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RB4picker - Posted - 02/24/2024: 18:18:56
Any body have chord progression for Crossing the Cumberlands for guitar in key of G? Trying to play my own backing track tp play banjo over. Everything I find is in Gm.
Owen - Posted - 02/24/2024: 19:12:43
More-or-less from a position of ignorance, can a diagram of the "Circle of 5ths." be used to transpose (?) it? ... or does it get screwed up* by things like minors, 7ths., augmented [and other things I'm even more ignorant of]?
* = A Canadian "Sorry" to musicians everywhere.
mmuussiiccaall - Posted - 02/24/2024: 19:43:52
Em is the relative minor of G major
Em D Em Am Em Em B7 B7
Em D Em Am Em Em B7 Em
Em Em Em Em Em Em B7 B7
Em Em Em Em Em Em B7 Em
Ira Gitlin - Posted - 02/25/2024: 06:16:06
Like most bluegrass instrumentals--especially fiddle tunes--"Crossing the Cumberlands" has a standard key that it's always done in, and that key is G-minor.
But, as mmuussiiccaall notes, you can play the progression in E-minor, and then (though he didn't say it outright) capo up three frets to put it into G-minor.
On banjo, though, you'll probably want to play it uncapo'd.
RB4picker - Posted - 02/25/2024: 08:08:31
My thanks to all!
Exactly what I needed!
There sure are some very smart people on this board.
FenderFred - Posted - 02/25/2024: 14:15:05
quote:
Originally posted by RB4picker
Any body have chord progression for Crossing the Cumberlands for guitar in key of G? Trying to play my own backing track tp play banjo over. Everything I find is in Gm.
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