{"id":2572,"date":"2020-03-26T05:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T09:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lapsteelin.com\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2020-03-26T05:40:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T09:40:04","slug":"bix-beiderbeckes-in-a-mist-duet-for-steel-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lapsteelin.com\/?p=2572","title":{"rendered":"Bix Beiderbecke\u2019s \u201cIn A Mist\u201d duet for steel guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- leaderboard (t & i) --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"width: 728px; height: 90px; display: inline-block;\" data-ad-slot=\"1964260248\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0128288170403191\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Over the period of about a week in 2019, I started arranging Bix\u2019s iconic composition \u2019In A Mist\u2019 for steel guitar duet. \u00a0I had purchased the sheet music about 15 years prior with the hopes of one day getting to it on guitar but was always so daunting. \u00a0I first heard the piece on Ry Cooder\u2019s Jazz Lp, which coincidentally also introduced me to another of my favorite pieces and artists, Jelly Roll Morton\u2019s \u2018The Pearls\u2019. \u00a0I just decided to roll up my sleeves on In A Mist and see if I could turn it into a reasonable duet arrangement for steel guitar. \u00a0I think I succeeded, although I never quite finished the arrangement. \u00a0I\u2019m hoping to get inspired again to continue to arrange and then record an acceptable version.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most ambitious undertakings I\u2019ve ever been involved in. \u00a0To say it is difficult is an understatement, but somehow it works. \u00a0The combination of the slightly differently tuned steels really work hand in hand, and where one tuning is not quite capable of making a part happen, the other seems to pick up the slack. \u00a0Sometimes the two guitars switch parts in the most unusual places, seamlessly completing the puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m offering up for study the first 80 measures of what I have completed. \u00a0I think that much of what is on these pages is a pretty food reflection of how I see the steel guitar, in particular the C6 tuning. \u00a0There is a good deal of problem solving involved in trying to make difficult passages sound easier than they are. \u00a0If I have a little time, I will try to describe some of the thinking that went into certain parts. \u00a0Maybe after I have finished the entire score.<\/p>\n<p>Ciao for now.<br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- new responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-slot=\"1949420546\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0128288170403191\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br 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