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I became a grandfather last Monday and was inspired to write this for my new grandson. The piece was started in BiaB then ported to Finale for development and engineered in Sonar X3 where I recorded myself on clarinet for the melody.


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Beautiful piece of music and congratulations. What a wonderful gift to be able to create something so special from the heart that your grandchild will have and know it was done especially for them. Well done


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Nice music for your grandson. Congratulations. I am grandfather since two years
and I can understand what you feel in these moments. A great change in your life!


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What a great melody.The clarinet works really well with this.
Congratulation and thanks for listing. Rob

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Hello, Rich

Very beautiful song!
Your clarinet is also very nice.
It is a really wonderful present for your grandson. Congratulations.
The modulation from G major Key to Cm via B7 is wonderful.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

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Originally Posted By: Scott C
[It's]special from the heart that your grandchild will have and know it was done especially for them. Well done


Thanks Scott. I hope (when he is old enough that he will appreciate it and enjoy it for years to come.


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Thank you Sergio for the kind comments. It was fun to put the piece together.


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Rich,

Very well done, both in the inspiration and the creation!
Lovely melody and its nice to hear your clarinet playing.


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Hi Rich,

This is so beautiful! Wonderfully conceived, developed and performed. Really, really nice!.

Congratulations. We're old hands at being grandparents ... we have grandchildren who have graduated college. My wife and I are both in our 70s. You have some great 9and a few trying0 times ahead of you. Enjoy him!

Merry Christmas.

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Thank you Rob. The melody was inspired and came straight from the heart. Band-in-a-Box gave me the chance to test out chords and styles.


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Thank you Shigeki Adachi. I like your analysis of the chord structure. That part of the progression was the most interesting point of the creation and I am glad you enjoyed hearing it.


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Congradulation on new family member. I can relate. A nice tribute to your grandson, Tom

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Congratulations on the song.

More so, congratulations on your new arrival! smile

I really liked the string arrangements. Very pleasant.


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Thanks for sharing and may he play it some day for his son and grandson.

Lovely!

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Thank you Tom. I am glad you had a chance to listen to the piece.


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The string arrangement was fun to put together. Nothing really special except some mirror passages from the melody. Thank you for listening VideoTrack.


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Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Thanks for sharing and may he play it some day for his son and grandson.


That would be awesome! To think a piece of music I wrote would last a few more generations. Thanks for the listen and kind words.


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Ah new beginnings.
Very sweet.
Congratulations.
Good to hear a strong melody.
Cheers.

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Originally Posted By: Al-David
Hi Rich,

This is so beautiful! Wonderfully conceived, developed and performed. Really, really nice!.


Thank you for listening and commenting. I appreciate it.

Merry Christmas to you as well.


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I was happy with how the melody developed as well. The chord structure and some of the BiaB parts really helped me to realize the melody that just seemed to want to come out!

Thank you for listening RichMac!


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