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Thread #26797 Message #324627
Posted By: Bernard
22-Oct-00 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Another Music Theory Question
Subject: RE: Another Music Theory Question
It's a fairly typical flamenco chord progression, also found in pop music - the Ventures 'Walk, Don't Run', and the ubiquitous 'Stairway to Heaven' after the guitar solo are but two examples.
Theory-wise it's down to the 'melodic minor scale', which is different 'ascending' and 'descending', unlike the 'harmonic minor' whigh remains the same.
'A melodic minor' runs as follows: A B C D E F# G# A G F E D C B A
'A harmonic minor', however, is: A B C D E F G# A G# F E D C B A
I'll stop there, in case we've reached 'information overload'!