JOTT Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I need help with the chords to "Sing a Song" by Earth, Wind and Fire. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 From memory, could be wrong - verse and chorus: A A/C# Bmin7 Bmin7/E turnaround chord: Amin7/D Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOTT Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 thanks meng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I play the second chord as a C#m7, otherwise I'm with Moe. Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Busch, A/C# is better because the melody note is an A, which would clash with the G# in your C#m7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eskridge Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 One of the guitar players - I think the one playing single notes - plays an F during the turn around chord, so I guess you could call that chord Dmi11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 F is the third of Dminor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundscape Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Originally posted by cnegrad: F is the third of Dminor. Am7/D with an F = Dm11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Interesting. I've now seen this chord spelled three different ways: Am7/D, Dm11 and C/D. All very similar, and sonically equally correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundscape Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Trouble is that if someone happens to hit another note, does that count as part of the "current chord" or is it just a bit of "comping along"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 If the note happens to work in the chord scale of the current chord, it's acceptable. Anything else would be considered a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaFunk Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 please please no no ... cant you see where this may go? WHAT IS HIP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Yes, yes! Let's do it yet again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suraci Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 "Interesting. I've now seen this chord spelled three different ways: Am7/D, Dm11 and C/D. All very similar, and sonically equally correct." Only the Dm11 contains an Fnatural, the other two do not! The othe two are nearly identical, Am7 has an A that C/D does not, but that borders on petty pedantry! The Dm11 is a minor chord, the other is a suspended 4th degree ( 11 ) with mi 7th chord. They are cousins of a sort, but not the same. The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The commonality among those chords (Am7/D, Dm11 and C/D) is there are no sharps/flats. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eskridge Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Funk has got to have wrong notes - that's a big part of what makes it funk!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Originally posted by suraci: "Interesting. I've now seen this chord spelled three different ways: Am7/D, Dm11 and C/D. All very similar, and sonically equally correct." Only the Dm11 contains an Fnatural, the other two do not! The othe two are nearly identical, Am7 has an A that C/D does not, but that borders on petty pedantry! The Dm11 is a minor chord, the other is a suspended 4th degree ( 11 ) with mi 7th chord. They are cousins of a sort, but not the same. Yes, that all goes without saying. But in the context of the song it really doesn't make a whole heckuva lotta difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnegrad Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The difference between all three of those voicings is just the use of the note F. It's a subtle difference. FWIW, when I gig, I voice it like this from the top down: G E C F D (played by the bassist.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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