When you and Sophia want to noodle around on the
Prine/Womack recording of Cold, Cold Heart, let me give you a few tips.
I'll give you the base notes (similar to what she was doing with
Mozart)
But, let's start with the original - it's slower:
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Here
are the chords (left hand usually)... If you want to do a one note left
hand, just play a D . When it switches to A7 - just play the A. etc.
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The key of D is the most common for country music. Johnny Cash sang lower. A lot of his songs are in B flat.
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So, John Prine and Womack's version is also in B flat.
You'll
play a B flat wherever Hank played a D. Then you'll play an E flat
wherever Hank played a G and you'll play an F wherever Hank played an A.
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Probably about 80 percent of country music uses just 3 chords.
In
Hank's version, listen as the 3rd line G changes into the beginning of
the 4th line A. You will hear that chord progession very often in
country music. A lot of times, whoever's playing base will "walk" up by
half notes from G to A flat to A.
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Have fun!
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