Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 3:41 pm
Hey Gang,
Nesh has dug a bit deep into the Lou Reed songbook and put together a lesson on Perfect Day. It is a bit on the moody side but pretty straightforward in most respects.
Perfect Day is a song written by American musician Lou Reed in 1972. It appears on his album 'Transformer' produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson.
The lesson takes a close look at the many chords, including several barre chords, and a few ways to dress it up a bit.
The arrangement is in 6/8 and can be accompanied a few different ways. One could strum through it, use flatpicking, or do a combination of both. Even fingerstyle would work just fine.
On stage often a second guitar player would play some lead in the instrumental part and outro, somewhat copying the piano on the orginal recording. We take a close up look at that as well.
Note that the album version is a half step up. For that the guitar should be capoed on the 1st fret. In live performances Reed usually plays it without, and this lesson does the same.
Nesh has dug a bit deep into the Lou Reed songbook and put together a lesson on Perfect Day. It is a bit on the moody side but pretty straightforward in most respects.
Perfect Day is a song written by American musician Lou Reed in 1972. It appears on his album 'Transformer' produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson.
The lesson takes a close look at the many chords, including several barre chords, and a few ways to dress it up a bit.
The arrangement is in 6/8 and can be accompanied a few different ways. One could strum through it, use flatpicking, or do a combination of both. Even fingerstyle would work just fine.
On stage often a second guitar player would play some lead in the instrumental part and outro, somewhat copying the piano on the orginal recording. We take a close up look at that as well.
Note that the album version is a half step up. For that the guitar should be capoed on the 1st fret. In live performances Reed usually plays it without, and this lesson does the same.