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Pat-a-Pan

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Size: 2,377kb, uploaded 10/10/2008 9:14:21 PM
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I somehow made this English holiday tune sound Andean by using recorders. I didn't own a foeddle (bass) yet, so I plucked my foddle (cello) for a bass ostinato. Tim Daniels of Leavenworth, Kansas (my pal who inspired me to learn the fiddle) played fiddle, faddle (viola), mandolin, mandola, a lap zither (kind of like an autoharp sans chording bars), and I also played four sizes of recorders, an alto flute (sorry, I don't have a bass recorder) and guitar. The guitar isn't showcased here, but at least it takes it home at the end. It's the guitar in my avatar picture, but before I stripped out the preamp and the equalizer. The arrangement was basically built on the bass ostinato, played on the foddle for lack of a foeddle. With the exception of the final cadence, the guitar just underscored the ostinato. Next we layered in the melody and harmony tracks of the recorders and alto flute, and the fiddle and faddle. Tim then added the mandolin, mandola, and zither. We used Cakewalk software to record and organize the whole thing. Tim is really good at extemporizing accompaniments and cadences. He imagines something, and because he has perfect pitch, he just goes ahead and does it on the spot. Me, I have to think about it ahead of time and noodle it out first. Tim is a musical genius.

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