Re: [Harp-L] Key of song from Guitar Chords

[Arthur Jennings <timeistight@xxxxxxxxx>]

That just proves that shortcuts cause problems. "Musicians
who are not interested in learning a lot of theory" need to develop their
ears. (Okay, everyone needs to develop their ears, but people without
theory have nothing to fall back on.)

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Jim Rumbaugh <jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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?"
>
> ================
>
> 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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