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Bateau Mouche by Henry Mancini

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Here's my recording from today of my new arrangement of this tune from the 1963 movie Charade starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. One of my all time favourite movies, and set in Paris. This tune is in my all time favourite key, B minor. In my arrangement I do have a little run of quavers at the start and plan to add one at the end to wrap it up. But in this recording I just have the core melody, which is based largely in my arrangement around three note harmonies. Some fluffs, but with my neurological illness progressing I was happy with this today! Also enjoyed playing lots of other B minor tunes, since I had my 72 bass box out for once rather than my 48 bass compact second one, which can't do B chords! If anyone else wants the sheet music to play send me a private message. It is my own arrangement.

 
Lovely, thanks!
 
Lovely, thanks!

Thanks so much!

I was so chuffed my right hand - and specifically my fingers - was cooperating really well today. When I had a huge cerebral vasculitis relapse in 2004 (effectively a stroke) I was suddenly a lot weaker down my right side, and falling over a lot to that side. I regained a lot of hand/finger control by teaching myself an enormously difficult piano tune over the next 12 months. But many years on I'm still weaker down that side than I'd like. And especially during disease flares/relapses. Which is really problematic for the accordion. A year or so ago I was very sad about it, fearing I was losing the ability to play completely. Well things are looking a bit better at the moment! I still have other neurological things to contend with accordion wise, like light headedness, falling asleep mid play (!) and losing my usually automatic bellows control. But honestly it's so much better than it might have been. So I expect I should be able to enjoy playing my accordions for some years to come. Which is just lovely.
 
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Well, I'm sorry to hear about your health, but am happy to hear that things have been going well lately. Please keep bringing us these tune!
 
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