Following on from the post about Bowie’s use of randomised lyrics, here’s part two.
This episode of the podcast looks at two ideas Bowie has used in writing chord progressions:
Related chromatic chords
Chords that are a fifth apart
The episode begins and ends with music from Stryngs who describe themselves as ‘Almost entirely, but not quite unlike folk’. I like their music a lot and you will too!
And here’s Episode 5 of the Podcast:
[audio http://www.wellwrite.co.uk/songwright/songwrightep5.mp3]
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Here are videos of Space Oddity, which uses the progress C E7 F Fm C F Fm C And Word on A Wing which uses B Abm Eb G Cm D Bb Cm C/E.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhSYbRiYwTY]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0FuPp79zg]
[...] are chromatic. If you turn it into a C major version you also get the first chords to the verse of Space Oddity C E F Fm. Isn’t that [...]
[...] use it. The first two chords of the verse Bowie’s Space Oddity is one example (which I’ve talked about before) [...]
[...] are chromatic. If you turn it into a C major version you also get the first chords to the verse of Space Oddity C E F Fm. Isn’t that [...]