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Martian · 12-07-2008, 01:12 PM

The fun thing about a song like And I Love Her is that it seems simple when you listen to the finished product, but when you start to rip it apart (as we're doing now) you find out that it's actually quite intricate. This is part of the reason I thought it might serve us well, since it should give us a lot of spaces to fill in with our varied instrumentation.

I'm going to have to work up some kind of an arrangement anyway, transposing up a few semitones isn't that big a deal. The song as it exists now is in C# minor with a change to D minor at the solo. Taking it up to E minor and F minor is definitely doable.

So here's what we're going to do. I'm going to bring it down to two suggestions off of our list here. The first will be And I Love Her. The second is Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton. Both songs are good candidates because they give us a lot of room to work inside and to adapt this thing and make it our own. Each has it's own challenges that we'll have to overcome. I'm personally partial to either.

So let's put it out there. Everyone who is involved in the project as of right now, please indicate your preference. Again, for clarity, the choices are:

And I Lover Her
or
Wonderful Tonight

Due to my desire to get this thing moving, I'm giving you an eight hour window. Midnight EST a decision will be made. Now is the time to make your opinion known.

Also, vanblah raises a concern that I should've addressed earlier. I'm fully aware that I'm going to have to do most of the actual arranging. To that end, I will likely be distributing some form of written music to some or even most of our participants. If anyone involved could please indicate whether you can read standard notation, tabulature, both or neither, that would make my life a little easier.

12-07-2008, 01:12 PM	#41 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	The fun thing about a song like And I Love Her is that it seems simple when you listen to the finished product, but when you start to rip it apart (as we're doing now) you find out that it's actually quite intricate. This is part of the reason I thought it might serve us well, since it should give us a lot of spaces to fill in with our varied instrumentation. I'm going to have to work up some kind of an arrangement anyway, transposing up a few semitones isn't that big a deal. The song as it exists now is in C# minor with a change to D minor at the solo. Taking it up to E minor and F minor is definitely doable. So here's what we're going to do. I'm going to bring it down to two suggestions off of our list here. The first will be And I Love Her. The second is Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton. Both songs are good candidates because they give us a lot of room to work inside and to adapt this thing and make it our own. Each has it's own challenges that we'll have to overcome. I'm personally partial to either. So let's put it out there. Everyone who is involved in the project as of right now, please indicate your preference. Again, for clarity, the choices are: And I Lover Her or Wonderful Tonight Due to my desire to get this thing moving, I'm giving you an eight hour window. Midnight EST a decision will be made. Now is the time to make your opinion known. Also, vanblah raises a concern that I should've addressed earlier. I'm fully aware that I'm going to have to do most of the actual arranging. To that end, I will likely be distributing some form of written music to some or even most of our participants. If anyone involved could please indicate whether you can read standard notation, tabulature, both or neither, that would make my life a little easier. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame