Sunday, May 13, 2018

"Showdown"


I've been playing clavinet recently (the clavinet voice on my keyboard, at least).  I wanted to figure out a clavinet part in an ELO song, and the first one I thought of was "Showdown."  I didn't actually make any progress on that, but I did figure out almost all of the chords (I'm missing only the end of the chorus).  Since I'd figured out the cello part for the first two verses last August, I had enough to warrant a recording.  This is just the first two verses, without the introduction.

I had to use two different keyboard settings to get the cello part: one for the bowed parts and an-other for the pizzicati notes.  Compared to the original recording, I think I may have some notes in the wrong octave, and I think there might be a second cello part playing different notes.  In any case, what I have is a start.  This is also the first recording I've made of a song from On the Third Day.