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ggonza43 wrote:...Is it too gay to admit I like ABBA too ?

no at all, in fact, if you sit down in a keyboard and try to play an strato song or an abba song.....you will learn an strato song first...this blew my mind some time ago.

stratovarius songs are easy on piano. except the guitar/key solos

I'm a keyboard player too, and I totally agree.

"It's simple, apart from when it's not"

icecab21 wrote:"It's simple, apart from when it's not"

I beg you pardon ?

hiro23 wrote:wow this is a total subject change well since we are all here admitting to Abba fandom I must admit I do like that song "the winner takes it all"

that song is a blueprint for a good pop tune.

icecab21 wrote:"It's simple, apart from when it's not"

DUMB

well , there are guys saying it's easy when it's not solos. what is he playing when he is not soloing? he plays chords, , melodic patterns, and arps. it's rather binary to say it's easy apart from solos. it's only natural that a supporting instrument would be easy parts, just like the power chords the guitar plays so much for the rythem section.

icecab21 wrote:well , there are guys saying it's easy when it's not solos. what is he playing when he is not soloing? he plays chords, , melodic patterns, and arps. it's rather binary to say it's easy apart from solos. it's only natural that a supporting instrument would be easy parts, just like the power chords the guitar plays so much for the rythem section.

Now we're talking . Indeed, if a song doesn't have solos, it compensates with meoldic chordes and armonies like ABBA did. But on the other hand, if you give to choose between them, solos are more entertaining to listen

icecab21 wrote:well , there are guys saying it's easy when it's not solos. what is he playing when he is not soloing? he plays chords, , melodic patterns, and arps. it's rather binary to say it's easy apart from solos. it's only natural that a supporting instrument would be easy parts, just like the power chords the guitar plays so much for the rythem section.

When i do piano covers, i try to play as much of the 'main' line as possible, so when the piano goes to playing chords and stuff, I switch to trying to do the vocal lines and such.

the hardest part about the solos is the speed. I have to use software to slow down the solos for me to work out the solo note by note.

Blah blah fucking blah. Try playing strato solos on a kazoo.

ext0l wrote:the hardest part about the solos is the speed. I have to use software to slow down the solos for me to work out the solo note by note.

No reason to be ashamed of, and even more if the solos are from Jens

with piano arrangements of songs, they can really be made in so many ways that can add or take away difficulty. there's so many ways to personalise the arrangement and work with nuance. one can really do acoustic things that aren't going to show up in the metal amped up synthesizer form of the song.

WARNING: Keep the Flame is NOT correctly played unless there's blood oozing from your fingertips.

AGAG wrote:WARNING: Keep the Flame is NOT correctly played unless there's blood oozing from your fingertips.

theres always blood on my fingers. and other places.

ext0l wrote:

AGAG wrote:WARNING: Keep the Flame is NOT correctly played unless there's blood oozing from your fingertips.

theres always blood on my fingers. and other places.

You're on the good way my friend. The good layne so to speak

Next thing you know is that you're trying kramer and you can't eat properly because you can't hold food with your hands because of the pain. Then comes czerny and you need local anesthesia. Only Then you'll reach the "decent" line and you'll get hired to make jingles

AGAG wrote:WARNING: Keep the Flame is NOT correctly played unless there's blood oozing from your fingertips.

Really ?

AGAG wrote:WARNING: Keep the Flame is NOT correctly played unless there's blood oozing from your fingertips.

it seems to have weird chords..I never tried to play that one.....Im starting to play Abba´s S.o.s and I couldnt do it as fast as benny´s can. on the other hand eagleheart is a piece of cake. I guess jens could do that song while he sleeps

it's interesting how the human mind works, some pieces we can do quite easily where as others we have to keep polishing it to make it sound well.

and it's always different pieces for different people

adrian9 wrote:

AGAG wrote:WARNING: Keep the Flame is NOT correctly played unless there's blood oozing from your fingertips.

it seems to have weird chords..I never tried to play that one.....Im starting to play Abba´s S.o.s and I couldnt do it as fast as benny´s can. on the other hand eagleheart is a piece of cake. I guess jens could do that song while he sleeps

I'd like to see both S.O.S.

Samples...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ME_UBICnXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Y9Gk6L-2E

_Pepe_ wrote:Samples...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ME_UBICnXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Y9Gk6L-2E

these were just cut from the interviews

I've heard those, they sound like some great songs

_Pepe_ wrote:Samples...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ME_UBICnXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Y9Gk6L-2E

And they say poor Koti has sexual impairments...

ext0l wrote:

_Pepe_ wrote:Samples...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ME_UBICnXU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Y9Gk6L-2E

these were just cut from the interviews

i know ext01

so....?

AGAG wrote:And they say poor Koti has sexual impairments...

That Kerry King faggot is a douchebag !

http://symfoniablog.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... leted.html

11-minute title track with a bass solo from Jari

And some other nice stuff too.

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mayhem-for-all wrote:http://symfoniablog.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... leted.html

11-minute title track with a bass solo from Jari

And some other nice stuff too.

fuck man that is awesome!
also checkin out the jari interview I was shocked, we can speak for more than 3 minutes ni a row!

adrian9 wrote:

mayhem-for-all wrote:http://symfoniablog.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... leted.html

11-minute title track with a bass solo from Jari

And some other nice stuff too.

fuck man that is awesome!
also checkin out the jari interview I was shocked, we can speak for more than 3 minutes ni a row!

But that´s pretty much it, ha ha.

JariKainulainen wrote:

adrian9 wrote:

mayhem-for-all wrote:http://symfoniablog.blogspot.com/2010/1 ... leted.html

11-minute title track with a bass solo from Jari

And some other nice stuff too.

fuck man that is awesome!
also checkin out the jari interview I was shocked, we can speak for more than 3 minutes ni a row!

But that´s pretty much it, ha ha.

Actually, it´s getting him to shut up that is the problem