Echoes (Pink Floyd song): Difference between revisions

In the second half of this interlude, the screams die down to become background noises under the sound of [[gull]]s, also an interesting effect created by guitar when Gilmour reversed the cables to his [[Wah pedal]]. Eventually, everything fades into a sustained HammondFarfisa organ chord over the original sonar-like echo from the introduction. This part can be said to represent the clearing of the air, and the fading of the winds. Volume swells on the guitar accompanied by long sustained organ chords combine to create a stark contrast to the screams of the previous interlude. Gilmour starts strumming muted notes from B to F# to D notesto E ( rhythmically reminiscent of [[Another Brick in the Wall]]) on the guitar over a slowly-building organ solo. The drumming becomes a combination of quick ride cymbal work and drum rolls. Eventually a keyboard-like guitar riff with echo and distortion bridge the gap into a massive buildup, and in an anticlimactic moment, segue into the soft vocal strains of the final verse.