Hi,
I think he just releases the key towards the end of the first bar
allowing the rewind and plays it again at the start of the next. It isn't
continuous. Doubly difficult to do on the accordions anyway as the
sounds don't last the whole 8 seconds (at least they don't on mine).
Also it's just one bass note on the MkII and not 2 as it Ricks version
cause theres not enough keys covered by the accordian sound.
John
So what exactly was played on the "accordion" side is an interesting
point as a\u000e sustained F-sharp is not possible due to the highly
controversial, and some would say, unconstitutional 8-second rule.\u000e
It sounds like some sneaky altering of an F-sharp and an octave
below or above (depending on where you start)\u000f
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> Attached to this e-mail is the transcription of "Watcher of
the Skies" \u000f
> that I did up for the people who attended the Tronto MkII
workshop in \u000f
> 2001. If you want to be authentic to Tony Banks playing
live, then you \u000f
> should start out playing the bass clef part with your right
hand on a \u000f
> Hammond organ (bass pedals, too, if you have them!), and
your left hand \u000f
> playing the treble clef part on the mellotron. At the
Moderato section, \u000f
> use both hands on the mellotron.\u000f
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Only after he replace his MkII with the M400 - otherwise, all
MkII.\u000f
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> I watched Messr. Banks play it a few times live and this is
the way he \u000f
> did it. If you want to do a studio version, then go totally nuts
with \u000f
> overdubs and added octaves. Somebody on the list has
said that Banks \u000f
> used a mellotron bass accordian sound in the studio
version but I don't \u000f
> recommend doing that because of the tendency for it to
cause the piece \u000f
> to break out into a polka -- which would be a very shocking
thing \u000f
> indeed!\u000f
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Albeit amusing.\u000e :-)\u000f
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