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Song · 1955

Maybellene

Artist
Chuck Berry
Released
1955
Guitar
Chuck Berry
  • Rhythm part
  • Solo

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.

  • Solo

    The passage where the guitar steps forward and sings on its own, phrase after phrase.

Maybellene 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
B♭ major
Chords
Bb · Eb · F

The progressions that come back

    1. Bb
    2. Eb
    3. Bb
    4. F

The chords and their fingerings

  • Bb
    B♭ majorI · Tonic×1234
  • Eb
    E♭ majorIV · Subdominant××1243
  • F
    F majorV · Dominant1342

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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