Re: [Harp-L] RE: what key?

[The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx>]

I see it as "A-" for the chord progressions. In discovering the wonderful world of "how to improvise", I sometimes envisioned the C scale (easy for pianists to do) and tried pulling ideas off of it as a simple C scale explored. The ideas played sounded happy, although a bit "left of center" over the chords, but interesting nonetheless. It was an easy progression on to "just starting on the 'A' and exploring ideas that sounded sadder (minor feel)". These ideas sounded more "right on" over the chords, but were unhappy sounding due to the minor key. Now I had happy ideas and sad ideas and eventually learned to move from one to the other easily over the chord progression. The next step was to start on the "F" and learn how cool that faux raised fourth sounded, or just left it out to discover ideas on an "F" sounding reference.


It was a good beginning in understanding how to improvise.




-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-L list <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, May 8, 2011 11:14 am
Subject: [Harp-L] RE: what key?


All Along the Watchtower is a repeating 3 chord pattern: Cm / Bb  Ab
(Hendrix), but let's use Am / G F (Dave Matthews)

Is it Key of Am, or relative Major C?
Numbers:  6m/5 4

Robert Hale
 dukeofwail.com
Gilbert AZ (Phoenix)
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