Friday, January 25, 2019

"Martha My Dear"

Last month, I learned some of the brass parts in "Martha My Dear."  I think what I have is tuba (doubled on trombone) and trumpet.  I can play trombone, but I'm not in practice and this part is beyond my skill level anyway, so I used the mellotron brass sound.

I learned the sections from ~0:38 to ~0:59 and from ~1:39 to ~2:01.  They're only slightly different.  For my recording, I used the second iteration:


There's a second trumpet that plays a high F, but it lasts for so long that the mellotron tape runs out before the note should stop, so I didn't include that in my recording.