Hope is an acoustic instrumental from

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's 2007 album '' Snakes & Arrows''. It was performed on a twelve-string guitar in D Modal (D-A-D-A-A-D) tuning.

Background

"Hope" is one of the three instrumentals on the

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". 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". A live version of "Hope" was nominated for a '' Grammy Award'', which appeared on the compilation disc ''

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''. The song was recorded on May 25, 2008, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

References

Legends of Classic Rock - Rush, the Snakes & Arrows World Album Premiere
{{authority control 2007 songs Rock instrumentals Rush (band) songs Songs written by Alex Lifeson Song recordings produced by Nick Raskulinecz

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