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This one of, if not the best from you. Absolutely delightful.

You are a concert violinist. Your long time girlfriend just left you and ran away with the lead guitarist of a heavy metal group.  You grab your violin, sit on the river's bank and play your broken heart out as the sun gently sets.

The piano is a MA Emotional Piano MIDI track.  The string tracks are from Band-in-a-Box using my sound sources.  Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the Swam Violin.

https://soundcloud.com/mario_guitar/the-sun-gently-sets

Very impressive, especially considering the weird scale you had to use .
Equally impressive was the short time it took you to produce it.

Thanks.
'Twas speedy because I spent a half hour getting the thing tuned up and as it is so susceptible to temperature change I thought I should just 'play and record' without any real structure.
Played a basic drone bed-track then went back to the start and played an impromptu melody line over it using only the notes in the designated scale. Had to break off part way through due to mistakes but picked up again for a final sweep.
Added the tabla part as another single take.
Whole thing only took another half hour so I thought I should just process the takes and get it submitted before I went off the idea.

This is a very impressive piece, and remarkably quick production too!

Making an effort to quell the doldrum and get back into these contests.

Topic this month is to make a piece of music using this 'strange' scale:
C C# E F G A# B

Inspired by a comment that it may suit the Sitar I decided to get my old wreck out and wrestle  it into tune.

This has two instances of Sitar accompanied by a single Bayan Tabla (the bigger one of the pair).

https://soundcloud.com/offthewall_james/2502_offthewall_saffronrice?si=89c8e5357fde4ab8ad17ec63176d7faf&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Thanx Will.
Band-in-a-Box is a big help.

Another very nice song Mario. I don't know how you manage to come up with these so quickly!

Since we are still alive here is another song:

Close your eyes and let your mind wonder.  Hopefully you are having loving thoughts.

Via my breath and keyboard controllers I am playing the French horn and the Swam classical flute.  Band-in-a-Box is supplying the balance of the tracks using my sound sources.

https://soundcloud.com/mario_guitar/loving-thoughts

Thanks Mario. it was one that just teemed to come out of nowhere.

Those an be the best kind!