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Thread #107442   Message #2229613
Posted By: GUEST,Brian Peters
06-Jan-08 - 06:44 AM
Thread Name: Chord Req: Songs with one chord
Subject: RE: Chord Req: Songs with one chord
Guest, House is quite right, a lot of the examples quoted here are of drone accompaniments to songs which would conventionally use several chords. For instance, "Over the Hills and Far Away" would normally be a three-chorder, but John Tams plays a very effective fiddle drone to it in "Sharpe" (I know, 'cos I bought the boxed set for Christmas). If you want real one-chorders, look at old blues, as has been suggested, or old-time banjo stuff. Dock Boggs "Country Blues", if memory serves, has just the one mdoal chord throughout. Some Boozoo Chavis zydeco as well.