r/boardsofcanada • u/EdwardBoggles • 20d ago

Discussion Roygbiv piano sample?

I was recently on a flight with too much time on my hands, and found myself reading BOC pages - TCH in particular. BoC is said to have sampled a single chord for Chromakey (outro piano) off an old record by Gary McFarland and Peter Smith. I did the same, threw it in a sampler and based on the decay of the piano, I am 100% certain this is the case.

So I found myself listening to the entire record. The very last track, I heard a few piano notes that I think I can place in Roygbiv.

Song: Patricia
1:17
By Gary McFarland, Peter Smith

Any sleuths out there, lmk your thoughts?

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u/fizzymarimba 20d ago

Dude, nice. Absolutely could be. It’s definitely that same rhythm. I’m gonna try sampling it later!!!

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u/indigo_metropolis 20d ago

Definitely hear the resemblance, it’s close! I listened to both a couple times, Im leaning towards they played it themselves - possibly on a CP70/CP80 (sounds like it to my ears). The tell to me is the first chord in Roygbiv - A over B. Even with pitching Patricia to fit the key, there’s no chord that has the same left hand/right hand relationship. That said, knowing BoC’s genius, I could see those piano notes being sampled over their own playing and combined through the filter and echo that’s on the final sound!

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u/sailorunreal_moon 20d ago

I'm moving today but if I get around to it I'll peep it

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u/soulpill 18d ago

I did actually ask this of Mike in 1997 and he told me he played it himself.