There are 5 parts in this song.
First, the intro, which is the same as the verse, is made up of the following progression:
IIm –> (I/3) –> (V) –> VIm –> (V/7) –> I –> (VI/M)
The chords in brackets ( ) are transition chords, i.e., they are very short. In this case, they appear on the [...]
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Suspension (part 2)
Posted in Cheat Theories on May 7th, 2008
I have talked about Sus4 and how to improvise it with the 3 basic chords earlier. Sus2 is another form of suspension that can also be improvised with the 3 basic chords.
Let’s take a C chord (C Major chord) as example. A C-Sus2 chord is usually written as C2.
For a C chord, we play the [...]
It has been more than a week since I last blogged!
I have been very busy with work, traveling to Kuala Lumpur (the capital of Malaysia) and Phnom Penh (the capital of Cambodia) in the last 10 days. Will be back to Phnom Penh again tomorrow, and I am now in Seam Reap, the place famous [...]
Changing The Bass Notes (part 2)
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Apr 12th, 2008
In fact, by combining the 3 basic chords on the right hand with different bass notes on the left hand, you can pretty much get all the chords you need for most songs (not all, of course).
Here is a very common ‘chord progression’ (or a pattern of a series of chords) used in many songs [...]
Changing The Bass Notes
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Apr 11th, 2008
This is a really useful ‘trick’. Well, at least I think so myself.
Most of the time when we play a chord on the right hand, the left hand would accompany that with a bass note (or octave) that corresponds directly to the chord. For example, when you play a C chord with your [...]
