Re: [newmellotrongroup] Ode to Billy Joe
2007-11-20 by MAinPsych@aol.com
I believe glide is what's accepted, although glide, slide, who cares, we all know what you mean.
I pulled up OTBJ on YouTube and gave a listen through headphones. It depends . . . if you want to play it live it appears doable, but you'll have to omit any cello/double bass part because 1) it remains constant in pitch while the upper strings simultaneously have the upward glide, and 2) you don't have enough hands to play lower strings on a different keyboard and still play upper strings and use the pitch control at the same time!!! If you're thinking of recording it, then the obvious answer is . . . use 2 tracks! I think a Mellotron could do the song right, but what do I know? Good luck with that descending run at the end of the song.
Frank Samagaio
In a message dated 11/20/2007 1:30:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, markpringnz@... writes:
Knowing how much you all love country music I thought
I would share these thoughts with you. The other day
my ipod decided it was about time I heard Bobby
Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe, I hadn't much noticed much
before but it has a quite simple string accompniment
with some nice slides. I know at least some of you are
probably old enough to remember this song.
Anyway my thoughts are:
1) Could you play the string part on a tron with all
the slides?
2) Would it sound better or worse?
3) What string parts on well known songs would sound
better on a tron?
some more examples
Ride a white swan by T-rex ( another group favourite I
would expect)
Need your love so bad Fleetwood Mac, obviously not the
original Little Willie John version.
Mark
PS is the correct term for slides on a tron pitch dives?
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