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| 6 JUL 2011 at 2:16pm |
FnordSchattenjger
Posts : 2752
Joined: 15 SEP 2008
Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | Yes, you are (probably) committing a crime. While the songs themselves are no longer protected, the recordings might be.
Of course, there might be recordings that you may download for free. Look around and you might be able to find some.
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| 6 JUL 2011 at 2:53pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Look at it this way. You wouldn't expect an orchestra to come and play that music in your house for free, would you?
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| 6 JUL 2011 at 4:15pm |
AShadowWalkerPrivate Detective
Posts : 776
Joined: 6 AUG 2009
Status : Online | ARGHH!...........you simple land lubbers...
........take all Ye can!........give nothing back!
And if Ye get caught......you are no longer a member of the brotherhood! :
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| 6 JUL 2011 at 5:39pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Hell, I'm gonna download it. They didn't pay Beethoven in order to play it themselves in the first place, now did they? And there is a bunch of different recordings, so, no matter what I do, I'm gonna hurt someone, so why not be fair and hurt everybody? Seriously though, I can't just go and ask for Beethoven's greatest hits, what will the Town folk say? I'm only 18. I should be listening to Eminem and Lady GaGa.
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 6 JUL 2011 at 5:57pm |
FnordSchattenjger
Posts : 2752
Joined: 15 SEP 2008
Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | Here:
http://www.classicalconnect.com/Cello_Music/Beethoven/Theme_and_Seven_Variations/843
No need to break any laws, free Beethoven for everyone!
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| 7 JUL 2011 at 9:49am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Posts : 1303
Joined: 28 OCT 2011
Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | Beethoven might be an exception yes, because we're already paying taxes on playing music in public and a fee for every portable media device we buy (cd-r, USB stick, etc)
Taxes that goes to artists who didn't create these compositions :
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| 7 JUL 2011 at 2:39pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Tres bien! Merci! Now, have a whole vacation to practice. I already know to play Fur Elise, not that hard, but very beautiful.
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 3:05am |
MarkGuild Master
Posts : 3803
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By dwwa (7 JUL 2011 2:39pm)
I already know to play Fur Elise, not that hard, but very beautiful.
Well, then, now you're ready to tackle Brahms' Second Piano Concerto in Bb.
Listen to it a couple of times and you'll have it down. No prob.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 3:24am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mark (8 JUL 2011 3:05am)
Originally Posted By dwwa (7 JUL 2011 2:39pm)
I already know to play Fur Elise, not that hard, but very beautiful.
Well, then, now you're ready to tackle Brahms' Second Piano Concerto in Bb.
Listen to it a couple of times and you'll have it down. No prob.
Now, if you can just round up a few buddies for the strings, you'll be all set.
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 1:36pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | What strings? I ace that sucker on guitar all by me' self! (as any given Irish person at any given time would say)
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 2:25pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | You're playing Brahms piano piece on a guitar? okaaaaayyyy...... Mark, see what you can do with this chap will you? I think he might be beyond help. Maybe Bobo's special talents are called for?
[img]http://www.mindspring.com/~markparrish/Mumbles.gif[/img]Not many people are aware that Mark insists on making ALL his houseguests sing for their supper - (which is usually grits anyway).
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 6:45pm |
MarkGuild Master
Posts : 3803
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline |
My word. Where do you get these things, Caroline.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 7:33pm |
SpikeIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 75
Joined: 8 JUL 2003
Location: UK
Status : Offline | I think once you can play Aram Khachaturians' sabre dance with two fingers on a piano you can play anything....
Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) "A man can't have everything....Where would he keep it??"
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 8:59pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | It ain't Brahms, it's Beethoven! I'm high class, buds. But I still ain't close to BoBo. :'( I play Beethoven ad Beethoven plays BoBo... 'Nuff said.
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 8 JUL 2011 at 9:10pm |
TravellerGuild Master
Posts : 4040
Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Hey, what is wrong with with Brahms? Brahms wrote one of the most beautiful violin concerto's ever... (not counting Bruch, of course).
I'll look for some nice online versions if I have time tomorrow.
Beethoven does have a lot of nice music for piano. It's a while since I played, but he has a lot of nice sonatas. If you're just starting out on piano, besides Fur Elise, try out his Moonlight Sonata for a relatively easy but emotive piece. (..or are you doing it on guitar? - well, I suppose it would work for guitar as well. )
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 2:08pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Moonlight sonata is very beautiful, one of my favorites.... Yeah, you can play everything on guitar, believe it or not...
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 4:40pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | The 1st movement of the Moonlight Sonata is relatively easy to learn and play per se, but not easy to play well. One also needs big hands to play it well since some chords span more than one octave. The 3rd movement is among the most difficult Beethoven wrote.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 19 JUL 2011 at 5:02pm |
Child Of DunwichPrivate Detective
Posts : 480
Joined: 25 MAY 2011
Status : Offline | Oh, I know that from other songs, it can be a real pain sometimes. Those chords are trickier than some guitar solos...
Nature's first green is gold,&&Her hardest hue to hold.&&Her early leaf's a flower;&&But only so an hour.&&Then leaf subsides to leaf.&&So Eden sank to grief,&&So dawn goes down to day.&&Nothing gold can stay.
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