Help On a Chord Change

[vournikas]

Evening, all

The last couple of days I've been toying with playing along to some Zero 7 tunes on my guitar, and they're simple but very satisfying to play.

However, I'm having trouble working out the "middle" or "chorus" bit in this tune:-

I Have Seen

Go to 1:25 for the change.

I've got the verse down as Eb / Ab / Gb (so key of Gb major, I think), but when the tune gets to, 'Time goes so slow......' I just can't nail that chord down. It's got an Ab note in there somewhere, but I'm stumped as to where to go after that.

Any help is appreciated!

[vournikas]

Great thinking, Sir!

I've just been fiddling around using your Ab minor idea, and that first chord in the "change" works out as (something like) an Ab minor add4 type thing (Ab / Db / Ab / Cb) moving to Ab maj. The last two ascending chords of the chorus then came easily: Bb maj / Db maj.

Many thanks, and a virtual pint for you

[vournikas]

Aye, I thought "add 4" wasn't the right chord description, just the best I could come up with when adding a 4th note to an Abm.

[vournikas]

Thanks for all the added input, people

I've not tried all the Eb suggestions yet, but I'm not looking forward to playing Fm9 that's for sure (I'm shyte at playing "jazz" guitar chords as I call them)

[vournikas]

GetCarter said:

vournikas said:

I'm not looking forward to playing Fm9

Em9 (first position) is one of the easiest chords to play on the guitar (just 2 fingers needed). Fm9 is just the same, but a finger stretching pinkie stress.

Top tip to make that stretch easier... your left hand (assuming you are right handed) should be almost in front of the left of your chest - not way out to the left of your body (low slung - rock and roll style). It makes fm9 - and most other chords with a barre MUCH easier to play. If you watch a classical guitarist, you'll see what I mean.

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 20th March 17:21

I've had a look, and yep Fm9 looks OK actually. It helps that (after xxx years of playing) I last year decided for no apparent reason to shorten the strap length for my guitar, so it now sits John Petrucci fashion rather than Jimmy Page. The difference is night and day when one has short-ish fretting fingers.

[vournikas]

May I trouble the experts on another chordal question? This one is the jazz "standard" Fly Me To The Moon, of which I've sussed out the main tune on guitar.

Have a listen to this from 0:12 to 1:04:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJ0zMv4N4o

This intro - for me - makes the tune, but for the life of me I cannot work it out and google is failing me. Just before Tony sings, "Poets often......." the chord "sounds" Cmaj-ish but being a jazz tune (and I'm very much on a steep learning curve on jazz guitar), there's probably more to it than that.

Any and all advice - as always - appreciated