Mozart wrote this at age 5. Somewhere lies an "A Postura " not too sure of the spelling and a "Deceptive Cadence" which is not a common cadence. Rare heard.
. . . can you find them?
The last two scales I need to learn.
2012/08/08
2012/08/06
"Work Smart" (Day 7)
Last night I decided the arrangement of the song did not exist. Seeming endless loop the chorus where I could not tell where I was. To solve this I risk cut out several measures and went back the b-section the same at the song does the first time around. Then later I decide to instead of saving the minor section at the end, use it in the middle.
At the end of the song I decided to bring back the very introduction chords but just with a piano. They are the same chords at the b-section just stripped down. So all together there are only 3 sections of music.
I've been working on a guitar rhythm and arrangement so lyrically and vocally I have to still examine. I just did not want to put more hours in on something that wasn't working as a whole. I'd like to think the song is coming together but I really don't know but I am getting some good guitar practice in.
At the end of the song I decided to bring back the very introduction chords but just with a piano. They are the same chords at the b-section just stripped down. So all together there are only 3 sections of music.
I've been working on a guitar rhythm and arrangement so lyrically and vocally I have to still examine. I just did not want to put more hours in on something that wasn't working as a whole. I'd like to think the song is coming together but I really don't know but I am getting some good guitar practice in.
2012/08/03
"Work Smart" - Length 3:00 two b-sections
Today I lengthened the song "Work Smart" from the 2:00 to 3:00 by looping near the end back to the b-section. It sounds good musically but I can not decide if that b-section wants to stay instrumental or add words. Is there a hidden melody that hasn't yet been developed?
A new guitar solo came out that should stay in. The guitar keeps flip flopping from a reggae guitar to a march. Reggae/March. Also during this session I erased the 'flute and horn melody' lines after they repeated twice. This way it can change back to the vocal/ or a new melody, within the same 'rhythm track' without getting too repetitious.
Lastly there were two chord changes that happen right before the b-section (C# and F#) then goes into the "Bbm" b-section. They kind of sound strange but they give a hint something else is coming up.
The chords follow the "circle of fifths" and as they do, the song must be going out of key or something.
Note from Eric Abrahamson:
Very common in Classical music not to change key but use a "sharp", "flat", "natural" the note in order to write out what the composer wants it to sound like.
A new guitar solo came out that should stay in. The guitar keeps flip flopping from a reggae guitar to a march. Reggae/March. Also during this session I erased the 'flute and horn melody' lines after they repeated twice. This way it can change back to the vocal/ or a new melody, within the same 'rhythm track' without getting too repetitious.
Lastly there were two chord changes that happen right before the b-section (C# and F#) then goes into the "Bbm" b-section. They kind of sound strange but they give a hint something else is coming up.
The chords follow the "circle of fifths" and as they do, the song must be going out of key or something.
Note from Eric Abrahamson:
Very common in Classical music not to change key but use a "sharp", "flat", "natural" the note in order to write out what the composer wants it to sound like.
2012/08/02
Reworking "Work Smart"
Recently I've been reworking a least listened to song "Work Smart" from my C.D. "On Time" (2012). After talking about this song with a fellow musician I decided to take his advice and write with less chords.
In the original version the CHORUS had FIVE CHORDS ... and the VERSE had SIX. I had just discovered some more chords for a bridge then I met with Damien Riley. After speaking with him I decided to make the new TWO chords section I was calling a BRIDGE and use that as the MAIN VERSE. Trying it anyways.
The results were much better. Actually the song is mostly now all CHORUS like Damien Riley suggested. I came up 5 pages of new lyrics to see if there was some undiscovered words or ideas and settled on these.
Work Smart
and work hard but work smart
all the problems you've gotten
be sure to solve em
Work Smart
and work hard but work smart
whatever you got today
will be gone tomorrow
Work Smart
and work hard but work smart
all the plans that you made
be sure you're on 'em
(INSTRUMENTAL SECTION)
Work Smart
and work hard but work smart
all the problems you've gotten
be sure to solve
Work Smart
and work hard but work smart
whatever you do today
will be gone tomorrow
The results from this rework made the first half the alum much better. No longer skipping over the stinker or looking for excuses listening to the lousy guitar work. Single note 'biffs' like on "The Lone Ranger" are ok if the performance was strong but I would like zero blunders.
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