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Request Show some emotion by Joan Armatrading

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The song is in A minor, and most of the notes are A. The chords on top of these A notes makes it interesting. The key for the bass line is the rhythm, especially the &a notes of beat 2. The a of beat 2 often ties into beat 3. In the first three bars of the chorus (e.g., measures 31 through 33), the & of beat 4 anticipates the 1 of the next measure. I particularly like the chords in the second four measures of the chorus (A7 Ao7/B-7b5 A, e.g., measures 35 and 36). Think of the A7 tritone (high C# over G), which descends in half steps to the Ao7 and B-7b5). The bass doesn't play the tritones, but it would be tempting. Measure 60 features that classic chromatic approach to an A10 double stop. At first I thought the notes in measures 69-71 were quarter note triplets, but the subdivision is 16th notes. As always, I welcome feedback, especially on the rhythms and chords.

 

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LeeNunn said:
I welcome feedback, especially on the rhythms and chords.
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Didn't check everything, but it looks pretty accurate. Well done.
That 3/8 bar seems correct, but it sounds like a cut/paste error in the recording to me. I'm sure it was meant to sound like the similar bars 71 and 72.

If someone wanted to play this with a band, I'd change it to 4/4 + 2/4 (like bars 71 and 72).
 
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LeeNunn said:
The song is in A minor, and most of the notes are A. The chords on top of these A notes makes it interesting. The key for the bass line is the rhythm, especially the &a notes of beat 2. The a of beat 2 often ties into beat 3. In the first three bars of the chorus (e.g., measures 31 through 33), the & of beat 4 anticipates the 1 of the next measure. I particularly like the chords in the second four measures of the chorus (A7 Ao7/B-7b5 A, e.g., measures 35 and 36). Think of the A7 tritone (high C# over G), which descends in half steps to the Ao7 and B-7b5). The bass doesn't play the tritones, but it would be tempting. Measure 60 features that classic chromatic approach to an A10 double stop. At first I thought the notes in measures 69-71 were quarter note triplets, but the subdivision is 16th notes. As always, I welcome feedback, especially on the rhythms and chords.

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That's awesome, thanks. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you with the appropriate gratitude, I've been off the instrument for a bit.
 

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