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Tommy Auldridge


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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 12 May 2015 9:54 am    
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I never really thought about the actual chord progression. I sort of learned how to play it from Jeff Newmans C6th. tabliture from his old instructional album "Music to get C6th. by" "Hold It" is a great break song, and I never get tired of it. What is the actual chord progression? so I can explain it to others who have never even heard it before. Thanks, Tommy...... ( in the key of C )
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Tommy Auldridge


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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 13 May 2015 5:15 am     Please move this to pedal steel
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Maybe this should be posted in the Pedal Steel section, so more players will see it. Thanks, Tommy.......
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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 13 May 2015 4:03 pm    
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Of course the progression can be substituted out the wazoo, but the basic 12-bar progression is:

Tab:
C/F    C    C/F    C7
F7    F7    C7     C/A7
D7    Db7   C      C

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Tom Keller

 

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Greeneville, TN, USA
Post  Posted 13 May 2015 7:38 pm    
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I apologize for stating the obvious but Hold it isn't Hold It without the C dominant 7th augmented 9th chord.

Tom
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Brint Hannay

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 14 May 2015 9:29 pm    
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Bands have used Hold It as a break song so much that what has become the standard version may have wandered away from the original somewhat. The original Bill Doggett version, as I hear it:
Tab:

C7#9    F7    C7#9     C7#9
F7      F7    C7#9     A7
D7b9    G7    C7#9/F7  C7#9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fNBmjtyhtM
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scott murray


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Asheville, NC
Post  Posted 16 May 2015 10:08 am    
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I've often wondered if Big E came up with the substitute Db7 chord or if he picked it up somewhere. a sweet touch
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Tom Keller

 

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Greeneville, TN, USA
Post  Posted 18 May 2015 2:58 pm    
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Scott, The 7th sharp nineth was part of the original Bill Doggett recording.
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