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Month: June 2009

June 30, 2009February 27, 2018Misc, MK guitar style and licks

Which key is In the Gallery on the first Dire Straits CD? Am or Bbm?

The song In the Gallery of Dire Straits’ first album seems to be in a strange key. The official songbooks transcribe it in the key of Bbm. On all live versions Dire Straits played it in Am. So, why is this? If you listen carefully to the CD version and and try to play along with your guitar, you will notice that Bbm seems to work better than Am, but […]

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