mikeohiostate wrote:Hey All, Im kinda in a bind here--
Can someone please tell me the Key of this song, the scales (please add root note) I could use with it.
Thanks!
I thought this had all been hashed out before, but I don't see it in the threads below. The "find two chords that are one whole step apart" thing is a useful tool, and probably works 80+% of the time, maybe 90+%. However, this is one of the times that it doesn't work. I agree with Ed's tabs that the chords are A major and B major, but the song is written in the key of B. If I am playing along with the boys, I generally use B Ionian, and have never had a problem with it. I like all the rest of the tab, basically plays on the A and B chords. If I am just listening more than playing, I will tend to play something like this:
E|-----------7--7--7--------7--------------5--5--5--------5-----
B|--------7--------------7-----7--------5--------------5-----5--
G|-----8--------------8--------------6--------------6-----------
D|--9-----------------------------7-----------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------
Which is just arpeggios of the A and B chords as well, but it appears to me that if I was in a band, it probably wouldn't hurt anything if I just quietly played that the whole time (because I am not a great guitar player).
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