February 2022 – THE WRITE STUFF

And Now For Something Completely Different

Here are some chorales by BachThey aren’t quiet, they almost rockEach song has horns, and trumpets tooIt will cheer you up if you are blue I made some changes to it yesterdayInstead of going out to playIt’s too hot out there anywayI wish that it would rain today

One More Time

Continuing along with our study of early 70’s music, here is one I’m sure you’ve heard before. This took a long time for me to transcribe into mp3 format because the sheet music was wrong in a few sections. It turned out to be a great learning experience because I was able to figure outContinue reading “One More Time”

Name That Tune

If you were around in the 1970’s you might remember that this song was played non-stop on the radio. Back in those days we had four ways to listen to music: A Turntable, an AM/FM Radio, an 8-track player, or a cassette player. This song got lots of airplay back then. Like so many songsContinue reading “Name That Tune”

The Chorale List is Growing

I’ve been making music all day longMy back feels like I’m sitting wrongThe song is mellow, it doesn’t rockAnd that’s because it was written by Bach It’s actually several Chorales put together. How many, you ask? You will have to listen and find out. A chorale is metrical hymn tune associated in common English usageContinue reading “The Chorale List is Growing”

One More Time

You thought I was done with the music lessons, didn’t you? You were so wrong…. Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of theContinue reading “One More Time”