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"Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously recorded by Elvis Presley, although it was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music , especially in the country genre.
Seventh chords are a type of chord that includes the 7th scale degree (that is, the 7th note of the scale). There are different types of 7th chords such as major 7ths, dominant 7ths, minor 7ths, half diminished 7ths, and fully diminished 7ths. [8] These chords are similar with slight changes, but are all centered around the same key center.
At its most basic, a single version of this blues scale is commonly used over all changes (or chords) in a twelve-bar blues progression. [7] Likewise, in contemporary jazz theory, its use is commonly based upon the key rather than the individual chord. [2] Greenblatt defines two blues scales, the major and the minor.
"Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, written in 1960 and released the same year by American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. [3] Hitting the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune, which Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd [ note 1 ] , peaked at position number 76.
Be they in major key or minor key, such I–IV–V chord progressions are extended over twelve bars in popular music—especially in jazz, blues, and rock music. [36] [37] For example, a twelve-bar blues progression of chords in the key of E has three sets of four bars: E–E–E–E7 A–A–E–E B7–A–E–B7;
Blue Christmas is a 1992 Christmas compilation album with songs sung by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. [1] [2] [3] [4] Elvis is accompanied by the vocal ...
Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The man who named his children such peculiar names like Dweezil and Moon Unit was actually a straight-laced cat who didn’t embrace the drug culture of ...
In the key of C major, an E ♭ triad would be notated as ♭ 3. In the key of A major, an F major triad would be notated as ♭ 6. Other chord qualities such as major sevenths, suspended chords, and dominant sevenths use familiar symbols: 4 Δ 7 5 sus 5 7 1 would stand for F Δ 7 G sus G 7 C in the key of C, or E ♭ Δ 7 F sus F 7 B ♭ in ...