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In diatonic harmony, the half-diminished seventh chord occurs naturally on the seventh scale degree of any major scale (for example, B ø 7 in C major) and is thus a leading-tone seventh chord in the major mode. [3] Similarly, the chord also occurs on the second degree of any natural minor scale (e.g., D ø 7 in C minor). It has been described ...
[14] [15] The song features an arpeggio chord progression, and is composed in the key of A major. [15] When asked about the song, Moyet said: "'Only You' has a nursery rhyme simplicity and a lack of pretension. You don't need to be a great instrumentalist to play it. It's a universal, everyman song."
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad [6] by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the love theme and lead single from their fifth album, Agent Provocateur.
Written in the key of C major, the chord progression of C, F, G, A minor, F matches those referenced in the song's famous first verse. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] When at age 50 Cohen first recorded the song, he described it as "rather joyous", and said that it came from "a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way, but with ...
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon , it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled.
In the U.S., the Monroe record charted higher-—by several of Billboard magazine's measures—-than has any successor. For 15 weeks, through 30 March 1946, it appeared in its "Honor Roll of Hits: The Nation’s Top 15 Tunes."
The song's bluesy feel is accentuated by the addition to the minor pentatonic scale of a ♭ 7 note on each of the I (D7), IV (G7) and V (A7) chords. [19] [nb 1] Harrison opts for a popular variant within the twelve-bar blues formula, by moving briefly to the IV chord for the second bar, rather than remaining on I until the fifth bar. [17]
The term also expresses the fact that, compared to Major chord open tunings, by fretting the lowered string at the first fret, it is possible to produce a major chord very easily. [14] Cross-note or open E-minor was used by Bukka White and Skip James. [15] Cross-note tunings include (low to high): Cross-note A: E-A-E-A-C-E