"Hope" | |
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Instrumental by Rush | |
from the album Snakes & Arrows | |
Released | May 1, 2007 |
Genre | Instrumental |
Length | 2:02 |
Label | Atlantic |
Composer(s) | Alex Lifeson |
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Hope is an acoustic instrumental from Rush's 2007 album Snakes & Arrows. It was performed on a twelve-string guitar in D Modal (D-A-D-A-A-D) tuning.[ citation needed]
"Hope" is one of the three instrumentals on the Rush album Snakes & Arrows. According to Neil Peart, the title of the instrumental was inspired by the chorus of the ninth Snakes & Arrows track "Faithless", which contains the word "Hope". [1] It is the band's second shortest studio-album-song, clocking in at 2 minutes 2 seconds. Unusual for Rush's compositions, the song was written by Alex Lifeson alone. It is played on a twelve-string guitar and was recorded in two takes. The second take was "just for the heck of it". [2]
A live version of "Hope" was nominated for a Grammy Award, which appeared on the compilation disc Songs for Tibet. The song was recorded on May 25, 2008, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. [3]