Friday, September 2, 2016

The Searchers' "Sugar and Spice"

A couple days ago, the riff from the Searchers' "Sugar and Spice" popped into my head, and I realized that the notes are just quarter notes and eighth notes, so with my limited notation skills, this was a part I could notate.  My notate-a-part-every-week project kind of fell on its face, but I think I'll still do it occasionally.

I should mention that I notated this an octave lower than it's played (otherwise, there would have been ledger lines all over the place):

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The chords are very simple too.  Under the riff and the verses, the progression is |: C major / G major / F major / G major :|.  The choruses alternate between that and the same progression where an A minor is substituted for the first G major, so:

C major / G major / F major / G major
C major / A minor / F major / G major
C major / G major / F major / G major
C major / A minor / F major / G major

At the end of the song, the |: C major / G major / F major / G major :| progression resolves to C major, and after the riff I have notated above, there's a shorter version, ending with G and C notes:

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