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Topic: "Make The World Go Away" ii or IV? |
Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 4 Dec 2011 2:53 pm |
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We played for a 50-year high school reunion this weekend. During set-up and sound check, a gentleman asked if he could sing a few songs at their reunion. He had a very good voice and did a great job.
When we rehearsed "Make The World Go Away", I noticed he was going from the I to the IV chord on the chorus. I've always heard (and played) a ii chord instead of the IV chord. We followed his chord chart and moved on. It sure didn't sound right, though...  |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 4 Dec 2011 3:06 pm
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| Every band I can recall playing in went to the 2m. |
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Merle Record
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Oxford, Maine, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2011 3:22 pm
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| The way I hear it I would play a 2m but since the next chord is a 5 it really could be a 2m7. Playing a 4 over a 2m7 should sound fine as all of the notes in a 4 are in a 2m7. A 4 is missing the root of a 2m7 but with the bass covering that KABLAM you've got a perfect 2m7. Merle |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 4 Dec 2011 11:06 pm
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| It's definitely II minor. It's funny when people do that. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 5 Dec 2011 2:58 am
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In sheet music it's a II chord. I've played it both ways, as a II and as a IVm.
Every band I've been in this has been an issue, whether to use a IIm or a IV (*corrected - I knew what I wanted to say but reversed it).
There is only one note different between a II and IVm chord.
Last edited by Jack Stoner on 5 Dec 2011 10:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 5 Dec 2011 7:29 am
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This sheet music says it's a 2m in the chorus, however, most bands I've ever played in also used a 2m in the verses as well, which seems to differ from the sheet music.
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 5 Dec 2011 9:24 am
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I believe you mean the difference between a IIm and a IV chord. Not the other way around.
A IVm has a flat in it. In this case a IVm would be Fm.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 5 Dec 2011 10:47 am
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No, I mean we would play the verses as IIm V I, IIm V I. Actually, same progression as the chorus...
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Bo Borland
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South Jersey -
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Posted 5 Dec 2011 10:56 am
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If it's sung like the original it's a 2m.
When I do the solo I always too a 6m passing chord in the chorus, between the 1 and 2m |
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Chris Caruso
From:
Merrimack, NH USA
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 6 Dec 2011 7:40 am
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| I just listened to both the Price and Eddie Arnold (original) versions on Youtube and didn't hear the bass play a IV anywhere in either song. There's no law against playing one, I'm just saying if you do, you are not playing it correctly if you are trying to copy the original. |
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Chris Caruso
From:
Merrimack, NH USA
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