After about 2 months of working on this arrangment of a Genx\Grunge classic, I finally completed my fingerstyle arrangement of Stone Temple Pilots’ “Plush”. Melody is key when arranging a song for instrumental guitar – need something that is recognizable and memorable. From the iconic guitar intro to Scott Weiland’s melody lines, there is not mistaking Plush for any other song. It must have sounded enough like the original because YouTube flagged me for a copyright violation. I challenged it with the reason of fair use (cover song). We’ll see where that goes. I’ll keep you all posted.
Arrangement Notes:
In case you’re interested, here are some details on the song.
- Key: The original song is in G and I kept it there. I prefer to keep the song in the original key. No particular reason, just a preference. Since I’m not singing there really isn’t a need to transpose.
- Tuning: Standard tuning – I rarely do any alternate tunings besides a drop D; which I feel isn’t an alternate tuning since it’s used so much.
- Form: Kept with the oringal form and didn’t try to change anything about the song. Except making it an instrumental that is.
For my second full arrangement for guitar, I’m quite pleased with this one. It’s fun to play and those who have heard it, seem to dig it. Let me know what you think in the comments or better yet, visit my YouTube channel and give the video a like and subscribe. More content to come and if you have any ideas on what my next arrangement should be, let me know.
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[…] The same rules apply to YouTube as they do when playing live. If you want people to listen to your original music, you need to get their attention with a solid cover song. My best performing videos are covers and the compromise is that I make it my own. How? Many of my covers are of 80’s/90’s rock/metal songs but I do them on the acoustic. One example is my arrangement of Stone Temple Pilots’ “Plush”. […]