Ivan’s Rush Hour – I am still notating the slow section. This week I do intend to map out the entire 6 minute song to see how many sections I’m working on.
I did learn this morning as I was writing it out: I play grace notes now and then. These are the tiny notes before a normal looking note that is played before the beat but not counted as a beat. WTH? Think of the word, “TA-DA!” Your “DA” lands on the downbeat. The “TA” is the grace note. Those 2 syllables are considered as one beat. At least, that’s my understanding.
Project 1 for July – The new verse and bridge are complete! I am now tasked with getting it written in SWING Jazz style which means 2 x eighth notes are really played as 3 x eight note triplets. Oh, man… Couldn’t I just play like a 4 year old learning quarter note beats? Of course not! LOL. I FEEL it. I SENSE it. Now I have to pull the melody out of my head and put it into this format.
And as for the termites nibbling away at my dreams – I need to complete the landing page on Noteflight for music partners to read and discuss my sheet music. I also need to start re-learning Sibelius and Finale.
My goal is to have both of these songs written out and in a decent format by the end of July. What used to take me 20 years, has now been completed in almost 30 days!