intros

[JanVigne]

"In my experience with worship groups, the intro needs to be short - usually less than a full verse or full chord - folks lose interest and will get confused."


I'm going to mention this to my friend the minister. She's writing a sermon for this Sunday. No wonder when she's given sermons in the past she's had people say it will require some thought. She needs to keep her sermons to just a triad.

[Mr Fixit eh]

Originally Posted by JanVigne

"In my experience with worship groups, the intro needs to be short - usually less than a full verse or full chord - folks lose interest and will get confused."


I'm going to mention this to my friend the minister. She's writing a sermon for this Sunday. No wonder when she's given sermons in the past she's had people say it will require some thought. She needs to keep her sermons to just a triad.

Funny!

In seminary, one of my profs said it succinctly: "If you haven't got your point across in 10 minutes, you might better just sit down because you've lost them anyways." A little hyperbole perhaps, but I've always believed that short and sweet is best.

STeve

[Cobby]

Originally Posted by ljguitar

I was thinking…Sweet Home Alabama…California Dreamin'…Dust in the Wind

Yeah, one of the first ones I thought of was California Dreamin'. Another classic intro is California Girls by the Beach Boys.

Another Beach Boys intro that I always liked is Wouldn't it Be Nice. I love that drum clap toward the end after all those delicate arpeggios. I imagine that drummer giving the other musicians a slap in the face saying "snap out of it!"

I think someone already mentioned Hotel California for arpeggios. A non-arpeggio Eagle's intro that I like is One of These Nights. It's interestingly not melodic at all but there's enough going on musically to suck you right in...

[Fruitloop]

One thing I do a lot is fade-ins. What I do is take some element of the song and twist it to something ethereal and fade in with that, then slowly it morphs into the song.

Sometimes I do a similar progression or riff from the song and turn it backwards (obviously can't do that live). Last song which was in B-minor I had a simple descending interlude with the open D-string as root. The song before that had some arpeggiated chords that ended with the V chord and then the I faded in (add9 version of it).

For me the most interesting thing is I sometimes write the intro first and that in turn will inspire the rest of the song.

[Bern]

Originally Posted by Fruitloop

One thing I do a lot is fade-ins. What I do is take some element of the song and twist it to something ethereal and fade in with that, then slowly it morphs into the song.

Actually, I did that with my last tune...a slow rise into the song. I addition, I also faded out. I kind of like capturing 'a moment in time' feel.