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Studio

Song · 1969

Gimme Shelter

Artist
The Rolling Stones
Released
1969
Guitar
Keith Richards
  • Intro
  • Riff

What makes the part famous

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

  • Intro

    The opening bars, played by the guitar alone or nearly: they announce the song.

  • Riff

    A short, catchy figure repeated through the song: the part everyone recognizes first.

Gimme Shelter 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
C♯ minor
Chords
C#m · B · A · C# · E

The progressions that come back

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

The chords and their fingerings

  • C#m
    C♯ minori · Tonic6fr×1324
  • B
    B majorbVII · Dominant4fr××14
  • A
    A majorbVI · Subdominant×123
  • C#
    C♯ majorV/iv · secondary dominant6fr1324
  • E
    E majorbIII · Tonic231

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

Analyze your own recording

Record yourself playing it, or upload a version you have the right to use: the studio isolates the guitar and finds the chords, tempo, strumming and fingerings, with a fretboard video and a PDF.

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