I listened to Magical Mystery Tour recently and then figured out the bass harmonica for a section of "The Fool on the Hill." To this, I could add the recorder part, which I learned back in April 2017. This is the second instance of this section; the first doesn't have a trill in the recorder part. I double-tracked the recorder, although I don't know if that's the case in the original recording. I don't have a bass harmonica, so instead I used the lower register of a Mellotron accordion sound.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Sunday, June 17, 2018
"The Fool on the Hill"
A couple days ago, I learned a flute phrase in "The Fool on the Hill," and as I was thinking about the song this morning, I realized something about the chorus. "'Round" in the line "See the world spinnin' 'round" is sung with a melisma (D E D, I think), although only the first and last times (~0:39 and ~2:38). This gives a musical sense of the movement of "spinnin' 'round."
While looking into that, I also noticed that the "sun going down" part of "Sees the sun going down" descends (Bb A G G), musically illustrating that "going down."
While looking into that, I also noticed that the "sun going down" part of "Sees the sun going down" descends (Bb A G G), musically illustrating that "going down."
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