This week's winner is a first for this genre.... swing / jazz All of Me Here are two TablEdit files from www.mandozine.com Here's a page with a midi file of the tune That's about all I've got to offer on this tune... should be very interesting!
Chords and Lyrics: All Of Me written by Seymore Simons and Gerald Marks C............................E7 All of me why not take all of me A7................................ Dm Can't you see I'm no good without you E7 ..................... Am Take my arms I wanna lose them D7.................... G7 Take my lips I'll never use them C ................................ E7 Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry A7 ................................... DM And I know that I'm no good without you ................ Fm......... C................. A7 You took the part that once was my heart .... Fm ......... G7 ....C So why not take all of me
Yes, that chord melody version is amazing. I have no idea what I'm doing with jazz, but here it is anyway. Backing provided by Band in a Box (J_Combo setting):
Wow! You guys are awssome!
I agree, ya'll are amazing.... sounds like you've been playing jazz your whole lives!
Ahem, that's not me in the chord version - I just wanted to show what I'm aiming for... hopefully by the end of next week...
David, if that is you having no idea of jazz, I'd hate to see ya when you know it!!!!! I think you are more than capable of most forms of music. Splendid stuff....
That really is great stuff there! Amazing how you come up with this so fast as well!!! John.
Terrific stuff. Lord this is fun. OS - what kind of mic are you using to lay down your tracks?
Thanks folks. Rob I used just a plain old Shure SM58 in this one.
Eddie, I was about to accuse you of chopping off someone's head, and passing it off as you! haha!
I see that "All Of Me" is one of the tracks on Don Stiernberg's new CD that the Cafe is promoting. Maybe he'll come and play it for us! I'm quite tempted to get that CD now.
That Shure mic sounds pretty darn good to me.
It Shure does... great job David.
The chord melody version that was posted is done by Justin Branum on a 67 Gibson EM-150. Well done, Justin. OS, Your version was great! Eric
Mando, schmando!! this song screams out for the melodic strains of the Tiple. (sorry if i scared anyone's cat or small child) michael
Michael, I can tell you were super enjoying yourself, and rightly so! Wonderful! I'm not saying this is difficult, or anything, but we've only had 2 submitters so far! Good job both of you!
Thanx, Barbara, it IS a fun tune. And you're lucky, i had a whole medley planned but thought better of it <g>. michael
Okay, I'm completely impressed Mike. I had to share that video with my husband, the yuke player. His comment was, "That is the definition of cool." I'm all for your incorporating more singing and more tiple into future videos.
Thank You, too, Marcelyn !! there are a lot of great old songs with that same chord progression. i bet your husband plays a lot of them on his uke, too. Why not do a duet sometime?? that would be "cool" also!! michael
Maybe when I've improved my mandolin skills a little more. We record a lot of tunes together on separate tracks, but I have a feeling if I put him through as many takes as I go through for a video it would be grounds for divorce.
Just arrived in New Hampshire last night, glad to see a jazz tune on the group. Nice versions, OS and michael. Never fooled with band in a box, but it sounds like it would be handy to jam to when trying to work out lines. I fooled around with a chord melody version this afternoon, came up with something. Needs polishing, but here's a shot at it anyway. Reverb courtesy of my in-laws' old ballet studio! Cheers Mark R-T
My first post here. I love these jazzy sounds. It's like Django himself is here. I love the tiple rendition. It has an island feel to it. Did I count 10 strings? All this talent is more encouragement for me to practice even more than I do.
Wow, Mark, you've really outdone yourself this time. Incredible!
Mark, i thought you were going to melt those frets the way you were smokin' it. cool, jazzy version. Yes, an american tiple has 10 strings in 4 courses 2-3-3-2 and tuned like a ukulele, you know, my-dog-has-fleas
That's really interesting, I learned a lot from that, thanks Mark.
Mark, all I can say is OMG!
Wow! Amazing renditions. You guys are smokin'. Mike, a Ukelele is tuned MDHF (my dog has fleas) ?
Mike, when are you going to play Somewhere Over The Rainbow on that beastie?
Eddie, who you likin' in the World Cup? I have some friends in NZ and i'm pulling for the All Black's, but i know it's a long shot, eh? Yeah,Tiples and ukes are tuned to MDHF and i play it in the Key of D'oH Major. I already posted Over the Rainbow in March, thread name was 'something completely different', i think. But i didn't sing lest Judy rolls over in her grave.
The NZ soccer team are the All-Whites... go figure... Not really a long-shot (that would imply they had some chance)...Still, Heck might freeze over too...
There is a small town in Michigan actually named Hell and, yes, it does freeze over every winter.
I've been there and back. Actually I think the All Blacks would stand more chance of winning than their soccer team.
Well, they did get that last second goooooooaaaaaaaalll against slovakia, but in the end they ain't got the legs for the long run.
David, did you mean 'been there and back' literally or figuratively.?? 'cause they used to host one of the largest hot-air balloon festivals in the country at the Hell Creek Ranch ; had lots of bands and all that festival stuff. always a sell out, so it's possible.....
No, I was speaking figuratively. I've never really been to Hell, but I'm sure I'll get there some day.
Cool, it's about 10 miles northwest of Ann Arbor and.......OK,ok. i'll probably see you there. monkeyhead
I have to go through Hell every time I visit the inlaws. Literally and figuratively, 15 hours in a car with two kids, Dora the Explorer DVDs, and a puking dog.
Sounds like your whole trip is Hell...
The literal Hell was actually quite scenic. And the figurative one was at least slightly mitigated by all the fun mandolins I stopped to try along the way.
Yes, Marcelyn, the literal Hell is beautiful. we used to go see the mass hot-air balloon lift-off every year. quite a festival with BBQ and Bands and all such stuff. there is a large ranch there now where you can board horses but i think the balloon days are over. alas
Something needs to be said about a handbasket at this point.
Hot air balloons have baskets,or at least the gondola is usually a woven kinda thing, so that would be leaving Hell in a (hand)basket, No? monkeyheads poor attempt @ humorDOTcom
Here is my try (as usual I gave up on trying to get a clean performance) (and I did not get a very swingy or jazzy feel) ...but it was a fun tune
Chris, nice playing, really liked your break, there, groovy instrumental!!
Another reference to a very hot place... http://www.okracola.com/2010/06/sout...-hell-and.html this is a new one on me but then i haven't been south of thed mason-dixon line in quite a while. monkeyhead
Michael, one boards a ship and one mounts a horse... I'm not sure what the correct terminology is for placing oneself in a basket - hand or otherwise...
