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Hi Pat, Thanks for posting. Sometimes in the passing of time a musical piece comes a long that is significant, meaningful, inspirational and beautiful and this tune is surely one of them. This is a nice story and sometimes you don’t think of that but just enjoy the tune for the beauty of it. I’m sure others will also enjoy too. Thanks again for…[Read more]

Yes, great song. I enjoy reading about songs, songwriters and performers. Here is a great (but lengthy) article from Rolling Stone on this song, and the composer, Leonard Cohen:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-book-excerpt-leonard-cohen-writes-hallelujah-in-the-holy-or-the-broken-20121203

Hi, Daedalusfall. Roland is right: I came up with those first four bars and Hanneke wrote and performs the tune you hear at the outro.

Search “Glass Case” on this site…that’s the tune playing on the outro. Thanks!!

C

Hi Rosie, Thanks for your kind words. So glad to hear the new features allow you to learn better and practice at your pace. I know I love it and there is no better way than repetition slowly and correctly till you have the freedom to make it your own. Thanks for posting on the forum, check in with us again and tell us how you’re doing, Best…[Read more]

Thank you very much for providing this amazing facility. I’ve just had a great evening going through some of the tunes using the looper and slow-downer. It’s so much easier to follow and learn when you can see the fingering slowly and practise sections at your own pace. Very impressive!
Rosie

Hi daedalusfall, The intro is made up by Casey Willis who the master of this wonderful site. The outro is a snippet of Hanneke’s music but I can’t recall the exact title of the tune. I agree with you they are both nice and it would be fun to know them. Thanks for posting on the forum and glad you like the site. Best, Roland, Forum Moderator.

Hi Ed and Pat, Having listened to a lot of Tommy Peoples when I first started playing I tried to find out everything I could about his ornamentation. One of these techniques was apparently as the legend goes an invention of an ornament by Tommy himself. The way he does that bow triplet I was told is that he utilizes his pinkie on the end of the…[Read more]

Thanks Pat. I was not aware of the feature. I don’t think it will help (in this case though) with the fingering because I think (not 100% on this) that its all bow arm/wrist. But there must also be a bow pressure element mixed in. I’ve see him doing it (in the video I posted a link to) on the open D with no left hand. Listening to Kevin on…[Read more]

Ed,

Tommy Peoples does play with lightning speed. The slowdown feature in YouTube might be helpful. I don’t know how long YouTube has had this function, I just sort of stumbled across it a few months ago (maybe it has always been there, and I am the last to know about it). You can access it by clicking the gear wheel at the bottom of the…[Read more]

Hey Casey,

Thanks for the reply. Here is a link to another tune by Tommy that has the same figure. There is one specifically at 0:17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAbNV3BaORI

Best Regards, Ed

Hi, Edward. Do you happen to have a link to the song online somewhere?

I will pass your question along to Kevin, including a link, if you can find one. Kevin is touring currently, but I’ll pass his response along when he does get a chance to opine. Thanks!!

Hi Diane, that is the fun part, getting the basic tune and adding your ideas with the tune as a guide. Have fun with it. Best R

This has been fun! Everyone plays each tune a bit different. I will look for that one next.