Monday, February 13, 2017

"May Be a Price to Pay"


 A couple weeks ago, I learned the opening brass part and most of the bass part (I haven't figured out all of the subtleties) for "May Be a Price to Pay."  (I was sort of dismayed to find that - if I have it right - the opening brass part has parallel fifths, which are generally frowned upon.)  However, I didn't record what I knew because those two parts don't overlap, and I decided that from now on, I'm not going to bother recording anything unless I know at least two simultaneous parts.  So yester-day, I figured out some more parts.  First I got the brass part in the middle, which is basically the same as some of the guitar and piano parts, and then I got a few more of the guitar and piano parts.  I think the guitar and piano parts during the verses play pairs of notes, of which I have only one, but it's a start.

Of the instrumental section, I know only the bass part, so that's not that interesting in my recording.  I think I flubbed a few notes there too, but when I tried to re-record that part, I was doing even worse than what I was trying to improve upon, so I just left it.  I had problems with matching the rhythm of the opening brass part too.  It's probably pretty obvious, but I used the fake trumpet setting on my keyboard.