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    Angie .. is it in key of Am or C ?

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    First, theory and rules are afterthoughts developed in an attempt to explain what rock-n-rollers just played ... [flapper]

     

     

    I hate to quote myself, but this really is the crux for me. Play first. What sounds great may or may not fit with rules or theory. If it doesn't, they'll call it "borrowing" in the minor cases and "jazz" in the extremes - LOL!

    Angie .. is it in key of Am or C ?

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    It's all about what we're accustomed to seeing. The below (which I think is accurate) shows the sequence in both C Major and A Minor. In both cases the E chord is altered from the norm from minor to major, as a dominant 7th. They both obviously sound the same as they are identical in practice.

     

    To ME, a vi III7 V IV IV I ii I vi is more "normal" (whatever that means) than i V7 VII VI VI III iv III i. To be perfectly clear, I'm not claiming one is more correct than the other. This is more an interesting exercise in picking fly dung out of pepper - an exercise in exercising theory & representation. A stronger case might be made one way or the other by also examining the melody, but I'm not THAT interested or invested [tongue]

     

    C Major
Am  E7   G F  F  C Dm C Am E7   G F  F  C Dm C G Dm Am C F  G
vi  III7 V IV IV I ii I vi III7 V IV IV I ii I V ii vi I IV V	

A Minor
Am E7 G   F  F  C   Dm C   Am E7 G   F  F  C   Dm C   G   Dm Am C   F  G
i  V7 VII VI VI III iv III i  V7 VII VI VI III iv III VII iv i  III VI VII

    Angie .. is it in key of Am or C ?

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    First, theory and rules are afterthoughts developed in an attempt to explain what rock-n-rollers just played ... [flapper]

     

    There are several clues in the main chord progression. You could chart this in either key, but the changes appear more traditional when viewed as 'C Major'.

     

    The E chord is a major clue to me (pun). It is far more common to sub in the major version of a iii chord in a major key than it is to sub in a major version of a v chord in a minor key.

     

    I'm going with 'C Major' as the key

    Famous Musicians

    in The Gibson Lounge

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    [biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]

     

    Hayes is pretty famous; one of the greatest tenor players to come out of the UK but met an early death.

     

    But I don't know about Care Failure, who is the evidently famous lead singer of the band Die Mannequin.......

     

    I think we'll have to come to some agreement on what 'famous' is.... [confused][biggrin]

     

    I was just kidding around ... this isn't a terribly critical thing we're doing here :)

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