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'complete chord alphabet' songs

14 Jul 18 - 07:07 PM (#3937386)
Subject: 'complete chord alphabet' songs
From: Andy7

When I play Paul Simon's 'Bridge Over Trouble Water', in the key of C, I need to use the complete 'chord alphabet'; i.e. at least one chord with each of the letters A to G in its name. (I use Am, A7, Bb, C, C7, D, E7, F, G and G7.)

What other songs require the complete 'chord alphabet'?

N.B. I don't include those pop songs that raise the key by a tone each time they repeat a verse/chorus!


14 Jul 18 - 08:04 PM (#3937392)
Subject: RE: 'complete chord alphabet' songs
From: GUEST

The Beatles - I Am The Walrus


15 Jul 18 - 05:02 AM (#3937428)
Subject: RE: 'complete chord alphabet' songs
From: Jack Campin

The Music Theory Song.


15 Jul 18 - 08:51 AM (#3937460)
Subject: RE: 'complete chord alphabet' songs
From: GUEST,Jerry

Technically, you should have a D# diminished (if playing in C) as well, as a transition between ‘Over’ and ‘Troubled’, but let’s not split hairs. Ignoring jazz players’ passion for passing chords, most standard songs (32 bar pop songs of yesteryear) tend to use the full range of chords, for example the chorus alone to Long Way to Tipperary.


15 Jul 18 - 05:28 PM (#3937594)
Subject: RE: 'complete chord alphabet' songs
From: Andy7

Thanks for the tip about the D#dim chord; I'll have a go at that.


16 Jul 18 - 02:46 AM (#3937628)
Subject: RE: 'complete chord alphabet' songs
From: BobL

Jerome Kern's "All The Things You Are" , aka "All The Chords There Are". a detailed technical analysis can be found in Wiki.