Music to Lift Your Soul: 4 Genres & Honorable Mention

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The forum discussion centers around the best music across four genres: Classical, Country, Hard Rock, and Fusion. Key selections include JS Bach's "Air On A G String" performed by the Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Merle Haggard's "Workingman’s Blues," Fit For Rivals' "Your Worst Mistake," and Cartoon Theory's "Wizardry Mind." Honorable mentions feature 826aska's "A Whole New World" and the iconic works of The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Bob Marley. The conversation also touches on the emotional impact of music, with personal anecdotes about songs like "Ashokan Farewell" and "Moon River."

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  • Familiarity with music genres: Classical, Country, Hard Rock, Fusion
  • Understanding of notable music pieces and their cultural significance
  • Knowledge of influential artists such as JS Bach, Merle Haggard, and AC/DC
  • Awareness of music's emotional and historical context
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  • Explore the impact of Classical music on modern genres
  • Research the evolution of Country music and its key artists
  • Analyze the influence of Hard Rock on contemporary music
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  • #151
From Jeff Beck and the Yardbirds

Over, Under, Sideways, Down (1966)​

Heart Full Of Soul (1965)​



Guitarist Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds in March 1965 because of a perceived shift in musical direction. Inspired in part by Jeff Beck, who replaced Clapton, the group began to experiment with different musical styles. Beck had more varied influences and used electronically enhanced guitar effects, which he brought to the group's sound.

Shapes of Things (1966)​

 
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just to add to that, Lovely demo from him here

 
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  • #153
This is a fantastic full concert
 
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  • #154
Rediscovered this song yesterday:
 
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  • #156
Interdimensional said:

Oh that's nice. Something I didn't know existed. I'd expect you'd like Hiromi Euhara's latest with a string quartet.
 
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  • #157
Love this guy:
 
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  • #159
Hornbein said:
Oh that's nice. Something I didn't know existed. I'd expect you'd like Hiromi Euhara's latest with a string quartet.

Yes very much.
 
  • #160

Gabriela Montero and Rex Lewis Clark​

 
  • #161
Jarvis323 said:

Gabriela Montero and Rex Lewis Clark​


Dang, I thought they would be improvising four-handed. That would be SO cool.

I'm glad that improvisation is today increasingly tolerated in the classical milieu. Van Beethoven and JS were famous for it. It may be making a comeback.
 
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  • #163
In memory of Martyn Bennett (17 February 1971 – 30 January 2005), a Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion, a blending of traditional Celtic and modern music. He was a piper, violinist, composer, producer and innovator. His compositions crossed musical and cultural divides. Sporting dreadlocks at the height of his performing career, his energetic displays led to descriptions such as "the techno piper".

Swallowtail - I heard for the first time tonight. Then I heard that he had died from cancer, just a couple of weeks shy of his 34th birthday. :frown:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Bennett
 
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  • #164
The Ultimate in fusion music?

It's possible that these musicians have never met face to face. Indeed it is quite possible that when this was made they were all on different continents.

I believe that that synthesizer solo was programmed, not played. That's fine with me.

They have tried to duplicate this success but have so far fallen short. Trap drum genius Travis Orbin usually hires out to play metal music.

 
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  • #165
Best ever in Japanese fusion. Fusion burned out fast in the West but survived in Japan. So these women have grown up listening to it.



The drummer learned to sing Chick Corea's Spain before she could talk. Her Dad wrote the first tune.
 
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The ultimate in funk from Was/Not Was. Featuring Marcus Miller on ebass.
 
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Double lead guitar & sweep picking
 
  • #169


Yucco Miller -- Hyperdrive

About as intense as it gets. Yucco later gave up on this and became a comedian.
 
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  • #170
Hornbein said:


Yucco Miller -- Hyperdrive

About as intense as it gets. Yucco later gave up on this and became a comedian.

Funky! Not keen on very trebly bass though but great playing.
 
  • #171
Possessed by this song

 
  • #173
Sagittarius A-Star said:
4'33 by John Cage

Actually the piece is in three movements. The pianist is directed to do certain things which I've forgotten.
 
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  • #174
Hornbein said:
Actually the piece is in three movements. The pianist is directed to do certain things which I've forgotten.

You are right.
 
  • #175
Now in the category of progressive rock...

 
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  • #176
Juna Serita : Hallucigenia

Tower Of Power style fast funk.



Hallucigenia is the name of a famously weird worm known only through fossils.
 
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  • #177
Sagittarius A-Star said:
4'33 by John Cage

There is an F# hum that is not in the sheet music...;)

Whatever he meant by this I don't get it. To me it is not music, a blank page is not poetry and a bunch of people on the stage not talking or moving is not a musical or play.
 
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  • #178
pinball1970 said:
Whatever he meant by this I don't get it. To me it is not music, a blank page is not poetry and a bunch of people on the stage not talking or moving is not a musical or play.
Rests are part of music:
Wikipedia said:
A rest is a musical notation sign that indicates the absence of a sound.
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Rests are intervals of silence in pieces of music
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_(music)
 
  • #179
Sagittarius A-Star said:
Rests are part of music:

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_(music)
Yes rests are important, what is Cage inserting them to "rest" from?

Would it be appropriate for me to write a sentence consisting of a period only? Punctuated with a few commas?

I am sure there is some sort of artistic, high brow explanation given by Cage himself or art critics but I am pretty certain whatever it is would not convince me it is music.
Besides, any piano piece you or I can play and record as well as any concert musician on the planet should raise an eyebrow.
Is it music?
Is it classical music?
Is it music of value?

If you still answer yes to all of those questions, what is your favourite recording of the piece and why that one?
 
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  • #180
Sagittarius A-Star said:
Rests are part of music:

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest_(music)
I feel the same about modern art. Half a lavatory or a banana attached to the wall via duct tape to me is not art either.
 
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