aka: Fun times with the I, VII, IV chord progression
Monday night we practiced three songs in three different keys that use the same chord progression.
Sweet Home Alabama in A
Rock'n Me in E
Fortunate Son in D
Rich created a handy-dandy cheat sheet charting the chord progressions for the three different songs.
So if A is our I chord, our "home base," then seven steps above A is G, our VII chord. One step below A is also G. Four up from A is D, our IV chord. Five below A is also D, and so on. The cool thing is, once you know the chord progression, that you can change keys to better match your voice.
Monday was so fun. I got to be between a clarinet and a violin doing some sweet resonant note groove thing during Rock'n Me, which, once you get into, is the sort of thing you don't want to get out of.
And we've got our first concert outside the gallery! We're going to play the Hammond Public Library on Monday, April 11th to celebrate National Library Week. More invites and promotion is a-comin'...
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