Built-in 64-bit VST instrument support with 32-bit VST bridge (64-bit Windows) 16 built in synthesizers, including emultations of Roland ® TB-303, Commodore 64 ® SID microchip, Nintendo ® NES and GameBoy, Yamaha ® OPL2 chip and more. Fur Elise is a pretty simple melody that’s easy to pick up even for beginners. It’s also very recognizable, so it could be the first tune you bust out to get some appreciative nods. Even the tricky parts of the piece can be picked up easily with a little practice, so it’s also a good piece to measure progression.
“Für Elise’ – Beethoven’ Bagatelle in A Minor: A Novel Arrangement
September 1, 2008 at 2:25 pm | Posted in Video | 2 CommentsTags: bagatelle, beethoven, cats, fur elise, garageband, imovie, kittens, musician, Video
(From Wikipedia)
Beethoven scholars are not entirely certain who “Elise” was. The most reasonable theory is that Beethoven originally titled his work “Für Therese”, Therese being Therese Malfatti von Rohrenbach zu Dezza (1792-1851), whom Beethoven intended to marry in 1810 and was also one of his students. However, she declined Beethoven’s proposal. In 1816 Therese, who was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Malfatti von Rohrenbach (1769-1829), married the Austrian nobleman and state official Wilhelm von Droßdik (1771-1859)[1] Another theory is that ‘Elise’ was used to describe a sweetheart during Beethoven’s time. If this is true, then the piece is dedicated to sweethearts in general, with no specific person in mind. However this theory is unlikely because it doesn’t fit well with Beethoven’s composing and dedication history. When the work was published in 1865, the discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, mistranscribed the illegible title as “Für Elise”. The autograph is lost.
Recorded September 1, 2008.
Uploaded to YouTube September 1, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw6Tub_tWH8
Fur Elise Garageband
No cats were harmed in the making of this video. A single unidentified insect may have met its demise, however.
- GarageBand Information
- Track 1: Software Instrument – Flute – melody
Track 2: Software Instrument – Orchestral Strings – harmony
Track 3: Software Instrument – Grand Piano – counterpoint
Master Track: Tempo 120 bpm, Time 4/4, Key A minor
Export settings – Video Podcast presets - LG enV2 Video Capture Information
- Resolution 320×240
- iMovie Information
- Single video clip, split into five
2 second overlap transitions between clips
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor “Quasi una fantasia”, Op. 27, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven
December 21, 2008 at 5:32 pm | Posted in Video | Leave a commentTags: beethoven, cats, garageband, guitar, moonlight sonata, piano, piano sonata no. 14, quasi una fantasia, Video
Popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata” (Wikipedia article here)
Fur Elise Garageband Tutorial
I adapted the score for classical guitar, transposing from C# minor to E minor. Only the first five bars are played, and then repeated. Seven tracks were recorded, each one containing from one to four triplets, and assembled together in GarageBand. An eighth track added the bass notes.
Fur Elise Garageband Notes
The video features my two cats, Eowyn and Gizmo. It was inspired by Riftgirl’s “The Politics of P” video.