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Song · 1957

Rock and Roll Music

Artist
Chuck Berry
Released
1957
Guitar
Chuck Berry
  • Rhythm part
  • Shuffle

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.

  • Shuffle

    A bouncing triplet feel (long-short, long-short): the pulse of the blues.

Rock and Roll Music 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
Eb · Fm · Bb · Bb7 · Ab

The progressions that come back

    1. Eb
    2. Fm
    3. Eb
    4. Bb
    5. Eb
    6. Bb
    7. Eb
    8. Bb7

The chords and their fingerings

  • Eb
    E♭ majorI · Tonic3fr×1432
  • Fm
    F minorii · Subdominant3fr××1342
  • Bb
    B♭ majorV · Dominant3fr×143
  • Bb7
    B♭ seventhV7 · Dominant6fr132
  • Ab
    A♭ majorIV · Subdominant4fr××132

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

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