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Chord Req: Explain this chord sequence
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Subject: RE: Chord Req: Explain this chord sequence From: GUEST,JohnMcNeill Date: 14 Aug 12 - 06:52 AM My guess would be that the E is the dominant chord leading to Am as it is in the key Am. The G sharp is from the minor scale, not the natural minor. |
Subject: Chord Req: Explain this chord sequence From: Phil Edwards Date: 14 Aug 12 - 06:24 AM Here's Graeme Allwright singing "Jusqu'a la ceinture", which is his translation of Pete Seeger's "Waist deep in the Big Muddy". And here's the chord sequence for the first couple of lines: Am G F E Am E Am E7 Playing the melody through, it seems to be in C (or Am). F and G belong with C (or Am) - but what's that E doing there? (It's definitely E, not Em.) The answer to "why these chords?" is always ultimately "because they sound right", but what puzzles me is why those E chords do sound right. They both have a G sharp, which seems like it ought to sound discordant - but it doesn't. Qu'est-ce qui se passe? Graeme Allwright was originally from New Zealand; he emigrated to Britain before settling - and finding success - in France. Rumours that he decided to abandon the English-speaking world to escape the endless "I've just seen Graeme Allwright!"/"Was he any good?" jokes cannot be substantiated. |
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