drawback Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I've used Audacity to slow it down, but I can't hear the strings well enough under the bass & drum tracks to follow it - and googled everything else. Does anyone have the transcript of the string lines from the intro? Thanks in advance! ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 No, but just play ascending 4 note arpeggios on 1 - m3 - 4 - 5 - 7 and end on the right note, and you will be fine. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionian Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Ok, it's a bit tricky but the key to the sound is that the String intro is actually over an Ab-6 / Ab-maj7 chord so the real key to the flavor of the intro is that the B has to be NATURAL, not B flat, even though it's in C-minor. That's what gives the intro the almost diminished like sound in the run. Tasty little intro and I did a transcription here for you. Regards, Frank http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n48/ionian2006/DiscoInfernoIntrojpg.jpg www.frankperri.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted October 14, 2011 Author Share Posted October 14, 2011 Thank you! ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionian Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 No worries! I've been curious about that intro myself for quite some time so now it gave me an excuse to get to it! Regards, Frank www.frankperri.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoGuyPan Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 And they say that Disco is dead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 And they say that Disco is dead... +1 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...
BernMeister Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 If I may... Ionian (Frank), your transcription is pretty good. But there are some notes you seem to have inverted; particularly, the set of 16ths on m1 beat 4, and m2 beat 1. Although the intro chord could well be Abmin6, judging by the bass note rhythms (and beat landing), it's more likely a Db9#11 (the G chord's tritone sub), leading into it's resolving scale minor. Here's a transcription of what I'm hearing in the strings. Enjoy, http://s2.postimage.org/176kgquhw/disco_inferno_string_intro.jpg P.S. Drawback, forget Audacity...use Seventh String's "transcribe" instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionian Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 It's very possible I turned things around, since it gets a bit muddy at the bottom of the run. I'm nowhere near a keyboard at the moment, but I'll definitely try your transcription. I'd love to hear what you came up with. While the Db9#11 is theoretically correct, and was the first thing I thought (tritone sub of the V of C-) instead I chose to express it the way I would see it in my head when playing it - that keyboard player way of "cheating" by seeing complex chords broken down as compounds, meaning Db9#11 as Ab-Maj7/Db since it helps me keep the run clear in my head to think of it like that. I should have been more clear about that when I posted. Sorry! Regards, Frank www.frankperri.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I transcribed this intro using "Amazing Slow-Downer", I was surprised to hear that the separate trings aren't quite playing the same stuff... Lots of stuff happening there that doesn't seem intended. It sounds great nontheless. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus64 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I transcribed this intro using "Amazing Slow-Downer", I was surprised to hear that the separate trings aren't quite playing the same stuff... Lots of stuff happening there that doesn't seem intended. It sounds great nontheless. :-) I bet. That's one nasty lick for strings, considering the key. If it were a half-step lower it would be a lot easier. #@$(% arrangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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