llatham Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Hi All. New to this forum but not forums in general. I'm a guitarist tasked with playing keyboards on some of the songs we're playing in the band I'm in. I'm not "great" but can play well enough to get through more of the "pad" and horn line stuff (can play all the parts, including the sax in Funkytown by Lipps Inc. for example). We're playing "We Gotta Get Out of this Place" by The Animals and I'm having trouble figuring out what's going on - there's some backing organ under the guitar chords, and then this little line that happens as it builds to the chorus - I can get the uppermost melody note but am having trouble figuring out the rest. Since I'm new to this forum I hope it's ok to ask this kind of stuff - if not, a mod can delete. If so though if anyone could help me out, I'd appreciate it. TIA, Steve
iLaw Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 The verse is in C Mixolydian (think C Major, but with a B-flat instead of B-natural) and it's basically a single chord. Most of what is going on in the organ is the melodic figure you've described, harmonized in thirds. Try experimenting with the organ melody that you're hearing, but adding a harmonizing third below it, staying in C Mixolydian. And it won't hurt if you can do it on a red tolexed Vox Continental! Larry.
B3bluesman59 Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 iLaw said: And it won't hurt if you can do it on a red tolexed Vox Continental! ________________________________________________________________ And it sure won't hurt if you can play that Vox like Alan Price!
burningbusch Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 This seems to be a lip-synced version of the record. [video:youtube] Busch.
llatham Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 yeah, I would agree with lipsyncing. Actually, I've been trying to figure out those low guitar chords too - just can't hear them. No one on a guitar forum (one who's notorius for being able to figure out anything) couldn't figure them either. He's much further up the neck then I'd expect here, and even though it's lip sync, he's still probably doing the real deal. Unfortunately, no shot of keyboard - but at least there's a few moves to show general register. Might have to cheat and use Transcribe :-) Steve
drawback Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 I don't think this was lip synched - unless they re-cut it for TV. It's definitely modified from the record. The mix is different and the vocals have too many "yeah's." If you mean the figure just before the pre-chorus (over two bars) the first bar would be quarter notes over the 1/1 chord: rest 2 3 4 and the second bar played over the b7/1 chord: 6-5-4 5 (holding the 5 for two beats). ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear.
MikeT156 Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 That wasn't lip synched, as drawback just posted. The vocals were different on the record than what is on that video. The animals could duplicate their records live pretty well, I've seen a number of live videos of them and they sounded good. And lets face it, the music wasn't all that complicated in those days. Mike T. Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1.
burningbusch Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 I'd buy that it wasn't lip-synched if: a) there were amps b) there were cords running from the instruments to the amps c) they weren't five feet from their mics. d) there were cords running from the mics. e) there wasn't a strong reverb on EB's voice and nothing else. f) if at the start of the second verse EB wasn't off mic but the volume is perfect. g) the song didn't start to fade out with an audible slice at 3:05. Busch.
drawback Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Well, I'd guess they used overheads on the set, there's a very ON couple of hand claps at 1:32, and clearly mic cords around 2:46.... and the take is definitely not the one on my CD... probably live vocals to a backing track? ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear.
B3bluesman59 Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 If the band lipped the song it had to be another take of the tune because this is not the original track from the album. The Vox playing, while close to the original, is a bit different also and the lead vocal is certainly different...close to the original lp version but different.
burningbusch Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Here's another one. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1juG9Y8SEY In both these clips, it could be EB is live and everything else is pre-recorded. Busch.
VegasGT3 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 I play this in my band. I start with thirds on c, d, then e. The next part is the Bb-A-G. You can use thirds on that too. There is also a part with C-(Eb)-E-F-G. It moves around those three basic licks. It repeats before the second verse too. Kurzweil PC3x, Nord Electro 3, Nord C-1, Casio Privia PX-3, Yamaha DX-7, Korg Polysix, Moog Taurus 3, Yamaha Motif XS (rack),Ventilator, QSC K12, K10
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