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Studio

Song · 1978

Beast of Burden

Artist
The Rolling Stones
Released
1978
Guitar
Keith Richards
  • Rhythm part

What makes the part famous

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

  • Rhythm part

    The accompaniment: the chords and strumming that carry the whole song.

Beast of Burden 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
E major
Chords
E · C#m · A · B

The progressions that come back

    1. E
    2. C#m
    1. E
    2. B
    3. C#m

The chords and their fingerings

  • E
    E majorI · Tonic4fr×1432
  • C#m
    C♯ minorvi · Tonic4fr×1342
  • A
    A majorIV · Subdominant5fr1342
  • B
    B majorV · Dominant4fr××14

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