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Thread #119631   Message #2595945
Posted By: Will Fly
24-Mar-09 - 06:06 AM
Thread Name: Accepted chords for traditional tunes
Subject: RE: Accepted chords for traditional tunes
"completely correct" WHAT!?

OK - I'll rephrase that: correct in the sense that they're generally accepted as the chords to play. If everyone is playing the melody line at a session, the question barely arises - it doesn't matter. However, for poor, humble guitarists who are playing chords behind the melody, the question does arise - particularly if there's more than 1 chordal player. If we don't agree on what chords to play, then some 'orrible dischords can arise - so the question arises: are there "standard", "acceptable" or even "correct" chord sequences which one can turn to?

For example, I play the following sequence for "Staten Island" (in D):

D / / / D / / / G / Em / A7 / / /
D / / / D / / / Em / A7 /D / / /
D / / / D / / / G / Em / A7 / / /
D / / / D / / / Em / A7 /D / / /
D / A / D / G / C - - - C - - -
D / A / D / A / G / Em / A / D /
D / A / D / G / C - - - C - - -
D / A / D / A / G / Em / A / D /

Other players might feel that the underlying sequence should be different - if they do: dischord.

Any questions?