Sunday, August 6, 2017

"Then I Kissed Her"

I listened to Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) yester-day, and I thought the little organ part in "Then I Kissed Her" sounded easy to figure out.  I'd figured out the chords last October, so I already knew the key (C# major!).  I tried figuring out the running guitar phrase, but I wasn't very certain of some sections.  The song starts with that guitar phrase unaccompanied, but since I don't know the whole thing, I left it out entirely and my recording starts two measures after the real beginning of the song.  I did get most of the bass (the bridge is the only part I'm missing), and I'm suspicious that the bass and guitar play the same thing.

I double-tracked acoustic guitar playing chords; I'm not sure if that instrumentation is accurate (it probably isn't), but I'm pretty sure I have the right chords.



For what it's worth, the original version by the Crystals ("Then He Kissed Me") is in E major.