it like they have concrete for hands. It has to be done with a light, playful touch -- almost as if the keys are too hot to touch.
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Slower, faster - what the hell! This is a great piece of work sir - you are to be congratulated, I'm sure 'Fats' would have approved! :-)
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Man your goood! You play really the same notes as Fats Waller. All the others make some weird creation but you, ya play the original version!!
What sheet music do you have?
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little to NO pedal at all. respect to the stride rules.
recuerdosdelaalhambr 1 year ago
@recuerdosdelaalhambr The best striders like Fats Waller made good use of the pedal. In his Muzak recording of Handful of Keys, last measure he sustains from beat 3 through beat 4 and releases the pedal on beat 1 of the next bar thereby enhancing the first beat of the bar and creating a driving rhythm. Often he sustains from just before 1st or 3rd beats to just before 2nd and fourth. Sounds like no pedal use but richens the left hand sound. Very difficult to do. James P Johnson did it as well.
Striding888 1 year ago
Thankyou dotcomeditor. The lightness comes from REALLY listening to what you are playing - this can only be done when you have practised a piece so far that you don't have to concentrate on the individual notes anymore.
Striding888 1 year ago
just a bit rushed. Why does everyone feel the need to rush this piece?
superstition222 3 years ago
Written by Waller in answer to James P. Johnson's Carolina shout this piece tests certain elements of stride. It must be played just fast enough that the tenths can't be split. (Much harder to play them straight-and you need big hands) Fats Waller does play it a shade faster on the 1929 recording so I would say that all in all the pace is about right.
Striding888 3 years ago