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Paul Mounsey - North, an acoustic intepretation

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yashicamat

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Some of you may recognise this, it was a piece of music used for the "Visit Scotland" adverts produced from the Scottish tourist board a few years ago. I personally think it is a beautiful piece of music, but it was written on a combination of a violin and I think perhaps a synthesiser.

Anyway, I had a thought a few hours ago to try and put this together into a guitar based song, so I sat down and worked out the chords, then the lead melody which fits over the top. I fingerpicked the chords and recorded that, then videod and recorded me playing the melody, so it's the latter you see in the video.

I think it's worked quite well, although I appreciate the lead guitar playing isn't perfect and I can't help but wonder how this would work with an electric lead part instead . . . maybe something to try out at some point! :)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e-xMQ6clTU4

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Posted : 29/03/2008 7:28 pm

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I see why you like the song.
We don't get (very many) Scottish tourism commercials here in the States.
So I hadn't heard that song before.
Very pretty mellow melody.
The stuff that would be used for background soundtracks in a movie.
This would be nice to play as the green hillsides of Scotland are being shown.
Is that what the commercial shows? (Close up of Nessy?)

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Posted : 30/03/2008 11:23 am

yashicamat

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Hey Ken. Yeah it's a very nice melody. My sister is coming over later and she's a very accomplished flautist so I'm going to see if we can jam the track with her doing the lead bit on the flute. :-)

Here's the advert . . . I did the intepretation from memory actually so it's in a different key as it happens, but it's still reasonably close I reckon: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6A41eQNQEYE&feature=related

Rob

Posted : 30/03/2008 12:06 pm

yashicamat

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Here's an alternative version, using a clean electric guitar for the melody instead and incorporating a few bends rather than slides. I actually recorded this better so the balance between lead and rythym is a bit better.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xHyoOoHy2BA

Rob

Posted : 30/03/2008 4:50 pm

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If you would make an mp3 of that I would like to put that on my iPod.
I can't wait to hear what the flute added to it sounds like.
I just wish the song was longer.
Do you have a Soundclick account you could upload the mp3 to when the flute is added?
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Posted : 30/03/2008 5:58 pm

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Hey Rob

That's great. I think the electric lead over the acoustic arpeggio works great. I like!

Rock on!

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Posted : 31/03/2008 8:19 am