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Studio

Song · 1967

A Day in the Life

Artist
Wes Montgomery
Released
1967
Guitar
Wes Montgomery
  • Octaves
  • Melody

What makes the part famous

The techniques to work on to play it, each in one sentence.

  • Octaves

    The same note on two strings, an octave apart, for a full, round line.

  • Melody

    The guitar plays a tune, the way a voice would: every note has to sing.

A Day in the Life chords

What the studio found on the isolated guitar of the recording: the key and the chords, with fingerings that flow from one to the next.

Key
D minor
Chords
Dm · Bb · Gm · A · Am · C

The progressions that come back

    1. Dm
    2. Bb
    3. Gm
    4. A
    5. Am
    6. Dm
    7. Bb

The chords and their fingerings

  • Dm
    D minori · Tonic10fr134
  • Bb
    B♭ majorbVI · Subdominant8fr××1243
  • Gm
    G minoriv · Subdominant10fr×1342
  • A
    A majorV · Dominant12fr×1234
  • Am
    A minorv · Dominant12fr×1342
  • C
    C majorbVII · Dominant10fr××1243

Automatic analysis: it can get a chord wrong, and your ear has the last word.

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