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English: A chord chart for beginner ukulele players that demonstrates the correct fingerings to play the 36 basic chords. Whereas most chord charts display the fretboard vertically to save space, here the fretboard is intentionally horizontal (as how a ukulele is held) to make it easier for beginners (the target audience of this chart) to use.
Speaking of the song, Cole told the Chicago Tribune in 1991, "The actual sound of 'Butterfly' is pretty aggressive once it gets going. Those chords are not pretty chords. I think it's very nice to juxtapose lyrics like that against a scenario of music which people tend to associate with Barry Manilow. A lot of people heard my orchestral side ...
The ukulele (/ ˌ juː k ə ˈ l eɪ l i / yoo-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ]), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert ...
"Butterfly" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources. [ 1 ] This was a pseudonym of Anthony Mammarella, producer of American Bandstand .
"Butterfly" is a pop song, written and recorded by the French singer-songwriter, Danyel Gérard (born Gérard Daniel Khertakian, [1] 7 March 1939, Paris [2] [3]) in the late 1960s. It was initially a hit in the French language. In the early 1970s, English words were written, and Gérard recorded it again in the United States.
Music critics identified "Butterfly" as a contemporary house, dance-pop, and electronic dance track. [14] The song contains electronic drums, basslines, cascading synths, and a flute performance by Paul Mertens. [15] "Butterfly" is written in the key of A♭ minor and has a tempo of 132 beats per minute. [16]
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute Ron Bushy drum solo. A 2-minute-52-second 45-rpm version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was Iron Butterfly's only song to reach the top 40, reaching number 30, [7] while the album itself reached number four on the album chart and has sold over 30 million copies.