Inside the Hey St. Jude Session

For those of you who aspire to do session work, here's a little view from the inside with some comments. I'd say this is a typical session, but every session is different, and some are very different. In this one we were hired to replace a karaoke track of the original tune that had already been sung over, by various artists, actors, athletes, and other, and edited. This posed some very unique and complex issues which the arranger and engineer handled flawlessly. I played bass, acoustic and electric guitar and even helped out with handclaps. here's my inside look...

Here's the final product...

A Recent Session

I did this one last week. It was fun to get the Beatle bass out, as well as the Epi Casino and my ol Gibson Folksinger to try to replicate the sounds and parts of the original.

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 21 (altered chords)

C7 - x7858x

C9 - x7878x

C7b9 - x7868x

C7#9 - x7888x

C9#5 - x7879x

C9b5 - x7877x

C7#5#9 - x7889x

C7#5b9 - x7869x

C7b5#9 - x7887x

C7b5b9 - x7867x

All chords are movable - 8 chords X 12 postions  = 96 chords plus the previous 2208 for a total of 2304 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 20 (altered chords)

C7 - x3535x

C9 - x5535x

C7b9 - x4535x

C7#9 - x6535x

C9#5 - x5635x

C9b5 - x5435x

C7#5#9 - x6635x

C7#5b9 - x4635x

C7b5#9 - x6435x

C7b5b9 - x4435x

All chords are movable - 8 chords X 12 postions  = 96 chords plus the previous 2112 for a total of 2208 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 19 (altered chords)

F7 - xx13141313

F9 - xx13141315

F7b9 - xx13141314

F7#9 - xx13141316

F9#5 - xx13141415

F9b5 - xx13141215

F7#5#9 - xx13141416

F7#5b9 - xx13141414

F7b5#9 - xx13141216

F7b5b9 - xx13141214

All chords are movable - 8 chords X 12 postions  = 96 chords plus the previous 2016 for a total of 2112 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 18 (altered chords)

F7 - xx10101011

F9 - xx10121011

F7b9 - xx10111011

F7#9 - xx10131011

F9#5 - xx11121011

F9b5 - xx9121011

F7#5#9 - xx11131011

F7#5b9 - xx11111011

F7b5#9 - xx9131011

F7b5b9 - xx9111011

All chords are movable - 8 chords X 12 postions  = 96 chords plus the previous 1920 for a total of 2016 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 17 (altered chords)

F7 - xx7868

F9 - xx7888

F7b9 - xx7878

F7#9 - xx7898

F9#5 - xx7889

F9b5 - xx7887

F7#5#9 - xx7899

F7#5b9 - xx7879

F7b5#9 - xx7897

F7b5b9 - xx7877

All chords are movable - 8 chords X 12 postions  = 96 chords plus the previous 1824 for a total of 1920 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 16 (altered chords)

F7 - xx3545
F9 - xx5545

F7b9 - xx4545
F7#9 - xx6545

F9#5 - xx5645
F9b5 - xx5445

F7#5#9 - xx6645
F7#5b9 - xx4645
F7b5#9 - xx6445
F7b5b9 - xx4445

All chords are movable - 8 chords X 12 postions  = 96 chords plus the previous 1728 for a total of 1824 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 15

Root Inversion -

Gmaj9 - 5544xx (same as Bm7)

G9 - 5534xx (same as Bm7b5)

Gm9 - 5533xx (same as Bbmaj7)

1st Inversion -

Gmaj9 - 7977xx (same as Bm7)

G9 - 7877xx (same as Bm7b5)

Gm9 - 6877xx (same as Bbmaj7)

2nd Inversion -

Gmaj9 - 1012911xx (same as Bm7)

G9 - 1012910xx (same as Bm7b5)

Gm9 - 1012810xx (same as Bbmaj7)

3rd Inversion -

Gmaj9 - 14141214xx (same as Bm7)

G9 - 13141214xx (same as Bm7b5)

Gm9 - 13131214xx (same as Bbmaj7)

All chords are movable - 12 chords X 12 postions  = 144 chords plus the previous 1584 for a total of 1728 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 14

Root Inversion -

Cmaj9 - x5545x (same as Em7)

C9 - x5535x (same as Em7b5)

Cm9 - x5534x (same as Ebmaj7)

1st Inversion -

Cmaj9 - x7978x (same as Em7)

C9 - x7878x (same as Em7b5)

Cm9 - x6878x (same as Ebmaj7)

2nd Inversion -

Cmaj9 - x1012912x (same as Em7)

C9 - x1012911x (same as Em7b5)

Cm9 - x1012811x (same as Ebmaj7)

3rd Inversion -

Cmaj9 - x14141215x (same as Em7)

C9 - x13141215x (same as Em7b5)

Cm9 - x13131215x (same as Ebmaj7)

All chords are movable - 12 chords X 12 postions  = 144 chords plus the previous 1440 for a total of 1584 chords so far!

The Drop Two Chord - Lesson 13 (The 9th Chord)

Root Inversion -

Fmaj9 - xx5555 (same as Am7)

F9 - xx5545 (same as Am7b5)

Fm9 - xx5544 (same as Abmaj7)

1st Inversion -

Fmaj9 - xx7988 (same as Am7)

F9 - xx7888 (same as Am7b5)

Fm9 - xx6888 (same as Abmaj7)

2nd Inversion -

Fmaj9 - xx10121012 (same as Am7)

F9 - xx10121011 (same as Am7b5)

Fm9 - xx1012911 (same as Abmaj7)

3rd Inversion -

Fmaj9 - xx13131214 (same as Am7)

F9 - xx12131214 (same as Am7b5)

Fm9 - xx12121214 (same as Abmaj7)

All chords are movable - 12 chords X 12 postions  = 144 chords plus the previous 1296 for a total of 1440 chords so far!

Got this yesterday and lovin' it...

Intellitouch PT10 Mini Clip-On Tuner