I am currently studying John McCusker's medlley Poodle Girl - Daminen's Toastie and I would like to thank bdh for writing the music to Poodle Girl
I am stuck a bit on identifying the chords and their changes
Can anyone help?
I study mando and fiddle w Christian Johnson formerly of the Mission MT Wood Band
and I tool a great class at a fiddle camp from Will Harmon
Thanks in advance for any help
Fred
flebow@highaltitudes.net
There have been various previous postings re working out arrangements, but the intellectual versus the ear argument is still ongoing.
However;
as you have the music;
look at each bar, at each half-bar even;
how many of those notes fit any particular chord ? for instance G major has the notes G, B, and D. Obviously not all the notes within a bar will actually fit and harmonise with a particular chord, so you have to pick out the important notes and see what chord they will fit, and ignore the notes that are less significant, and really passing notes or grace notes. In a reel, for instance, the first and third notes might be the significant ones, and the second and fourth less so, in a jig the first and third of a triplet the more important, the middle to be regarded more as a grace note.
Good luck.
Sometimes the 2nd and 4th notes of a beat can outweigh the 1st and 3rd, usually at the end of a phrase when it is a downward scale moving towards the tonic. The 2nd and 4th notes in this case belong to the dominant chord when playing in a dorian mode, thus because they are closing a phrase I would place at least some additional weight on those notes while the other two could be passing notes or suspensions depending on what precedes the measure. Also, it is always a good idea to consider each beat, each half measure, and each measure separately when deciding. Chord changes will be implied where you least suspect them, sometimes you should follow it, while other times just hold the drone chord. Non harmonic tones can inflict the middle of a phrase but be there and gone so fast you might as well not change unless you definitely know they are coming
Help pls w chords and changes
Help pls w chords and changes
I am currently studying John McCusker's medlley Poodle Girl - Daminen's Toastie and I would like to thank bdh for writing the music to Poodle Girl
I am stuck a bit on identifying the chords and their changes
Can anyone help?
I study mando and fiddle w Christian Johnson formerly of the Mission MT Wood Band
and I tool a great class at a fiddle camp from Will Harmon
Thanks in advance for any help
Fred
flebow@highaltitudes.net
# Posted on November 11th 2009 by flebow
Re: Help pls w chords and changes
Do you have a link to either a recording or sheet music
# Posted on November 13th 2009 by Earl Cameron
Re: Help pls w chords and changes
There have been various previous postings re working out arrangements, but the intellectual versus the ear argument is still ongoing.
However;
as you have the music;
look at each bar, at each half-bar even;
how many of those notes fit any particular chord ? for instance G major has the notes G, B, and D. Obviously not all the notes within a bar will actually fit and harmonise with a particular chord, so you have to pick out the important notes and see what chord they will fit, and ignore the notes that are less significant, and really passing notes or grace notes. In a reel, for instance, the first and third notes might be the significant ones, and the second and fourth less so, in a jig the first and third of a triplet the more important, the middle to be regarded more as a grace note.
Good luck.
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Help pls w chords and changes
Sometimes the 2nd and 4th notes of a beat can outweigh the 1st and 3rd, usually at the end of a phrase when it is a downward scale moving towards the tonic. The 2nd and 4th notes in this case belong to the dominant chord when playing in a dorian mode, thus because they are closing a phrase I would place at least some additional weight on those notes while the other two could be passing notes or suspensions depending on what precedes the measure. Also, it is always a good idea to consider each beat, each half measure, and each measure separately when deciding. Chord changes will be implied where you least suspect them, sometimes you should follow it, while other times just hold the drone chord. Non harmonic tones can inflict the middle of a phrase but be there and gone so fast you might as well not change unless you definitely know they are coming
# Posted on November 19th 2009 by Earl Cameron
Re: Help pls w chords and changes
Thanks to all for their gracious help
Fred
# Posted on December 4th 2009 by flebow