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I posted to youtube.com
Yangtze Gorges - Intrumental Andy Roberts Chinese Lute Ruan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEnYmlYs-vg&feature=youtube_gdata
October 10 2010, 10:04am | Comments »
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I posted to andyroberts.me
#14: 12 String Guitar and Chinese Lute
http://andyroberts.me/podcast/14-12-string-guitar-and-chinese-lute
For #14 Andy Roberts plays 12 string guitar and the Chinese Lute or Ruan. Starting off with the oldest Andy Roberts song in my repertoire, Hold On Below dates back to early songwriting attempts while I was still a young teenager coming straight home from school and learning to play guitar for several hours non stop every night – I was in hurry. There are two tunes on the Chinese lute, then a song which is intended to introduce you to another songwriter, Ruairidh Anderson who is in the midst of a 52 week project called Songs From The Howling Sea, and finally a song about a field. Here’s the web player, download link, tracklist and show notes for Podcast Episode 14:
Subscribe to the podcast RSS feed using the url: http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/andy-roberts/id378470885 You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 28.3Mb in size and 29 minutes 25 seconds in duration from this link 14 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 14.mp3 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 14 Show Notes Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 14 broadcast on October 5th 2010, published on October 6th 2010. 1) Hold On Below I found the original handwritten document for Hold On Below and it is in fact dated October 1973, which is a little bit later than thought but still the earliest one that has survived the years really, apart from one called “Living in Time Warp” which is dated 1937. According to my Andy Roberts Music blog, where there’s a record of songs performed, I played Hold On Below at Havering Folk Club on January 15, 2009 and for my first Ustream broadcast on August 4th 2009, but it’s not the best performance, so I’ll wait until this current one surfaces to embed the video. Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the album The Andy Roberts Tapes 2) Yangtse Gorges Instrumental by Andy Roberts, from the album “Album 1” 3) The Truro Agricultural Show A traditional song which was originally written to help advertise the Royal Cornwall Show on the date when it merged with the Bath and West to form a super show, and was held for the only time, near the city of Truro. Accompanied here by the Chinese Lute. Attribution: Traditional, arrangement by Andy Roberts 4) Geneva’s Call I’d like to do more of this kind of thing, playing songs by ordinary musicians, friends and podcasters. It then gives me the opportunity to use this website to link out to the wider online music community, and point out other podcasts that may be of interest to anybody who has taken the time to listen to some of my own stuff. Geneva’s Call is a song by Ruairidh Anderson and is part of the Songs From The Howling Sea project, to record 52 songs in 52 weeks about the Old East End of London.
Hear the original here: 18b. Free Song – Geneva’s Call with further explanations at 18a. Infanticide And Slappy Bonita – A History Of Gin Lyrics and Music by Ruairidh Anderson, interpretation by Andy Roberts 5) Back In The Field Back in The Field was the first song I recorded on Garageband, with muti tracked vocals and two guitars. I should do some more of that from time to time, as well as keeping the podcast going. You can download the Garageband version from Reverbnation or Last.fm or get the Sampler CD on which it features. Words and Music by Andy Roberts, from the albums Album 1 and Sampler CD
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October 6 2010, 8:31am | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Big Eyed Beans From Venus - Captain Beefheart Cover by Andy Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stTtCNn8h_I&feature=youtube_gdata
June 30 2010, 7:28am | Comments »
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I posted to andyroberts.me
Podcast 4th and Final Prototype
http://andyroberts.me/podcast/podcast-4th-and-final-prototype
Well I’m surprised how quickly 4 weeks have passed, I even made a mistake during the recording and referred to it as prototype 3 but this is in fact the 4th and final podcast prototype in the series. Next week’s edition will be the official opening night of the Andy Roberts Podcast – episode 1. I ought to make an event out of that on the facebook page really, and invite people. Anyway, here’s the podcast player for listening online to my Andy Roberts podcast prototype number 4:
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http://andyroberts.me/?feed=podcast You can also download the MP3 audio file which is around 25Mb in size and just under 29minutes in duration from this link Andy Roberts Podcast Prototype 4.mp3 If you must, the full video file of the broadcast is available over at Ustream.tv where the live podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time Podcast Prototype No 4 Video Podcast Prototype 4 Show Notes Show notes and information for prototype 4 broadcast and recorded on June 29th 2010. There were 3 songs performed during this show, two using the plain 12string acoustic guitar and the others on the Chinese Lute or Ruan. The Dream Is Over Title: “The Dream is Over” Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts, first released on The Andy Roberts Tapes Here’s the same song performed last week at Havering Folk Club
Mike Silver – Lady You’re On Fire Title: Not really sure about this Music and Lyrics by Mike Silver, badly remembered and interpreted by Andy Roberts Yangtse Gorges Title: “Yangtse Gorges” Chinese Lute Music by Andy Roberts Big Eyed Beans From Venus – Captain Beefheart Title: “Big Eyed Beans From Venus” Music and Lyrics by Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), loosely interpreted by Andy Roberts on the Chinese Lute Chinese Lute Picture Chinese Lute or Ruan
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June 29 2010, 5:51pm | Comments »
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I posted to youtube.com
Andy Roberts Dead Skunk Havering Folk Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCoGJ4ujcY
February 26 2009, 8:02am | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
Chinese Lute at Havering Folk Club
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/chinese-lute-at-havering-folk-club.html
I took my Chinese Lute or Ruan along to Havering Folk club this week for a change, as you may have guessed from yesterday's post about it. I had some trouble fitting it into the guitar bag, but managed to improvise with the zip. I thought it as a particularly good night last night. There were some new performers to me, and I also noticed that several of the regulars had noticeably come on in and demonstrated considerable improvement. It must be the accumulated effect of weekly providing an attentive audience for each other. All levels are appreciated, but I think the overall level had gone up a notch or two. Well that's how it seemed to me anyway. I played a tune that I always play on the chinese lute and now it has a name "Yangtse Gorges". There's a video of me playing it in the back garden a few years ago somewhere, I'll have to root around on various old computers.Then I did Dead Skunk by Loudon Wainwright, an old singalong favourite recently mentioned by Karen. Linda was sitting near the front so we have an instant video take: Andy Roberts plays Dead Skunk at Havering Folk Club
February 26 2009, 6:17am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Andy Roberts and Ruan @ Havering Folk Club
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/3310588288/
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Andy Roberts and Ruan @ Havering Folk Club picture by Linda
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February 25 2009, 7:10pm | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Andy Roberts and Ruan @ Havering Folk Club
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/3309755947/
Andyrob
Andy and Ruan @ Havering Folk Club - by Linda
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February 25 2009, 7:08pm | Comments »
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I posted to delicious.com
Chinese Lute
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/06/06/chinese-lute
Chinese Lute ruan
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February 25 2009, 8:31am | Comments »
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I posted to andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com
Chinese Lute or Ruan
http://andyrobertsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/chinese-lute-or-ruan.html
The Ruan is a moon shaped short necked lute, related to the Pipa.It was once called the qin pipa, dating from the Qin dynasty between 221-207 BC or the yueqin which means a moon shaped short necked lute. The name is a shortened form of Ruan Xian, a musician and one of the "seven Sages of Bamboo Grove" of the 3rd century from the Six Dynasties. Pictorial evidence, excavated from a tomb of his time in Nanjing, depicting Ruan Xian's performance of this instrument, confirms that its construction was roughly the same as that of today.The ruan is a Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. Its strings were formerly made of silk but since the 20th century they have been made of steel (flatwound for the lower strings). The modern ruan has 24 frets with 12 semitones on each string, which has greatly expanded its range from a previous 13 frets. The frets are commonly made of ivory. Or in recent times, metal mounted on wood. The metal frets produce a brighter tone as compared to the ivory frets.The ruan is now constructed as a family of soprano, alto, tenor and bass, a development intended to increases its range and effectiveness in the modern Chinese orchestra. The alto and the tenor are commonly used. A plectrum is needed in performance. Mellow in tone quality, it is often seen in ensembles or in accompaniments, and as a solo instrument in recent years.Zhong ruan (alto) tuning: A-d-a-d1 or G-d-a-e1 Range: A-a2Daruan (tenor) tuning: D-A-d-a or C-G-d-a Range: D-e1So anyway, I have one of these instruments that I brought back from China.I made a Flash widget thingy that has sound, you can listen to here:http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rob/video/china-lute.htmland even have a go at playing it for yourself.
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February 25 2009, 8:21am | Comments »
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