14 Jan
2010
14 Jan
'10
4:25 a.m.
fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
Good call. The II is used in jazz and gospel, IIRC. Zappa did some with it too: the Inca
Roads guitar solo vamp is I-II.
Rick Wright was the only original member of the Pink Floyd who had formal music
schooling, and he was also a jazz fan. David Gilmour might have had some training; I
don't remember.
Maybe one of the Pink Floyd members decided to just throw something different in there,
randomly, just for fun.
-ken Hello musicians,
Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother' ends with two repetitions
E G F C, E G F C, E G A B, E G F# ?????, E G F C etc.
It's the F# ????? - the surprising modulation just before
the theme repeats - that I'm after. Most PF harmony is quite
straightforward but this one defeats me... Anyone knows this
chord progression ?
Wouldn't that be in the key of E, Fons? If so the F# is the II chord,
which would typically resolve to the IV, or B7 in that key. That
wouldn't be a modulation, it would be a "turn-around," and especially so
since the progression continues on with another E.