The Write Stuff – The Write Stuff

Here is my version of The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles.

The Beatles used swing beats often in their songs (some of us just didn’t notice!). I know this because I have transcribed a lot of their songs with a straight beat and when it was turned into an mp3 it didn’t sound right.

Some of their songs that use a swing beat are Penny Lane, Fixing a Hole, Being for the Benefit of Mister Kite, I Feel Fine, and today’s songs Honey Pie and Your Mother Should Know.

Do you know what the difference is between a swing beat and a straight beat? A swing beat is broken up into triplets, and the middle triplet is silent. Here is an example of a swing beat:

And here is a straight beat:

(It’s obvious that a straight beat would not work with these songs.)

From Paul McCartney and The Beatles, here are my version of and Let it Be and Your Mother Should Know.

Here is a song that has a message that is especially relevant today.

These songs have a new “Chorus” plugin that I haven’t used before on these remakes of Beatles songs.

Here is a screenshot of the plugins available with the FL Studio program.

Here is a song to start your day. The music was written by Burt Bacharach, the “Master of Modulation.” It can be found with the other songs here.

Do you know what a vampire’s favorite moon is? Why, a blood moon, of course! Do you know what you call a bug on the moon? A lunar-tick. There are actual sites that have nothing but moon jokes (or close attempts). You probably already know this, but tonight there will be a blood moon. So watch out for vampires.

In honor of said red full moon, here are some songs for today, on this first Sunday of the new NFL Season. It’s here at last.

I recently watched a show that used this song in its season finale. The title is “Christo Redentor” which translates to “Christ the Redeemer.” I just had to make my own version, of course.

This is a good example of a repeating ii-V progression, which is very common in all kinds of music. The song starts in the key of Bb and repeats the same two chords: C Min and F7. Then it goes to the key of F and the ii-V progression continues with G Min and C7.

And that concludes today’s lesson.

The opening phrase sounds a lot like this song:

Do you think Ralph Nader watched television? And if so, what brand? Perhaps a Zenith? Think about it…. (One reader said to me “I don’t get it.” Zenith and Nadir are terms that describe opposite points: zenith is the highest point, while nadir is the lowest point. But if one needs to explain a joke it probably needs work!)

But I digress. Here are some more songs. Only 85 to go.

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One of these songs has an instrument called “Outer Space Bells.” See if you can figure out which one it is.
They can all be found with the other songs here.