RE: [Harp-L] Doo-Wop Changes

[j r <jr_parker_jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

I understand "doo-wop changes" and "barber shop changes" to mean I VIm IV V, or for the key of C: C Am F G.  Most popular 50s doo wop groups used this progression or something very similar.

-JR

> From: harpfixer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jr_parker_jr@xxxxxxxxxxx; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Doo-Wop Changes
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:38:41 +0100
> 
> It seems I pressed the wrong button (or something). I'm curious as to what,
> precisely, is being referred to by the term "Doo-Wop changes" - I probably
> know what they are. In my mind (which is usually reasonably fuddled) we're
> looking at a set of relatively simple chord substitutions, but I'd like to
> be clear on this before I jump in with both feet!!
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Steve Jennings