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February 23rd, 2010, 05:59 PM
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Song structure mental block - Wichita Lineman
I got Band In a Box the other day and started fooling around with some simple chord entry to get used to using it. I tried doing Wichita Lineman but for some reason I'm having a mental block with the song structure. I figured out all the chord changes but I can't seem to divide them up into a regular structure. Like where does the intro end and the verse begin/end etc.
I could just enter the chords linearly and Band In a Box would probably figure out the structure, but it's bugging me that I can't do this myself. There's something sneaky going on in there, like an extra measure or something.
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February 23rd, 2010, 11:13 PM
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Hmmm, interesting. Thanks much for the enlightenment. I guess the odd lengths kept throwing me.
Here's how I hear the chord changes, in the original key: Code:
Intro Fmaj7 Bb/C Fmaj7 Bb/C / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Verse & guitar solo (3x) Bbmaj7 Am7 Bb/C Dm7 Am7 / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G D / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C2 G/B Bb6 / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D A7sus Bb C2 / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bb C2 / / / / | / / / / | Ending Bb C2 etc. / / / / | / / / / |
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February 24th, 2010, 05:31 AM
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Different twist to this at
http://www.countrytabs.com/tablature...2_Chord_12511/ You'll need to register to view What a great song!!!!!!!! |
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February 24th, 2010, 06:21 AM
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I do this tune in G - but with Jimmy Webb's changes (he does it in F on 'Ten Easy Pieces')
intro ||: C / / / | D(maj9) / / /|C/ / / |Dsus || C/ / / | G/B/ / / | Am7 / Dsus / | Em7 / Bm7 /| A(sus)/ A /| E / Eus / | E / / /|| D / / /| / / / / | A/C#/ / / | AM/C / / /| G/D/ / /| Dsus/ / /|| | C/ / / | D(maj9) / / / |C/ / / |Dus/ / /|| This is an approximation of Jimmy's piano voicings which are beautifully cryptic in places(whether he meant to or not). Probably my favourite tune ever - I do it "frisell' like with my trio but I just found Ben Monder doing it too...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZascMOE42Tw complete with the "da dah dah da dah" intro -which Jimmy doesnt do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlEpKhSHTyQ not as clean as Glenn - but Jimmy wrote it.
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February 26th, 2010, 07:55 PM
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oops those last two bars of the verse should be E/B and A/B...sorry!
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February 26th, 2010, 08:40 PM
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Gaddis,What style did you use.I started trying to lay it out in BIAB but never found the right style.
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February 26th, 2010, 08:59 PM
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I'm still experimenting with the style choice, but the one I'm using now is Z4POPBAL, at 90 bpm. I also changed my Bb6 chord to Gm/Bb, per Klaisane's post. I think it sounds "more correcter".
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