A Fresh Take on I, V, vi, IV
Another vague challenge this week. The idea is to go outside your comfort zone, play something beyond your usual boundries as creatively as possible. Picked a very commonly used progression that can hopefully be used for any style you'd like to delve into.
Ok for those who don't understand Nashville numbers if I is C then V = G, vi = Am and IV = F so I,V,vi, IV is a C G Am F progression as in "Let it Be" or "Streets of London" or "Don't Think Twice That's All-right" and many many more.
Don, there is a theme here. But if part of your idea involves varying from the one constraint that I've given, there must be a reason for it - a good one preferably.
Are we talking the "classic" rock 'n roll progression here, or can I do shameful skollie things like play in a minor key?
EG do I have to play in C and use C, F, G and Am, or can I be devious and declare my key to be Am and use Am, Dm, Em and F instead? Come to think of it, can I change key for, say, the bridge or must I confine myself to a single major key?
I suspect that the answer is major key, one of, and I have no problem with that, but I thought it worth seeking clarification.
Well, how's the voting going to happen then? If there are deviations from the straight no woman no cry sequence and sound and nobody understands what all this creativity is all about, a lot of people are going to think that the submission is not within the specs. Becasue in minor it could sound plenty different ne? Of praat ek kak? So I'm thinking that it's going to have to be accompanied by a bit of a dissertation on key, sequence and all sorts of other things maybe.
I understand the bit where a C major scale is used and the I, V, vi and IV are used to get the chords. So one can take any scale, for instance Bb major, and the chords for this particular sequence will be Bb maj, F maj, G minor and D# maj? That's if I played the Bb major scale correctly on my keyboard when figuring out the scale by ear, that is...
And so any major, minor or whatever scale can be used and it will work?