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From: Harry G. Pellegrin [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:51 PM
To: '
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Walk Don't Run: A or Am?
Yes, the rhythm guitar plays A MAJOR through the intro, then switches to a
minor. Listen carefully to the record. Lots of folks make it an a minor
chord. The A major adds a very distinct flavor went he change hits.
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From: [mailto:]
On Behalf Of Brian Neal
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:14 PM
To:
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Walk Don't Run: A or Am?
A few years ago when I lived in Illinois, The Ventures appeared on
Chicago celebrity DJ Steve Dahl's radio show. (Dahl used to (maybe
still does) open his show with Los Straitjackets' Cavalcade and close
with Pacifica).
Dahl is a guitar player (and has some kind of relationship with Brian
Wilson...he's got lots of great stories about him) so he was talking
shop with The Ventures. Like so many people, Dahl was inspired to play
the guitar from The Ventures when he was a kid.
Anyway, I can't remember if it was Wilson or Bogle, but one of those
guys made the statement along the lines of "most people don't realize
the song starts in the key of A, not Am like most sheet music says". I
must admit I don't remember all the details, and I can't remember if
he was saying they play the intro A as A major versus A minor, or the
whole song in A. It doesn't sound right to me in A, but what do I
know. :-)
I'm probably just adding to the confusion, but I do remember the
Ventures being vehement about the opening A NOT being A minor.
BN
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