Tubular Bells

[thomas750]

Hi all
iam looking  for a style Tubular Bells if somebody could help thanks anyway

Thomas

[acparker]

Hi Thomas,

Umm.  I'm not sure I understand what you mean by a "Tubular Bells" style.  I think of Tubular bells as a voice.  Or is there a specific piece of music called "Tubular Bells" that you want a style to use?

Adam

[richkeys]

Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" he is most likely asking a style for. I have not come across this ambient/new age piece as an arranger style. Probably best to play the arpeggio with a piano-bell voice in the right hand and some sort of pad/bass/beat in the left.

[thomas750]

Yes i look for a style to play this song
Thomas

[yogi62]

Thomas750:
I don't think you'll ever find a style for Tubular Bells given the number of variations within the piece. However if it helps, I have uploaded a few midi files that may be of some use. Perhaps you could extract or edit the re-occurring bass line and improvise with the right hand. Alternatively, edit the midi file to play only selected tracks and use that for playback accompaniment. This is the first time I have use 'Box' so hope the link works?

As a footnote - the 'Tubular Bells - part 1' runs to approx 1000 bars!

Hope this helps

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[Chalky]

Don't forget that in the iconic first minutes of the piece, every fourth bar is in 9/8, so any style is going to be a poor compromise.

[Whitecolin11]

I have a style template that i was working with, dont know how to share it

[yogi62]

If you want to share anything, please observe the forum rules.

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Basically you need to have an account on an online storage service (I recently opened a free account on BOX), upload your file to that service and then post a LINK (as below) on the forum so people can download from the link. As an example take a look at this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klPxYJWu87A&ab_channel=AnsonAlexander

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Hope this helps

PS which keyboard will your style be for?

[Whitecolin11]

I used your midi file, removed all markers then tested different areas of the song.
i did it to see if it could be done.
Its good in places but needs further editing. Will work on any tyros and sx.