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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Friday, September 2, 2016
Friday, July 8, 2016
The Searchers' "What Have They Done to the Rain"
When I started this project of posting notation every week, I failed to realize that 50/90 takes up a lot of time. Because of 50/90 (and other projects) I don't have notation this week. Instead, here are the chords to the Searchers' "What Have They Done to the Rain." I was really into the Searchers in college (even though the only album I had was a two-disc compilation, which is still the only Searchers album I have), and I figured out how to play a lot of their songs. At one point, I knew more songs by the Searchers than any other band, so for the next few weeks, if I don't have notation, I'll probably have the chords to a Searchers song.
Anyway, the chords for "What Have They Done to the Rain":
Verse 1
E major / F# minor / B major / E major
C# minor / B major / A major / B major
Verse 2
E major / F# minor / B major / E major
C# minor / B major / A major / E major
A major / B major
Verse 3
same as verse 1
Verse 4
E major / F# minor / B major / E major
C# minor / B major / A major / E major
A major / B major / A major / B major
Ending tag
E major / D major / E major
Anyway, the chords for "What Have They Done to the Rain":
Verse 1
E major / F# minor / B major / E major
C# minor / B major / A major / B major
Verse 2
E major / F# minor / B major / E major
C# minor / B major / A major / E major
A major / B major
Verse 3
same as verse 1
Verse 4
E major / F# minor / B major / E major
C# minor / B major / A major / E major
A major / B major / A major / B major
Ending tag
E major / D major / E major
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