Beginner guitar learning I,IV & V
I'm learning Green Onions. I have the base part down, simple Fm, Bb, Cm. but I can't figure out the chords, I, IV,V to play along with that. I have recorded the base part on a looper and want to play a rhythm over it. I'm told to use 1st inversions. But I'm lost.
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It's in a pretty standard 12 bar format, originally in Fm. So, 1st 4 bars, F, Ab, Bb. Next 2 Bb(maj) Db,Eb, 2 as beginning, then - C, Eb, F; Bb,Db,Eb; last 2 as beginning.
The only questionable bit for me is bar 9, where I've heard C or Cm. However it's a blues, so could be either - I play whatever sounds better on the night...
Bass pattern for 8 of the bars is F F Ab Bb C. Other bars follow on appropriate roots.It appears to be in a Dorian mode.
It follows a standard blues progression of I IV I V IV I, but it includes other chords, playing the 3rd and 4th chords above the primary chords. The riff plays F5 (or Fm) for the I chord, and riffs Ab Bb, so F5 F5 Ab Bb, then when it changes to the IV chord Bb Bb Db Eb (Db is the third above Bb and Eb is the forth). On the V chord it goes C Eb F.
Your bass notes should be F Ab Bb C.
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