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

[Buck Worley <boogalloo@xxxxxxx>]

Yes. I hear:
"forty four eleven, forty four eleven, fity four eleven" a lot:DBW

> From: jrumbaug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: bkumpe@xxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Key of song from Guitar Chords
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:22:48 -0400
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> 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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