Re: [Harp-L] bluegrass at SPAH

[Joe Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sweet GaBrown is a dixieland number originally. It is usually in 1 flat (F).  BUT, I have heard it done in C, D, G, Eb. 
smo-joe

On Jul 19, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Cara Cooke wrote:

> In my experience, Sweet Georgia Brown is played in different keys in
> different areas, depending upon which instruments will be playing it. (There
> is usually a negotiation in key before the tune is played.)  One of the more
> common keys here is F, but I have also seen it played in C and D and G.
> 
> One of the things that you get used to in Texas is that the Texas Style
> Fiddlers like keys like F for all sorts of tunes.  Bluegrassers frequently
> are less happy with those same keys, but we take it as a challenge.
> Bluegrass and Texas Style fiddlers often intermingle in various settings, so
> keys like F for tunes become commonplace.
> 
> If someone else has an answer, speak up.  Surely it is played in other keys
> elsewhere.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:45 PM, <sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> In what "key" is Sweet Georgia Brown usually played at bluegrass? What's
>> the first chord?
>> 
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