{"id":64,"date":"2012-07-22T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/post\/2012\/07\/22\/Tracking-in-July"},"modified":"2012-07-22T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T07:47:00","slug":"tracking-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/22\/tracking-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">Yes, it&#8217;s tracking time. &#8220;Into The Shade&#8221; has crystalized at 110 bpm after all, and the key signature resolved down a 4th from E to B.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">For various guitar-related reasons, the middle-8 bridge section really wanted to stay in D (originally the same root as the choruses). I&#8217;ve compromised: it stayed in D. So now we have a nice little key signature change from the second chorus in C&nbsp;into the bridge in D, and then we stay up a 4th for the last verse&nbsp;and outro&nbsp;in E. This actually works really well, and makes the piece more interesting harmonically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">A side-effect of dropping the main body of the song by a 4th is dealing with the finger-picked acoustic guitar part. Obvious in hind-sight: Switching to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierguitar.com\/Magazine\/Issue\/2009\/Nov\/Lute_Tuning_Tackling_the_Worlds_Oldest_Tuning.aspx\">Lute Tuning<\/a> means that I can play with exactly the same fingering, one string down, and in&nbsp;the appropriate key. Also, it gives me an extra string at the top for added embellishment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px;\">I&#8217;ve also learned my lesson: The first serious track recording has been the acoustic guitar followed by the vocals. So next up: lock in those drums and bass (Chapman Stick).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s tracking time. &#8220;Into The Shade&#8221; has crystalized at 110 bpm after all, and the key signature resolved down a 4th from E to B. For various guitar-related reasons, the middle-8 bridge section really wanted to stay in D (originally the same root as the choruses). I&#8217;ve compromised: it stayed in D. So now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studio-diary","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodigalsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}