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Post by modbus on Sept 25, 2020 21:33:40 GMT -5
I would guess A major (well, A flat major), but the song seems to come back to B chords and notes (I know, I know, B flat) a lot more than you would expect for a song in A. I don't think it's in B major, because there's a lot A, and D, and G chords that don't fit B.
The internet doesn't seem to have a consensus, either.
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Post by rkstrat on Sept 25, 2020 21:44:44 GMT -5
Great song for sure.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Sept 26, 2020 5:57:02 GMT -5
I listened to the tune here:
There is no single key signature.
The intro is in Bb. The verse starts in Ab and modulates to Eb through the first solo. If you analyze the melody notes for the sections you'll discover they are taken from those scales.
I'm not an expert in this stuff...just using some basic skillz I've collected over the years.
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Post by modbus on Sept 27, 2020 20:54:32 GMT -5
That's what I figured, but I was hoping music theory guru could identify some key based off of some obscure scale or something like that.
I finally got around to leading this song, and it's not a I-IV-V song, that's for sure!
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Post by gdw3 on Oct 1, 2020 21:02:47 GMT -5
GnR plays tuned to Eb standard, so as far as positions on the fretboard go, they're playing it like it's in A.
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Post by larryguitar54 on Oct 1, 2020 22:10:40 GMT -5
I'm no expert but I consider it as predominately in Ebmaj.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Oct 2, 2020 10:20:17 GMT -5
Key changes in rock tunes are not that common, but they do occur. It is very common in jazz; sometimes a tune will have a key change for just one or two measures, and unless you're expecting it, it can sneak past as just a few "outside" notes in the melody.
It's a very cool trick to keep the listener interested.
Ever pay really close atttention to the theme from Hawaii Five-O? It's a song with one verse.
There are no choruses and there's no interlude or bridge. Three verses and an outro. But there's a key change (a half step upward) for every verse, which is why the tune seems to take you "somewhere else." Morton Stevens, you sneaky bastage. Genius, really.
Mel Taylor was such a badass on the drums!
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