Posted: Nov 19, 2020

Les Barricades Mystérieuses

The Mysterious Barricades Cover

The Mysterious Barricades... What might François Couperin have been referring to when he titled this one? Somehow I don't think he was referring to those metal things that appear along the sidewalk the night before there is a parade. It is a rather addictive little tune... I like it so much that I also < href='http://TheYodel.com/pages/1brpxw2x/Les-Baricades-Misterieuses.php'>arranged it for a wind ensemble. (I kinda like that version better but then I got to mess around with it more)

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La Bersan by Françouis Couperin

Here we go again... another of Couperin's harpsichord pieces

Les Barricades Mystérieuses

A piece written by written by François Couperin for the Harpsichord & published in 1717.

A cute little tine in 12/8... except for the bridge... it jumps around a bit there... almost latin sounding. I named it after a favorite chili pepper. the Chiltepin, also known as a bird's eye pepper.

Do you ever have projects like that? They are sitting over on a shelf and you're thinking: "Oh, I gotta finish that one day..." Then one day arrives and you go over & look at it and realize it has been finished the whole time. It just needs a little dusting and some paint touchup.

Sometimes, when writing a song the title arrives first. Coffee Time Rag is an example. Other times you work out a musical idea and a title comes along during the process......

Cherry Blossom Sunrise

A calming and slower piece in four acts and four minutes. Something to listen to while you are supping your morning beverage watching the sun rise though the cherry blossoms.

Coffee Time Rag

It's time for a ragtime song! This song was scheduled to be released in the middle of May but my "Streaming Distributor" is a tad backed up. Oh well. Sorry to keep you-all waiting. There are still twomore finished peiced in their queue & I have a few other songs on the boiler.

My Latin Bouquet

The original title of this song was "in the Shade of the Ombu". ... the Ombu being a tree that grows in the pampa of Argentina & Uruguay. I was imagining a restful siesta under a tree, maybe a couple of Gauchos strumming their guitarras. But then I had another thought.

It's a lazy waltz from a lazy day. I was intending it to form a different piece but one melody flowed to the next and, before I knew it, what I had intended to be a dance piece became this melodically progressive waltz. I had fun with it, I hope you do too.

Skipping Over the Lily Pads

Ah geepers, I've done it again... Calling this one "Skipping Over the Lily Pads".... The wizardry of Gerluz on the piano. Go ahead and add it to your playlists.

San Francisco is a great walking town. I took a lot of long walks at pretty much any time of day or night, this piece came about through these walks.

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