Mellotronists

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 sustained F-sharp is not possible due to the highly 
controversial, and some would say, unconstitutional 8-second rule. 
It sounds like some sneaky altering of an F-sharp and an octave 
below or above (depending on where you start)




> Attached to this e-mail is the transcription of "Watcher of 
the Skies" 
> that I did up for the people who attended the Tronto MkII 
workshop in 
> 2001. If you want to be authentic to Tony Banks playing 
live, then you 
> should start out playing the bass clef part with your right 
hand on a 
> Hammond organ (bass pedals, too, if you have them!), and 
your left hand 
> playing the treble clef part on the mellotron. At the 
Moderato section, 
> use both hands on the mellotron.

Only after he replace his MkII with the M400 - otherwise, all 
MkII.

> I watched Messr. Banks play it a few times live and this is 
the way he 
> did it. If you want to do a studio version, then go totally nuts 
with 
> overdubs and added octaves. Somebody on the list has 
said that Banks 
> used a mellotron bass accordian sound in the studio 
version but I don't 
> recommend doing that because of the tendency for it to 
cause the piece 
> to break out into a polka -- which would be a very shocking 
thing 
> indeed!

Albeit amusing. :-)

Andy T.






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