Guitar-violin/piano duets (in particular waltzes/dances) and advice for accompaniment
Edited: July 15, 2018, 12:25 PM ·
My family is planning a get-together for a bunch of friends and acquaintances (about thirty-forty people) to be held at a community hall. They are going to have some of the friends who are musicians play. These include a couple of vocalists, guitarists, pianists, and myself (violinist and pianist).
I don't think they really care what they/we play. It's basically a free-for-all. But I'd really like to perform something with the guitarists (there's two; one is also a pianist), and maybe a vocalist depending, hence the point of this thread.
One is more country and light rock, while the other one is open to pretty much any genre (I think classical and jazz are his favorites). Both are at least at intermediate level (as am I). That said, I'm not certain yet if I will collaborate with the latter guitarist, for personal reasons. But just for the sake of argument, I'll include two guitars in the combinations below.
A lot of people have mentioned how they enjoy dancing and would love more events that include dancing. So I'd really like to perform a few dances/waltzes.
I'm having a bit of difficulty finding any that are suitable. I will continue to look, but if you happen to know of something you think would be appropriate, I'd appreciate it if you shared it!
So here are the combinations:
• One violin, two guitars
• One piano, two guitars
• One piano, one violin, and one guitar
• Unaccompanied violin (and possibly one guitar/piano)
• Unaccompanied piano (and possibly one guitar)
It doesn't matter the genre, but I'd really like to be more accompaniment than the soloist on the violin for at least a couple of them. I'll be accompanying them on the piano (which is a given for that instrument).
It also doesn't matter the quantity of pieces. Five would be perfectly all right. I don't know if many people would want to dance after that amount, anyway (most are older and/or physically weak).
If you have links to the sheet music/tabulation for all parts, please share those, as well, if possible.
Also, do you have any tips for accompanying and playing with other musicians? This is my first time experimenting with accompaniment, and the previous times I've attempted duets, they've failed. So, I'm hoping this will be a bit different, because I'm planning to actually rehearse with the guitarists. I played with them before on a casual occasion rather spontaneously, so we agreed that the next time we tried, we'd rehearse first. Anyway, any experiences and advice you have would be well appreciated!
I don't know when it will be (it may not even be this year), so there isn't a rush, thankfully. I'm hoping enough time will lapse so that my vibrato might be more proficient than what it is right now.
Thanks in advance!
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ETA we used the latter for our first dance at our wedding! And I've played the former at church, open mike night, and even a memorial service for a friend.