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Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Vocal Harmonies
inspiration/sources:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FNu8JnCDiE
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0lEdY2XniE
* https://musescore.com/user/12635401/scores/5028267
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Pre Chorus (main vocals)
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C A D C C D E
Like a heart- beat drives you mad
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Pre Chorus (background vocals)
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playing around with thirds basically:
C D E D
A B C B
Lone- ly Still- ness
That line get's played twice then they do:
E D E D
C B C B
Ooooh ooooh Ooooh ooooh
The synth comes in at the end with a held G that increases in volume (oooooooooh),
which the higher vocalist could do, especially since their first note in the chorus is a G anyways.
You can hear it here (1:06 to 1:09): https://youtu.be/mrZRURcb1cM?t=66
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Chorus
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Main vocal line is in the middle. We have a third above and underneath.
G G G G G F E E /F\ C
E E E E E D C C /D\ A
C C C C C A G G /A\ E
Thund- er on- ly hap- pens when it's rain- ing
G G G G /C G G G G F E
E E E E /A G E E E D C
C C C C /E C C C C A G
Play- ers on- ly love you when they're play- ing-
E E A E A E D C G B A
Say wom- en, they will come and they will go-
v I actually like another C here
G G G G /C G G G F E
E E E E /A G E E D C
C C C C /E C C C A G
When the rain wash- es you clean you'll kn- ow
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