TOW#29: Reel Eugene

[alistair]

Maybe we could try Reel Eugene at Bennet's on Wednesday evening? Just about got the hang of it on the D moothie, though the octave jump at the end of the A part needs a bit more practice.

[nigelgatherer]

I'll print out some copies and bring them along.

[Trish Santer]

If I may be so bold.....a few suggestions on the chords...? (Having tried it out on piano, and watched the video.)
All F sharps sound better as F sharp MAJOR - except...
Last bar of line one: Bm not F sharp min.
Last bar of line 3, change back to D on third beat of bar.
2nd bars of lines 3 and 4 - the whole bar in D - ignoring the brief passing note of the high B against a D chord.
Oh, and keep the Bm on the first note of the second time bar of the A tune: then the change to major is even more dramatic and effective!
(I doubt if the button accordions can do either F sharp minor or major. BTW!)
Attaching an MP3 of (imperfect!)piano version using the chords I've shown above.

[JAJ]

May I be so bold....

as to suggest that chord choices are often a matter of taste and sometimes the particular instrument can make a difference?

For exaple, I think an F#m7 sounds right there when the tune played on the guitar. So, the fingering would be "Bar the second fret and use one finger on the fourth fret on the A string"... other possibilities too, of course.

In theory, you might think that the same chords will work on all instruments but this doesn't always seem to be the case and probably explains why we don't always like suggested chord sequences we encounter in books or elsewhere.

Of course, when playing with other musicians, it's important not to clash.