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<DIV>Ken Gates Wrote:</DIV>
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question for those who play for dances or audiences.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">Do you ever
play "Smile" --- the Charlie Chaplin composition</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">for his movie
"Modern Times"? Lyrics were added later and</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">recorded by
vocalists at a slow tempo. I hear it as a very</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">pretty melody
played as an instrumental with swing</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">phrasing at
medium tempo. Anyone play it that way?</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">This link will
give an idea of the tune for those who don't</DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif">know it.</DIV>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1awi1NDThMM"
target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1awi1NDThMM</A></DIV>
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face=Calibri>The recording you give above is much too commercial and hooky for
me. I play it much slower, as a beautiful ballad. If I’m playing for dancers, I
would play it just a little faster, but certainly not at the speed at which this
recording was made.</FONT></DIV>
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face=Calibri>-Bob Ringwald</FONT></DIV>
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