Yet More Updatia
Mar. 31st, 2007 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianNo students today - we were going to ask Paul if he could make it today, as we have to cancel next week, but there's plenty to keep us busy, so we'll just reschedule for the following week.
Justin and I are going to switch around the snowblower and the brush mower, and I'll get the meadow and banks of the Rachel River ready for spring growth. I'll probably zip around the rest of the lawn to see if the brush mower can mulch the leaves. I'd just wait for the first "official" cut with the mowing deck (once the crocus are done) but I don't want those blades to have to chunk up all the sticks lying around.
We also have the usual monthly chores - test smoke alarms, clean out dryer lint, clean drains, and other such fun and entertaining endeavors.
We might dig out the bass - Deb doesn't want Justin using hers, and she won't play along because she thinks she can't and is a stinky head who hasn't played since she realized my friend Matt and I heard her playing and then complimented her on her performance of Debussy's Arabesque No. 1. Luckily, I have an abandoned bass - short scale, I believe - that is strung righty. Justin is left-handed, but plays guitar right handed, and Deb doesn't want him confused by her lefty bass.
Why bass? Because Jareth's Music Hall was discovered, and As the World Falls Down sounds so much better with the bass part played by a bass. Of course, a fretless bass would be even better, as that's what's needed to get those beautiful liquid slides, but I don't have one of those. If I had a fretless, I have to admit I'd probably play that more than the acoustic and electric six strings combined. Anyway, I started off fiddling with the song with an eye - or ear - towards doing it as a fingerpicked classical-style arrangement, but the range of the bass part and the range of the accompaniment kind of cross and clash. It can be done with some work, but will sound better with the bass guitar doing its thing and the guitar not doing that bit, no matter how cool it might be. I did better on the melody, and within a few seconds of fiddling around, I could play through the verse section quite recognizably.
Justin and I are going to switch around the snowblower and the brush mower, and I'll get the meadow and banks of the Rachel River ready for spring growth. I'll probably zip around the rest of the lawn to see if the brush mower can mulch the leaves. I'd just wait for the first "official" cut with the mowing deck (once the crocus are done) but I don't want those blades to have to chunk up all the sticks lying around.
We also have the usual monthly chores - test smoke alarms, clean out dryer lint, clean drains, and other such fun and entertaining endeavors.
We might dig out the bass - Deb doesn't want Justin using hers, and she won't play along because she thinks she can't and is a stinky head who hasn't played since she realized my friend Matt and I heard her playing and then complimented her on her performance of Debussy's Arabesque No. 1. Luckily, I have an abandoned bass - short scale, I believe - that is strung righty. Justin is left-handed, but plays guitar right handed, and Deb doesn't want him confused by her lefty bass.
Why bass? Because Jareth's Music Hall was discovered, and As the World Falls Down sounds so much better with the bass part played by a bass. Of course, a fretless bass would be even better, as that's what's needed to get those beautiful liquid slides, but I don't have one of those. If I had a fretless, I have to admit I'd probably play that more than the acoustic and electric six strings combined. Anyway, I started off fiddling with the song with an eye - or ear - towards doing it as a fingerpicked classical-style arrangement, but the range of the bass part and the range of the accompaniment kind of cross and clash. It can be done with some work, but will sound better with the bass guitar doing its thing and the guitar not doing that bit, no matter how cool it might be. I did better on the melody, and within a few seconds of fiddling around, I could play through the verse section quite recognizably.
