Re: [Harp-L] Key of song from Guitar Chords
Bill asked, "Doesn't the 1-4-5 first chord key rule apply often enough to be
taught to beginning musicians
who are not interested in learning a lot of theory?"
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I say yes.
At my own club meeting, when I say the chord progression is
4,4,1,1
4,4,1,1
5,4,1,1
The guitar players still screw it up half the time. They are so ingrained in
playing the 1 chord first. So the example shown prooves that it is not a
rule, but personal experience says a lot of people want it to be. You may
want to say it's a 90% rule (?)
(for those interested, those are the chord changes to "Never Been to Spain"
and "Going Down Slow" )
Jim Rumbaugh
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