Last week’s work really set me up for success this week. I managed to record a dozen fretless bass phrases this week. I recorded one phrase for TriStar, 737, DC-8, and 707. I recorded two phrases for A300, 727, DC-10, and DC-9. Accordingly I only have five fretless bass phrases to record for next week. That being said, rather than get a head start on pedal steel guitar recordings, I may add more fretless bass phrases, or re-record some of the phrases I’ve already recorded in order to have more exciting bass parts.
Again, in the interest of having some visual material to share, here’s the string arrangement for DC-8. In the first six measures you can see arpeggiations of a progression in G major: B7, Em7, CM7, Em7, D7, to GM7. The final seven measures shows a static section where the upper voices slowly arpeggiate a D# diminished chord while the cello stays on an E pedal.
