Saturday, January 26, 2019

"Lazy Day"

A couple days ago, I learned the mellotron trombone part during the harmonica solo in "Lazy Day."  There's actually a mellotron trombone part throughout most of the song, but it was easier to pick out during this section.  I learned the harmonica solo back in August, so now I have two parts I can stick together.

There's a bent note in the harmonica solo (it contains both F# and F natural), which is a technique way beyond my harmonica playing ability, so I used melodica, which is much easier to play and doesn't sound too drastically different:


After I recorded these two parts, I realized something about the song:  the phrase "Like to get your feet up" ascends (spanning a whole octave: D E F# G A D'), musically giving a picture of that "get[ting] your feet up."