Friday, January 24, 2020
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
An-other thing I realized last month is that in the chorus of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," the title phrase descends (D C B A F# E the first time; E D C# B A G the second), so there's a sense of coming "down" (although "came down upon her head" actually ascends).
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Thursday, January 23, 2020
"So How Come (No One Loves Me)"
Last month, I was thinking about "So How Come (No One Loves Me)" and discovered a small feature that's present in each verse. In each line with "someone" ("Wants someone," "Needs someone," "Loves someone"), "someone" is sung with a melisma and with each syllable sung to a different pitch (B A G). Musically, this gives a sense of the breadth of possibility of "someone."
I referenced the Everly Brothers' version and discovered that it too has this feature. (The Beatles transposed their version down a whole-step though. The "someone"s in the Everlys' version are sung to the pitches C# B A.)
I referenced the Everly Brothers' version and discovered that it too has this feature. (The Beatles transposed their version down a whole-step though. The "someone"s in the Everlys' version are sung to the pitches C# B A.)
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So How Come (No One Loves Me)
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
"Tell Me What You See"
I made a video on how to play the Hohner Pianet part in "Tell Me What You See":
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Tell Me What You See
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