Orange Winter, additional family?

November 8, 2006 at 10:26 PM

This winter I have decided to work on the Orange Blossom Special. I got from the library. Yay. : )
I'm so happy. Anyone out there who has played it what would the end tempo be? So I have entitled this winter: The Orange Winter.

I hope to start a new instrument. I don't know if my dad will let me. Here's a list of new instruments:
Saxophone
Viola
Trumpet
French Horn
Mandolin

Maybe I'll get to start one. Hopefully. I think it would be fun to play the mandolin. But the more string instruments I play the more it costs to keep the strings in good condition. The brass I probably won't get to play, because my dad had a trumpet. He was never a musician. He just had one. So that leave the Saxophone. My pastor would be able to give me lessons, on account of he plays saxophone.

From Richard Hellinger
Posted on November 8, 2006 at 10:37 PM

If you are serious about one instrument you should stick to that one instrument. Though I play piano violin and tuba, most of my energy goes toward the violin. And only the other 2 when there is a major audition or competition.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on November 8, 2006 at 10:39 PM

The tempo should be as fast as you can play it without it getting sloppy. It's a showpiece. It works at a moderate tempo too though. Did you know it started out as a transcription of the solo from a song? You could do some research and find out who did it and listen to the original version. But even the song would work faster than the solo could be played I think. Running through it in my mind, I can't picture it sounding rushed.

From bilbo Pratt
Posted on November 9, 2006 at 12:51 PM

We went and saw Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain boys a week ago. (yes, he's still at it!) and they did the Orange Blossom Special. Love that tune played live.

I saw Time For Three do it about a month ago. They did a great job, too. Of course theirs sounded different from the Stanley rendition.

Do as Jim says. Also remember that you are imitating a train.

I have a feeling that it needs to come out of you rather than out of the sheet music.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on November 9, 2006 at 10:00 PM

Ralph Stanley is probably my favorite, and although he plays around here all the time, I've never gone to see him. It's his songwriting that does it for me. The most impressive BG show I went to was Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs sharing the stage at a festival, but I was only there for a few minutes. I was dragged away by the people I was with, who just didn't understand what they were hearing and seeing.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on November 10, 2006 at 7:10 AM

Orange Blossom Special is a challenge and a show-stopper. Personally, I wouldn't even try it. I wish you luck! You might want to try The Devil Went Down to Georgia, too.

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