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Studio

Song · 1968

Road Song

Artist
Wes Montgomery
Released
1968
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.

Road Song 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
G minor
Chords
Gm · Dm · Eb · Bb · Cm · F

The progressions that come back

    1. Gm
    2. Dm

The chords and their fingerings

  • Gm
    G minori · Tonic××1
  • Dm
    D minorv · Dominant5fr×1342
  • Eb
    E♭ majorbVI · Subdominant3fr×1432
  • Bb
    B♭ majorbIII · Tonic3fr×143
  • Cm
    C minoriv · Subdominant3fr××3421
  • F
    F majorbVII · Dominant5fr×1432

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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