OB ‣ Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp (Piano Tutorial)

[@jlmac4959]

thanks for this very instructional video, i hope you will complete it for the entire song: I really want it !!!

[@alexfamorim]

“Opening bars” !

[@bogotaz1973]

@@alexfamorim great tutorial!! there should be another channel called "Next bars" :))

[@dartek14]

I like it ... greetings intelligent being. good analysis. Perhaps you can help us understand the myriad of wrongful and badly transposed books and sheets out there and whether we can avoid the Greatest hits books etc. Neither Elton John, Billy Joel or the Carpenters books come close to the recordings and economic left hand stylings of the celebrated recording artists.

[@OpeningBars]

Good question. If the goal is to provide accurate transcriptions of popular music for study and musical learning purposes, be wary, as much online sheet music does contain egregious errors. I examine these publications when researching an Opening Bars episode - but ultimately always use my own ears to seek the truth. Take the Long Way Home is one piece that I could not help but comment upon as the examples I found were so vastly different and sometimes misleading. If they are not a true representation - then call it an arrangement. The Greatest Hits dilemma is publishers trying to combine the melody and harmonic accompaniment into a reduced, simplified and salable format for eager beginners - but which most often fails miserably in procuring authentic music making opportunities (as you’ve noted). This is a grave disrespect to the original artists and to those wishing to advance their musicianship. I’m glad you liked this episode. And thank-you for the comment.

[@dawnlambert9369]

... WoW Who Cares About This Stuff You Gave Me The Damn Gimmies To That DVD Concert ... 😆 ...

[@pretze11ogic]

I have to rewind for a second take. I missed quite a bit while doing my best not to tear up laughing. It's just the entertainment value in the comedy (that I might not be alone in finding to be unmistakably hilarious), has me reaching to tap pause repeatedly. The frustration in attempting to reference someone's interpretation of a favorite or attractive piece of music in any random publication of an artist's composition, and finding something notated to sound nothing like what is played is simply what we have learned to expect most of the time. It just that, in this lesson, at the point where Jeff Porcaro's halftime shuffle is referenced, i couldn't stop laughing and I'm sorry if no one else finds it funny but I'm still laughing now... LOL! (Not kidding) sorry... Interestingly enough, I thought the example that was favored for its amount of actual consideration for the recording, sounded as far from what Roger plays as the other examples did and you were clear in pointing out why you favored the interpretation. (I do understand, appreciate, and respect these authors regardless of the accuracy as being pointed in a direction is better than, say, trying to understand what Ornette Coleman might really be thinking) I do plan to venture over to the authors site. Thumbs up on the second best lesson of the day. (Free Lesson) =\ Thank you very much! Going to watch it again.