J. Dan Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Pretty much got the whole song down - lots of fun! But there is one chord that I'm not sure I have right. It's a pad part during the solo section. I've got the solo parts down and most of the pad. So as the keyboard solo part plays, the pad plays Eb and F, then the guitar does a thing and the pad goes to ????? In the following video, it's at 2:38-2:41 and again 2:52-2:56. [video:youtube]gx7XbV82JfQ Side note - I'm doing the lead patch on my MFB Dominion 1 and it's pretty awesome. On the Dom 1, you can FM the oscillators with an LFO set into the Audio Frequency range, and set the LFO to key follow. Was pretty easy to dial in without having to do a bunch of menu diving in AL-1 on the Kronos. Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Ebmaj7? Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Harrison Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Yes, sounds like F13 (i.e., Ebmaj7/F) then F/C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 Ebmaj7? DUDE I think that's it!!!! I could plainly hear the D but I was playing it with an Fmaj instead of an Ebmaj. Thanks! Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 BTW - this song reminds me of a problem I sometimes have with other songs. The main little KB riff that starts the song and goes through the verses really requires that you hit the white keys between the black keys so that fingers 1 and 5 are positioned to land, in this case, on Eb and Bb. It just seems like my fingers are too fat to fit between the black keys. Not as bad on a piano, but on an unweighted keyboard it's easy to false trigger an adjacent black key. Anybody else experience this? In this song, it's fine on the 2nd half of the phrase when top and bottom are C's. But the Eb/Bb part you pretty much have to play between the black keys and my fingers just don't fit very well. Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 Also, I have lots of splits/layers going on. My piano part during the chorus has strings layered and kind of an arpeggiated part with thick reverb controlled by my swell pedal. You can really hear it fade in between 2:07-2:09 but it seems like it's also there in other parts, just lower. Any tips on that part? I have something that I did just to make through rehearsal but I want to redo that layer to be more accurate. Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Great song. I haven't heard it in years. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyP Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Great song. I haven't heard it in years. This. Such a big Saga fan - pretty awesome you are learning it...to play live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Clark Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 This album changed my life. http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/306/cover_402113172017_r.jpg Quote Soul, R&B, Pop from Los Angeles http://philipclark.com Cannonball Gerald Albright Signature Alto, Yamaha YC73, Fender Rhodes, Roland Juno-106, Yamaha MX61, Roland VR-09, MicroKorg XL, Maschine Mikro, Yamaha Reface CP, Roland MKS-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I remember not being able to figure out that chord in the late 80s! No forums, just rewinding a freaking cassette over and over for all those tunes...no wonder I learned most of them incorrectly (foreplay/longtime, looking at you here....) Our guitarist always had a hard time with the riff in the bridge section... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 What's funny is that this is my original progressive metal band that's going to play this song. We don't do any other covers, we just thought it might be fun to throw this in at the next show. Both guitar players in the band are phenomenal, so this stuff is child's play for them. It's sounding pretty cool - kind of a more aggressive sounding version but with all the same parts. Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 New to me - but a great song. Proper musicianship across the board. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Majestic and powerful song with fantastic production Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Here they are doing it 40 yrs later, sounds damn good, vocalist is amazing. I wish the keyboardist had kept the 1/4 note staccato piano stabs in the chorus (like the original), for some reason he decided to double up there. Nitpicking, sounds great. [video:youtube] Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Loved to play this when it was on the radio and want to again, one of my favorite synth solo bits of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 One of my bands does this song, the one with two keyboard players. Fun tune. Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr88s Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Canadian radio regulations stipulate that a certain proportion of radio airtime must be reserved for Canadian content. Therefore, this and many other otherwise lost treasures are still staples on Canadian classic rock stations. Quote Nord Stage 2 Compact, Yamaha MODX8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Canadian radio regulations stipulate that a certain proportion of radio airtime must be reserved for Canadian content. Therefore, this and many other otherwise lost treasures are still staples on Canadian classic rock stations. Maybe a portion of all radio airtime should be reserved for HIGH QUALITY content! A whole bunch of that just happens to be Canadian. Some of my favorite Canadian artists - Alanis Morrisette - Joni Mitchell - Saga Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 Rush, Loverboy, Bryan Adams (who a lot of people don't realize wrote songs for Loverboy) Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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