From: Pat Missin <pat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: [Harp-L] MISS YOU--what key?
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:48:54 -0400
Winslow wrote:
>
>Listening to the chords on a clip of the Stones' version, I hear the
>main riff being sung over an A minor chord, landing (then vamping) on
>D minor, which has a feeling of finality and rest.
>
>This tells me that the tune is in D minor, despite everyone saying
>it's in A.
I don't hear that feeling of finality at all on the Dm chord. What I
hear is a simple tonic to subdominant vamp in a minor key. The
presence of a dominant chord rooted on E at the "come on, come on" bit
further confirms the Am tonality to my ears.
-- Pat.
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