Ben Folds tweeted out his Past Life score work here:
I copied the notes from that into Garageband. I set the tempo at 66 bpm (a nice ballad-y tempo) and put it in the C Major key. Then I had the "Orchestral Strings" software instrument play it.
I only included the intro (the first two bars in the photo) once in the recording since it's clear later that the main hook repeats upon itself directly. As the photo shows, Ben was still working on the treble clef section (he started in the top right), so I couldn't fully produce what the treble clef notes would eventually become. It appears the treble clef will just follow the alto clef pretty closely based on his start.
In the recording:
The intro is played once
The first two times the hook is played without the treble clef notes
The second two times the hook is played with just the treble clef notes he wrote so far
The third two times the hook is played includes the treble clef notes he wrote and the rest of the alto clef doubled
We also dunno at what point this bit occurs in the song. The photo says he's 28 bars in at the bottom, so it's likely towards the end.
Ben Folds tweeted out his Past Life score work here:
I copied the notes from that into Garageband. I set the tempo at 66 bpm (a nice ballad-y tempo) and put it in the C Major key. Then I had the "Orchestral Strings" software instrument play it.
I only included the intro (the first two bars in the photo) once in the recording since it's clear later that the main hook repeats upon itself directly. As the photo shows, Ben was still working on the treble clef section (he started in the top right), so I couldn't fully produce what the treble clef notes would eventually become. It appears the treble clef will just follow the alto clef pretty closely based on his start.
In the recording:
The intro is played once
The first two times the hook is played without the treble clef notes
The second two times the hook is played with just the treble clef notes he wrote so far
The third two times the hook is played includes the treble clef notes he wrote and the rest of the alto clef doubled
We also dunno at what point this bit occurs in the song. The photo says he's 28 bars in at the bottom, so it's likely towards the end.
I really want Past Life to either be a toned down mid-tempo or a slow-tempo song. And I feel like I'm the only one that doesn't really want it to be a ballad...
This sounds good, but I hope it's really soft and sad like violin or viola or something.
