Monday, May 18, 2015

"And I Love Her"

Backdated, archival post

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I haven't done too much on this project for the last month.  Basically, I've just been listening to A Hard Day's Night every week.  But I decided to figure out a few of the guitar parts for "And I Love Her."  I got the solo and the phrase at the beginning and end.  I'm still stuck on the arpeggiated parts, but - thanks to The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook - I do know the chords, so those shouldn't be too hard to figure out.  (Before I referenced the chords, I hadn't realized that the song changes key right before the solo.  The second half is a half-step higher than the first half.)  I think I figured out a phrase from the bass part too, but I didn't include that.

I don't have a nylon-strung classical guitar, which is what I think George Harrison used on this (that's what it looks like in the A Hard Day's Night movie at least).  It's on my list of instruments to get, but since I already have a regular acoustic guitar, 1) a nylon-strung guitar isn't too high on that list and 2) I just used that.

You can hear my wrist crack at the very end, which is why I'm not too keen on recording acoustic guitar, and it's sort of a rough audio example anyway, but good enough to give an idea of what I know.