Just a Couple of Fools - Prima Donna
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Just a Couple of Fools (In Love)
- Chord changes (see next page). Mainly to add some minor transition chords. Also some bass line cues (e.g. B/E is a B chord with an E bass note). Some of the chords I’ve written here are guitar versions of something more exotic I would like to fill in with keyboard. The actual changes to the guitar part are few.
- Play with melody notes. This melody is a little boring. Too many up-scales, down-scales. For example, “you said you wanted to be” could change from C# B A to C# F# G# A. Or some such. The melody can stay in the same vicinity as the original but jumping around a little more.
- Lyric changes
- I don’t like the first 2 lines. Seems to start the story in the middle, also makes the girl sound too aggressive (or needy).
- Don’t like the lines “Yes husband and wife we’ll be forever more.” Can we think of something less repetitious?
- Pick up tempo
- I’d like to try some instrument experimentation. For instance an acoustic guitar for rhythm with a non-distorted electric for hooks.
- I will add some piano ornamentation, either acoustic (sound) or electric
- I will suggest bass line changes
- No more playing fifths, single bass notes only
- Second line of each verse, follow the chord instead of staying on E
- Some rewrite of backing vocals. I suggest straddling the melody to avoid falsetto in most places.