Set List

Okay, last Sunday's session was really fun!  We've decided to hold an extra practice at Julie's house this Sunday the 17th at 2:00 in order to start polishing our set list for the Jim Scott concert on May 31st.

(UUFD members, remember that there's a Congregational Meeting after the service this week.  Hopefully there will be time to get from one activity to the next.)

We've decided to play My Rainbow Race, Turn Turn Turn, Paradise, and Shine.  I've put links to the chords over in the sidebar.  Any thoughts as to what order we should play them?

Here are some notes on what we've worked out so far. If I'm remembering anything incorrectly, please let me know! Unless otherwise indicated, Laura is on guitar, Howard is on guitar, Ashley is on dulcimer, Julie is on fiddle.  Nathan, what do you think, guitar or ukulele?

My Rainbow Race: Howard sings the verses, the rest of us harmonize on the chorus.  Laura is singing the melody line with Howard, Ashley is singing a low harmony.  Did we decide on an intro and tag?  I think Julie ad libs on the fiddle.  Laura, do you want to play banjo for this one?

Turn, Turn, Turn: 5-measure intro played twice by Howard and Ashley.  Second time, vocals pick up into main body of the song.  We're all singing.  Ashley does high melody with Laura singing low harmony for the chorus, then Ashley sings low melody with Laura's high harmony for the verses.  I don't remember what Howard's doing!  I'm sure he and Nathan will figure out something amazing.  Julie is playing melody.

Paradise:  Howard is on the banjo for this one.  Banjo and dulcimer do an 8-measure instrumental intro, and we're off.  Howard and Ashley sing verses, everyone sings chorus.  Laura is doing harmony for the chorus, and I think it would sound great if Nathan could, too.  Julie is playing a broken chord pattern against the vocals.  Just before the final verse, Howard will play a banjo melody for 8 measures, and Julie will answer the next 8 measures with the fiddle (the rest of us support quietly with chords).  After the final chorus, do a slowdown repeat of, "Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away" for the tag.

Shine:  How much fun is this song?  I mean really.  We don't have the particulars nailed down yet, but we want to do it like Dolly and Nickel Creek do to the best of our ability, so go watch the video some more.  We all decided to see if we could work something up for the musical breakdown at the end.  Should be interesting.  ;)  The pre-chorus riff is D DD F DD F DF G.  I'm hoping we can all let 'er rip on that and sound the "YEAH" with conviction.  Someone should play banjo.  I'm open to ideas for vocals.  Maybe we could take turns singing verses (there are 3; the 3rd is a mashup of the 1st and 2nd) and harmonize at the top of our lungs for the chorus?

Okay, I'm giving everyone who is playing in the concert access to post entries directly to the blog, if you want to start a new topic.  Laura, would you please FB message me with your e-mail address?