Thursday, June 18, 2009

Musicnotes

If you are in need to purchase sheet music and want instant gratification with no shipping cost and a little discount, you should check out the several digital music suppliers online. Because of agreements individual distributors may have with different publishers, you may need to frequent several. I find the one I keep going back to is www.musicnotes.com.

Shadow Waltz

I recently was listening to a Lyn Larsen cd and was enjoying "The Shadow Waltz" by Harry Warren. Waltzes work so well on the organ and this one has the two things I look for in a waltz: a smooth flowing melody and also a rhythmic section to contrast with the smooth part.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Goody Goody

After hearing it once again on a Sidney Torch recording, I decided to pull out the music for "Goody Goody" and work on my own arrangement. It is a fun bouncy number instead of the many slower ballads that I usually play. I may even work out a place to use my special tuned bird whistle stop on my Allen in the song. It is not a sound you can use a lot but it is a fun surprise in the middle of a novelty number.