cover song update (day 9 of 100)
December 4, 2019โข218 words
I have a couple of ideas for longer posts, but they're both on the heavier side. Since I'm not feeling very up to going deep into my feelings today, I'll give a little update on "Hallelujah." Slow and steady progress!
So far, I've:
- figured out the main fingerpicking pattern and chord progression for everything except the bridge
- transcribed the main guitar part into musical notation (both for future reference and to strengthen my music-reading muscles)
- practiced playing and singing the lyrics at the same time, which I feel decent about at this stage
- (new!) gotten the lyrics locked down
- (new!) figured out the bassline (the notes the right thumb plays while fingerpicking) for the bridge
- (new!) practiced all parts of the song except the bridge, and they're coming together nicely
What's left to do:
- figure out and transcribe the rest of the guitar part for the bridge
- practice the bridge, focusing on tricky parts
- figure out the vocal harmonies
- decide which other instruments to include in the arrangement, if any
- record the various parts: main guitar and vocal, vocal harmonies, and any others, like second guitar or subtle keys
- mixing and other simple post-production
- record a simple video, edit if necessary
- put it up!