Hey Friend,
We’re flying up to Cleveland this morning to attend my nephew’s wedding, so I put together a short lesson for today and tomorrow.
I mentioned yesterday that the minor 7 note has a lot of influence on the melody in ”I Saw Her Standing There.” So let’s look at that…
The song is in the key of E major, which goes like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (8)
E F# G# A B C# D# (E)
However, when you make use of these dominant 7 chords, the minor 7 comes into play. Take that D# and flatten it to make it D.
So now we’ve got the E major scale, except the D# is lowered a fret to D. You can see this note as the one with the natural symbol in front of it in the tabs.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7b (8)
E F# G# A B C# D (E)
What we then see is the melody using this D note to work perfectly within the chord progression - the notes and chords compliment each other.
This cohesiveness is what allows the song to maintain its Rock/Blues attitude.
Let’s be clear - we’re still in the key of E. The use of 7th chords doesn’t change that. All we’ve done used chord substitutions to serve the song.
These dominant 7 chords utilizing the minor 7 note give the necessary tension needed to maintain the energy The Beatles were going for.
Here are the exercise files:
Y’all have a great one!
Peace~
Dave
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