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Day One Hundred Thirty

So I may have written last night that I had been through every part of "Stairway" except for the solo. I was wrong. I forgot about the decidedly rockin' bit after the solo that goes (primarily) Am-G-F. You know, the bit that starts with the line "and as we wind on down the road..." Nevertheless, I took care of that tonight. The only part of it that took me at all by surprise was the full Fmaj7 chord near the end. It wasn't hard, so much as it was unexpected, and once I got it down, I was fine. So now, officially, the solo is all that hasn't fully been explored.

What's fun about that is the fact that, in looking back on when I officially got started working on "Stairway," it turns out that it was the 6th of November. This means that I technically have until December 6th to get it all down. Which gives me a week to learn the solo and put all the pieces together. Considering how much I'll be working in the next 7 days, that still seems manageable. I'll get close, either way. And if it takes me a few extra days, so be it. Also, I'm not thinking I'll worry too much about the vocals. That can come at a later date.

Assuming I don't get called in to work tomorrow, I'm hoping to carve out a decent chunk of time for the solo, seeing as it didn't happen on Monday.

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