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In The Hall of the Mountain King
ITHOTMK is a piece of orchestral music composed by Edvard Grieg in 1875. It repeats a musical phrase multiple times; starting at a modest pace, increasing in speed, intensity, and in adding more and more instruments, building up. Of course you cannot copy that on acoustic guitar, but I found that by playing that phrase in several places on the guitar neck, and building in speed; it is a great workout for the fretting hand (using the pinky quite a bit), and for flat picking (at least at the level I am on, which I realize is not very experienced). I really like the sound of the phrase also; and that it gave me an exercise that is fun and musical. I put this together from two different sources. I made some flubs in it; but that isn’t new.
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That was really cool😎 @Philb 👍 I’m going to have to study this video more closely to try and do it too🤔 Just like you said, an exercise (or is it a musical phrase?🤦♂️) that is musical (or is it an exercise?🙆♂️)
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@Bill_Brown Thanks Bill. It was fun, and helpful for some fretting practice. I hand wrote up a Tab for it to help myself learn it. The parts are interchangeable of course; but the tab is as I played it (each 4 bars), except in playing it I repeated the opening . I can attach it as a PDF file if you would like.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Philb.
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@Philb 👍 You would make my day to do that👏👏 Message me here on this site, or I can give you my email address through this site – whatever works for you – thank you🤩
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That was great Philb!
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Enjoyed your rendition @Philb. Edvard Grieg is a favorite composer of mine. I have a trip planned to Norway in 2022 and plan to visit his homestead where he wrote many of his compositions. Your playing has back memories of Disney’s “Fantasia” 🧙♂️
Check this classic out – IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING – Grieg.avi – YouTube
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@stevieblues Thanks much!
@Guitargeezer I remember it in Fantasia also. That was nice animation with the music. Thanks for listening.
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Here is my homemade tab. It is all 8th notes unless there is a check
mark over a note for a quarter note, or an x over a note for a half
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Just click on the icon top left to open it up; or you can download it.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Philb.
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You’re awesome @Philb 🤩👍👍🤩 Thanks you for taking the time to do this👏👏👏
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Nice scale exercise, @Philb ! Fun melody with some heaviness to it. I will download your tab and have some fun. Before that though, I’ll give Grieg’s Peer Gynt a listen. I have not heard it for a few years and always liked that piece of orchestral music. 🎶
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Thanks for listening. A fun piece to move around.
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Sure thing. I hope it helps.
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