== even more chordal/harmonic connections ==
The famous "Long Time Gone" , written by David Crosby
and arrangement (on the first CSN album) by Stephen Stills,
the vocal hook/refrain ("appears to be a long"):
bass: A, to G, to F
right hand: C Maj.7 , b min. 7 , a min. 7 (down to F Maj. 7 ) -- see the stacked 3rds?
That b minor (7) has an F# , but otherwise, all white keys.
Then, that goes to 'D' for root (harmonic bass)
What chord, exactly? I dunno, D5 (D+A) ,
Maybe D Major. D Major + minor-7th (C-natural) , meaning: D dominant 7th -- i.e.: simply notated as: "D7") (not a MINOR-7th nor a MAJor-7th chord, just "seventh chord"). D+F#+A+C-natural.
F#+A+C to _G_ Maj. to _a_ minor kinda harmonically spells out what Stephen Stills sings in that phrase "a long, long time"
The verses are "A" dorian:
i7 (a minor 7) to IV (D Major). Is that harmonic/chord progression familiar to you?
In fact, a vocal line (layer) , at one point, is descending:
C Maj. 7 , b min. 7 , a min. 7 |
demo version
In 1968, Stephen Stills and David Crosby (as a duo - Nash wasn't involved yet) went into a studio and recorded a demo. Stephen actually played drums (right?). (Dallas Taylor wasn't in the picture yet, either.)
bass line outlines 'A' minor pentatonic.
High (8va octave above tonic/root)
A,
C, D ,
A ,
and then,
D# (Tritone -- middle of 'A' octave?) or just 'D'_natural again?
last two notes:
'E' G
A dorian (more-or-less?)
of verses.
The chorus is different from the more famous version on the first C.S.N. album:
Perhaps the chords there are (contrast with above) :
simply: a minor, G Major, F Major,
David sings (no harmony vocals) : "It appears to be a-long" (time)
ends on e min. 7
maybe take those first three triads of the chours and make them into 7th chords?:
a min.7 (in 3rd inversion : G+A + C + E )
to:
G Maj. 7 (nah: b min. 7 in 2nd inversion : F# + A+B + D )
then, F Maj. 7 ?
resolves to: e min. (7??)
Say, that's similar to a line in "High Flyin' Bird" (that the Jefferson Airplane did at the Monterey Pop Festival in June of 1967).
Actually, that's a typical descending chord progression, found in blues and folk music.
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