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This song by Sara Bareilles is in C#.
These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: C# - C#/E# - D#m7 - F# - A#m7 - C# - F#2 - G#
Part 1b: same as Part 1a
Part 1c: same as Part 1a
Part 1d: same as Part 1a
Part 2: D#m7 - C#/E# - F# - A#m7 - G#
Part [...]
This song by Sara Bareilles is in Db.
These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: Bbm7 - Ab/C - Db; Db - Db/F - Gb2; Gb2 - Db/F - Bbm7
Part 2: Gb2 - Ab - Db - Db2
Part 3a: Bbm7 - F7/A - Gb2 - Ab
Part 3b: same as Part 3a
Part 3c: Bbm7 - F7/A [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Cheat Theories on May 30th, 2008
There is no such chord as an M Chord. The ‘M’ here actually stands for “the middle note”. And it’s not new. In fact, we have used that before in Chord I, IV and V. Let’s see:
The middle note of a C major chord is the E note, because the E note is the middle [...]
