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In our first rehearsal since the last show, we focused exclusively on two new tunes. Originally, we had planned work on Snipe Hunting. However, I got there a bit ahead of Brett, and Shahin and I started to talk about Robert Frost.
Shahin had written a C section that went from both the Gm -> Cm of the A section and D-dom -> Cm of the B section to a Dm7 -> Emin7. While the chords to work, I didn't think the rhythmic part went so well. Both the A and the B are very open and flowing. Shahin's C section became very choppy and clipped. It felt like to divergent of a change to transition smoothly.
So, Shahin and I went down to try and come up with a good C section. I grabbed a tenor bass to work on the chords with him. My suggestion was to change the V -> vi to a iii -> ii (Bmin -> Amin) as a counterpoint to the prior profusion of major chords. As I was playing the chords, Shahin took them and made some changes (Bm -> Am7, I think). It still works sonically. I'm not so sure about the theory on that one, but it sounds good, so we can work with that.
Brett joined in as we were working through the chords, mostly just working around a few simple drumlines to what we were playing.
After a while, we hit on a structure. We'd play the A and B section to establish the motif. After the 1st B, we start the A section back up, with me arpeggiating through the chords in a triplet rhythmic pattern. While I'm doing that, Shahin's going to take a solo over both the A and B section. When we finish the B section, we return to a single phrase from the original A section, trying to re-establish the motif for the next go-round.
Then we go to the C section, with Shahin playing the chords and me soloing for a few bars. After that, we switch, with me doing sus4 chords and extended power chords (root, octave, fifth above the octave -- I'm not sure what that would be called). We added a D section to the tuyne as well, basically Shahin and Brett playing a really fast paced single note, with me moving through an almost Autumn Leaves progression (F#sus4 -> C#dom7 -> Em7 -> Am7(flat5) -> Dm7 -> Gm7 -> Cm7 -> Fdom7). Finally, we resolve back to the A/B sections.
It's a nice tune; very open and relaxing. I'm thinking about trying some Metheny-esque singing when we get back to the A section for the 3rd go 'round, but the jury's still out on that one. Shahin wants to call it Mist, but that name doesn't do much of anything for me. Robert Frost still feels right to me.
We did run through Snipe Hunting once or twice. That one's almost all the way done now.
Posted by Casper at December 20, 2004 09:23 PM