ELO - Daybreaker (With Chords).. by me. 

This is one of my favorite ELO songs of all time, and you have done it a great justice. Thank you, Keep 'em coming!

So amazing all your ELO videos. Love them and looking forward för more of your work

I was recently watching the live 1973 video of ELO playing this song. Richard used a single Minimoog to produce the French Horn and the Saw Lead. Since synths didn't have presets until the late 70's, many performers would have 2 or 3 Minimoogs on stage and have each configured for a different sound. With a single Minimoog, one would have to take the time to dial up a new sound and there are about 30 knobs and switches on a Minimoog. To change from this song's French Horn sound to the sawtooth lead, one would 1 )raise the filter cutoff enough to soften the French Horn's sound, 2) lower the attack time of the filter envelope, and 3) lower the filter contour amount to further reduce unwanted effects of the envelope that were only needed for the French Horn sound. So at a minimum, one would tweak 3 different knobs to change from a French Horn to a sawtooth lead. However, Richard only had time for a single knob twist. Thus, Richard deduced that if he sufficiently opened the filter cufoff, he would soften the sound while simultaneously reducing the effect of the filter envelope and speeding up the attack. This is what he did live and he was able to go from a French Horn sound to a good enough sawtooth lead in the time it took him to twist a single knob! In the early days, Richard also kept a set of headphones handy during live shows so he could tune the Minimoog's oscillators periodically and change patches during the down time between songs. (In some songs, you can even see him constructing a new patch in the middle of the song, but this is rare because he is usually playing piano when he isn't playing the Minimoog). Back then, I bet he would have loved to have had presets! Unfortunately, by the time the Moog Source (a Minimoog-like synth with presets) came out, he had moved on to programmable polysynths.

Man Alive! This is fantastic!

This came up in my recommendations because the original is my exercise song every morning! Nice job, Paul!

Now THAT'S what I call a cover! ^_^

Hey Paul, Kudos for a Great job on an Excellent song! I just worked it up myself. Nice songwriting and chord selection by Jeff Lynne. (One of Jeff L's super-powers was his ability to choose the right chords and he used a diversity of them.) I love the 2nd verse where the song switches from the part with all descending minor arpeggios to the part with all ascending major arpeggios! Nice trick. I also like how the arpeggios constantly alternate between (5th,3rd,Root) and (R,5th,3rd) inversions throughout.

Amazingly mindblowing!!!!!!!!

Simplemente lo mejor... Un genio mostrando su magia...

Brilliant..

BRAVO Paul!!!!

Plinthman Smith 3 years ago Absolutely superb cover. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH HIM.

You made it even better than the original!

Paul. Absolutely brilliant. Well done. Andy Kinch. (Martins brother) Awesome effort.

Cheers our kid.

Just found you on here....i am 68 , and they still bring a lump in my throat.. great covers .. keep it up

Marvellous stuff mate! Just came across you by accident and am I glad I did!

I used to come and watch you in Sight N Sound. Still the best band I have ever heard live and I've been to some big gigs!!

Great stuff as usual!

A Maz Ing. It's easy to forget when listening to a finished album how much effort and talent went into the music, but seeing it happen on camera brings it right into focus. Bravo, PT!

Wow...pretty darned good! Not easy to play I'm sure. My fingers couldn't move that fast. Thanks for sharing your video!

Paul-Freakin outstanding -It's good to see some one pick up the "ELO" ball and run with it. Your mastery of Jeff Lynnes music is breath taking!Milwaukee,Wisconsin,USA

great!!!

WOW

That's how you learn, losing sleep LMAO!! I would often play til 5am - before I got married obviously. Cheers.

Thanks very much. I was (Wishful Thinking, folded 2002ish), I am now (but to Journey), and I might be soon again to ELO (watch this space!!!).

Paul. Thanks for this - I'm whipping up a violin bit to layer on top of this for an interesting kind of show - 45 + 1 - every musician selects an instrumental 45 for the DJ to spin and layers something on top of it. This will help me really crush it. I appreciate the chord progression.

ThANX very much..and well done ...gonna cover iot on electric violin with my son on drums..

GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!!

Gorgeous song.

Absolutely Brilliant Trap. You should be in a Tribute band! Well done!

Awesome, and thanks for the chords. I was playing along with you on guitar.

Thanks ;)

Love this Paul - Nice one !

came across you by accident, you are truly talented , from a fellow brummie living in Ireland

Just as Great as Richard Tandy

it is "turn back" from the message on "fire on high" played backwards.

F A N T A S T I C ! ! ! You've got the hang of it! Weren't you a doubler of Richard Tandy?)

Thanks. I do play be ear. But I do sometimes get it wrong. EG; at 1:19 the chord is specified as Cdim/G (which it should be) but I am actually playing a Cmin/G. Close but no carrot!

Thanks, glad you like the videos.

very good video, very touching ... richard tandy that care

XMAS 2018 ELO Richard Tandy Was Here

Cheers, mate. I keep promising to do more ELO, I have plenty to do.

Cheers. The melody is all built round the chords displayed. If you read music the best thing to do would be to Google for the standard MIDI file then download it into a notation program which would show you the actual notes.

ive spent all afternoon trying to work out the arpegio?(your top keyboard) lead on electric guitar. thanks so much for all the chords. ive now got it nailed - just not quite smooth enough yet. theres a lot of hammer on/ pull offs and the notes are so far apart for the last couple. my hand is agony! space ship 1 by paul gilbert is very similar apart from going up instead of down. check out his vid with the orange space suit on. come on mr lynne - a uk tour please rok on malko

Yes but the 'hard way' is much more fun and infinately more satisfying. ;)

Sorry, I don't 'have' them, I just listen to the song and can work them out - if you're a beginner it will come with experience. For now they're right there on the screen for you. ;)

@Larsteds I wish!

This is really good. Is there any place where I can find the medlody notes? Very good Job! Nice song choice.

Is there a recording of the tribute to download anywhere?

Actually if you use a Minimoog it can sound similar to the song.

It wouldn't be a problem - any particular reason why?

Elomaniacs to the end, guess where my nick name came from

No idea.

wow it is much more busy than bass...

Ah, very kryptic.

Am, Cm, Am, Cm, Em, Em+5, Em6, Em7, Em-maj7..