Original Tune ... Le Passe-Muraille

Stackabones

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6279541

I'd written the melody several years ago but never put chords to it. A few weeks ago I thought I'd finally do so -- basically a 1-6m-2m-5 with the solo section on the rhythm changes AABA. Over the weekend, I decided to try it out as GJ-ish tune. Quick demo take: one take for the rhythm, two separate takes for the melody/lead (and then cut and paste into one).

Recorded on a Zoom H4 with the on-board mics in a kitchen. Gitane D-500.

btw, the title is from a short story by Marcel Aymé, the man in my avatar! It means "The Walker-Through-Walls."

WowBobWow

Great tune! Thanks for posting it.

and yet another amazing recording. I am amazed at the sound the Zoom gets!

Stackabones

WowBobWow wrote:

Great tune! Thanks for posting it.

and yet another amazing recording. I am amazed at the sound the Zoom gets!

Thank you!

The Zoom makes it pretty easy. I just pointed the mic, hit record, and hoped I'd play well enough for a decent take.

billyshakes

I remember having to read that poem during a language competition in high school. Nice song.

Stackabones

billyshakes wrote:

I remember having to read that poem during a language competition in high school. Nice song.

Thanks!

There's a poetic version of this short story? Too cool!

billyshakes

I think I misspoke (mistyped). Mostly, during these competitions, we would get French poems or sections of short stories that we would have to read to judge both our comprehension as well as our pronunciation. We would be given them about 3-5 minutes before we would have to read them and couldn't use a dictionary.

I just remember some part about "en passant par la muraille" or something like that. My French is a bit rusty these days. I didn't have to read the whole thing so I guess I should have written that I remembered reading an excerpt of the prose. Anyway, nice source of inspiration.

Stackabones

^^^Hey, no problem.^^^

I have to read him in translation and most of stuff is out-of-print in English translation. I should work a bit more on learning some more French. I'd be cool to read him in the original.

Super Mario Maccaferri

Marcel also wrote some excellent children's stories, the daily adventures of two little girls, "Delphine et Marinette" which are assembled as "Les contes du chat perché" How the hell do you translate a "chat perché" in english ?

"Tales of the high-sitting cat" ? Perché means it's standing or sitting up in a tree or on a cupboard or whatever. Anyway, nice stories.

Adelaarvaren

on dit simplement

"Perched"

Mais pour nous c'est normalement des oizos qui fait ca...

little hijack, sorry

The tune is pretty sweet! Nice melody, and 1 6 2 5 is so familiar it can't help but feel good. And, to echo previous posts WOW on the zoom H4!

Nice

Stackabones

Adelaarvaren wrote:

The tune is pretty sweet! Nice melody, and 1 6 2 5 is so familiar it can't help but feel good. And, to echo previous posts WOW on the zoom H4!

Nice

Thanks so much! Still digging the Zoom. 8)