"Let's Go Away for Awhile"

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Last night I remembered that the vibraphone part in "Let's Go Away for Awhile" was an-other part that sounded like it would be pretty easy to figure out.  The pairs of notes are either sixths or augmented fifths.  I also included the four-note guitar phrase that I figured out last year.

"Let's Go Away for Awhile"

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I'd forgotten the bass part for "Let's Go Away for Awhile" since I learned it in May, so I just re-learned it and was writing it out (in notation, because I've been getting more into actually notating things recently).  There's a transitional bit (at about 0:58) that I'm not sure how to notate, but after that, I think the time signature changes.

I'm still not very good at notation, so I might be wrong about this, but I think the first part is in 4/4 time, but the second half is in 3/4 or maybe even 6/8.  Some triple meter.

"Let's Go Away for Awhile" and "You Still Believe in Me"

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I just listened to some of the recordings I made for this project.  The last two I did were the bass parts for "Let's Go Away for Awhile" and "You Still Believe in Me," and - even listening to the first few measures - I thought they sounded slightly similar.  So I played around with my recording software, and after plotting some MIDI notes, I confirmed that they have the same rhythm (for some sections, at least):

(That notation is meant to indicate only the rhythm; the pitch isn't relevant.)

Almost from the very beginning of this project, I've been wondering if there are certain musical elements that tie the Pet Sounds songs together.  I'd actually been thinking more about tonality, but rhythms certainly apply too.

"Let's Go Away for Awhile"

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I listened to Pet Sounds on the 16th (since it was the 49th anniversary of its release).  I figured out a guitar phrase in "Let's Go Away for Awhile," but since it's only four notes, I don't feel it's worth it to record a version until I learn some more parts.

"Let's Go Away for Awhile"

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I tried uploading an audio file to an-other of my tumblogs, and that seemed to work, so I'm attempting to post the recording of the bass part to "Let's Go Away for Awhile" that I did a few days ago.

There are still a few parts of this I'm not absolutely sure of, but they're at least close.

"Let's Go Away for Awhile"

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While listening to Pet Sounds a few days ago, I thought the bass part at the beginning of "Let's Go Away for Awhile" sounded pretty easy to figure out.  So that night, I sat down with the intention of learning it, and I actually got the whole thing.  The next night (last night), I worked a little more on a part I was unsure of and recorded a version of the whole bass part.

I've been trying to upload it here, but I keep getting errors.  So, I guess a text post will have to suffice for now.