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Anybody down for another young picker collaboration?

Banjo kickoff
Chorus
Mandolin Solo
Verse 2
Chorus
Fiddle Solo
Verse 2
Chorus
Guitar Solo
Dobro solo
Chorus a cappella
Bass walk into Chorus
Banjo solo 2

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Thanks! I assume you mean verse 1 and then verse 2? I’ve been using Libby’s guitar track as a reference, but I’m not sure if it is set up this way.

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@Michael_Mark I think I’ve got the harmony part down pretty well so let me know when you get a scratch track, base track etc. ready to record with. But no rush these collaborations seem to stretch on endlessly anyways.:joy:

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You can just sing to the guitar track, that should be fine :+1:

@oaklymaple I seem to remember the fiddle solo being right after the first chorus. If it wasn’t like that at first, I vote we do it like that anyway since that’s how it’s usually done.

Is @Luke_L still playing dobro? If not, I can redo the banjo solo to be right after the guitar solo a la Kentucky Thunder, and then just put the tag lick at the end.

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Correct- bluegrass harmony typically only on the choruses.

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Perfect thanks. That’s what I assumed, but sometimes people like being original😄

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:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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To be honest I have no idea, also I can’t really sing lead in B.

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Yeah you can, all you need is the E flat which I’ve heard you hit easily. I think you’re just scared whenever someone mentions the key of B :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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It’s an F# I thought

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F# is the tenor line, although Skaggs does sing the F# very briefly in the verse.

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Yeah if I don’t sing the F# in the verse I can totally do it. Also it’s just an E, which is just about the top of my range especially during the winter when I have a sore throat every other week.:joy:I’ll just not sing the F# boom, we got this gang.

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I heard Ben James sing an E5 in full voice the other day :joy: Our vocal skills are so pathetic

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Maybe he’ll do this for us.

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It probably wouldn’t be high enough for him.

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coming from you…:joy::joy::wink:

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Hey, at least I can speak.

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Sorry I just have the most average male vocal range, very similar to Tony Rice.

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Tony Rice could sing higher than the E.

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