Thursday, April 23, 2020

How would the song Instabile - Nec sound in Hellenic as a man woman duet?


It is in C minor.


It begins exactly like Chopin's Prelude in C minor.
First chord C
Second chord F7


Bass code is:
C
F7   Ebass Dbass (passing notes)
C
D7
G7
A7
E
A7
G45 to G
Chorus
C
B247 (B is a passing note)
A7
G7
F7
etc

(2nd chord can also be F9 ie F bass and ACEG)


So it can be played for example:
Left hand at a high register on the piano, right hand playing melody even higher
CEG
ACEF
BEG to BDG
CEG
CDFG
BDG
ACEG
BEG
ACEG to GCEG
GCDG to GBDG


Remember all E, G, A are flat since the key is C minor


Lyrics could be like:


Man:
Ο, οταν δεν μπορω
Να σου μιλήσω
Νοιώθω (ενα κενό) σαν πνιγμένος
Θα ραγισω
Είσαι μακρυα, ποσο μακρυα
Έλα πιο κοντα


Γυναίκα:
Ο, οταν μου μιλάς
Τον χρόνο χάνω
(Νοιώθω ενα κενό) χάνομαι ξανα
(Οταν) και δεν προφταίνω
Ψάχνω να σε βρω, θελω να σε δω
Να σ' ονειρευτώ


Έλα πιο κοντα
Που είσαι χάθηκες ξάνα
Ο χρόνος παλι κυλα
Απο πανω μας τ' αστέρια


Ιςως να βρεθούμε καποια Άλλη μια στιγμη
Τ' αστέρια παλι θα μας βρουν
Ιςως στην ιδια θέση
(Λιγο πριν να βρέξει (Ιςως και να βρέξει))


Additional lyrics (optional) or a guitar solo by someone like Dave Gilmour or himself.
Γυναίκα:
Ο, οταν μου γελάς παθαίνω πλάκα
Γινεται σεισμός δεν κάνω πλάκα
Οταν με κρατάς, οταν με κοιτάς
Οταν τραγουδάς


Other ideas: λειωνω σαν σκια κτλ
τον χρόνο χάνω, χάνομαι ξανα και δεν...


Additional production ideas:
Binaural recording of rain so that it sounds 3D on headphones
Varispeed of one semitone so that it gets that ethereal quality of Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield
Recording vocals on analog tape for the same reason
(Σπιναρει η κατσίκα στο γιαούρτι;)
(Does the goat spin on yogurt?)


What effect on voice? Perhaps delay if this is what is used on the original Italian version.
What microphone? Perhaps a Shure SM59 with a (130Ω,40mH) Pleiades microphone high pass filter for that bright sound. Or a Fostex M80RP with a similar filter. Then mic mouth distance would adjust sound quality (proximity effect).

Hellenic Lyrics Public Domain



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