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What key is Little red Corvette's solo in? What key is Little red Corvette's solo in? Being that the first bass note is a G I always thought the solo was in G. never tried it until today and its definastely in a diiferent key. "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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G flat | |
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3121 said: G flat
thanks. aroound what fret does that start on? "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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Soulchild82 said: 3121 said: G flat
thanks. aroound what fret does that start on? the second fret | |
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3121 said: Soulchild82 said: thanks. aroound what fret does that start on? the second fret thanx 3121 "Thinking like the Keys on Prince's piano, we'll be just fine" | |
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The first chord of a song isn't necesarily the key it's in.
Little Red Corvette is in the key of D ( 2 sharps) and the chords are Verse- | G A7 Bm7 Bm7/G | Chorus- | G A D | G A Bm7 | G A D | G A | the solo goes around the chords of the chorus and it's all played in the key of D (with Bm as the relative minor) [Edited 6/29/05 13:31pm] "Prince don't hear Ravel when he wanna make love to his woman. He hears drums and shit." Miles Davis | |
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williammelvinhicks said: The first chord of a song isn't necesarily the key it's in.
Little Red Corvette is in the key of D ( 2 sharps) and the chords are Verse- | G A7 Bm7 Bm7/G | Chorus- | G A D | G A Bm7 | G A D | G A | the solo goes around the chords of the chorus and it's all played in the key of D (with Bm as the relative minor) [Edited 6/29/05 13:31pm] The original recording is in the key of Db (five flats). The chord transcription you've given is a semi-tone too high (and the second and fourth chords of the verse are straight major chords) Verse: Gb | Ab | Bbmin7 | Gb | Chorus: Gb Ab | Db | Gb Ab | Bbmin7 | Gb Ab | Db | Gb | Ab | . ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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The recording is in D. It's always played live in D also.
And the second chord is a dominant 7, the fourth chord is a minor 7 with a G in the bass. Surely you can hear this? BTW, it's almost a straight rip off of Ryuichi Sakamoto-Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence theme tune. [Edited 6/29/05 14:06pm] "Prince don't hear Ravel when he wanna make love to his woman. He hears drums and shit." Miles Davis | |
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williammelvinhicks said: The recording is in D. It's always played live in D also.
And the second chord is a dominant 7, the fourth chord is a minor 7 with a G in the bass. Surely you can hear this? BTW, it's almost a straight rip off of Ryuichi Sakamoto-Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence theme tune. [Edited 6/29/05 14:06pm] You're correct on all accounts. Very good ear on the "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" as well. Because of this, I also thought he bit on the title to a degree for Apples 6 "Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian". SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: williammelvinhicks said: The recording is in D. It's always played live in D also.
And the second chord is a dominant 7, the fourth chord is a minor 7 with a G in the bass. Surely you can hear this? BTW, it's almost a straight rip off of Ryuichi Sakamoto-Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence theme tune. [Edited 6/29/05 14:06pm] You're correct on all accounts. Very good ear on the "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" as well. Because of this, I also thought he bit on the title to a degree for Apples 6 "Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian". Yeah man. God kinda uses a mixture of those chords too. I guess he must have been into that change at the time. Funnily enough, if you jam about with his version of A Case Of U, and mix in the Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence chords- u get a whole bunch of Prince stuff from that era. "Prince don't hear Ravel when he wanna make love to his woman. He hears drums and shit." Miles Davis | |
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williammelvinhicks said: The first chord of a song isn't necesarily the key it's in.
Little Red Corvette is in the key of D ( 2 sharps) and the chords are Verse- | G A7 Bm7 Bm7/G | Chorus- | G A D | G A Bm7 | G A D | G A | the solo goes around the chords of the chorus and it's all played in the key of D (with Bm as the relative minor) [Edited 6/29/05 13:31pm] Yes!! I love musically inclined people!! Blue  | |
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williammelvinhicks said: The recording is in D. It's always played live in D also.
And the second chord is a dominant 7, the fourth chord is a minor 7 with a G in the bass. Surely you can hear this? BTW, it's almost a straight rip off of Ryuichi Sakamoto-Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence theme tune. [Edited 6/29/05 14:06pm] Sakamoto's "Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence" is also recorded in Db major - and Prince did very well to rip it off given that he had recorded 'Little Red Corvette' in mid-1982, whereas Sakamoto's recording was only released the following year. . ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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LOL. Oh man, you couldn't be more wrong with this if you tried. Next you'll be telling me C Jam Blues is in the key of B. Are you playing through some weird pitch shifter you're not aware of? "Prince don't hear Ravel when he wanna make love to his woman. He hears drums and shit." Miles Davis | |
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