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Song · 1959

Little Queenie

Artist
Chuck Berry
Released
1959
Guitar
Chuck Berry
  • Riff
  • Rhythm part

What makes the part famous

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

  • Riff

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

  • Rhythm part

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

Little Queenie 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 major
Chords
C · F · G

The progressions that come back

    1. C
    2. F
    3. C
    4. G

The chords and their fingerings

  • C
    C majorI · Tonic5fr××14
  • F
    F majorIV · Subdominant5fr×1432
  • G
    G majorV · Dominant5fr××1243

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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