1 Day's Work For 2 Bars Of Music

Today has all been about building a song on guitar and it's been incredibly slow going, two bars of music slow going.  The reason is that I'm thinking about a lot more, I'm trying to get that melody I'm hearing in my head translated onto the guitar and then I'm thinking about how I can really give it substance and body.  How I can add bass notes to thicken it up, are the notes close by that would work as passing notes or extra.  Then I'm thinking about whether I need all the notes, does it need a pause, is the rhythm right.  I'm thinking about finger picking patterns and whether there are other options to copying each chord the same way.  

Then there's looking at rather than treating each chord as a separate entity trying to blend them together within the song and so much more.  Add to the mix lots of technique, faster playing and thinking which I'm not used to especially on guitar and it's been a real kick up the bottom.

However it's been great, I'm thinking about new things in a new way and incorportating all the work I've been putting into numbers, chord shapes etc.  I'm using my little movable fretboard to look when I find a run I like to see what exactly I'm playing and is there anything that's not quite right.  For instance I had this cool like but I was playing the minor 3rd, it sounded good but when I switched it to the major third it sounded much better.  I'm also trying to think about how the chords interact with one another so yes it's cool to play a line over the C chord but then how does that lead nicely into the D.

I know that's all boring as hell - not to me but to read about anyway!

So to soften the blow how about I share the latest update of Escape To You.  I've been working my butt off on the piano and I'm really happy with it.  The same cannot be said for the drums!!!

I hope you enjoy seeing the progress on this song from quick 4hr throw out to a fully grown song and it's still got a way to go yet!

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