The Flight of the Bumblebee

[Sam]

I've always been fascinated with this piece from a young age. There's a great piano transcription of it by Rachmaninov but even better is this version arranged by Georges Cziffra:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7c6wrc

And here's a slightly dodgy attempt at me playing it on nthe guitar:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vsh5uk

Let me know what you think.

[Huzzie]

Impressive vid again Sam.

Gizza exercise to help speeding your fingers up.

[Adrian Brezhnev]

Blimey, watching that video made my fingers ache, just by imagining trying to play The Flight of the Bumblebee on a guitar.

[fanny splendid]

Then try Manowar's (The Kings Of Metal) version called 'Sting of the Bumblebee', played on a bass guitar.

Hail and Kill!

[Sam]

Huzzie:

Hears the powertab of TFOTB. Any bit of it is good to exercise the fingers with, it's all chromatic and easy to play and think of in shapes. Give it a go!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/l1cexq

[Barney Sloane]

There's a trumpet transcription by Wynton Marsalis, and Al Hirt's theme from "The Green Hornet" (which can be found on the Kill Bill soundtrack album) is basically a rearrangement of FOTBB.

[Huzzie]

Cheers Sam.

[ccbaxter]

Pah, if there's no rubber tyre-eating at the same time, I'm not impressed.

[Huzzie]

Cheers Sam.


EDIT: Bugger! Already said that, annai? My memory is terrible!