Comments on: Chord changes for ending of Romeo And Juliet http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/09/13/chord-changes-for-ending-of-romeo-and-juliet/ Ingo Raven's blog about the Mark Knopfler guitar style and electric guitar in general Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dallas Piano Link http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/09/13/chord-changes-for-ending-of-romeo-and-juliet/comment-page-1/#comment-3740 Dallas Piano Link Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:13:37 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1041#comment-3740 Wow. You are right. This chord progression completely changes the mood of the piece, ending on a lighter note. It sounds like there's actually hope for the future. Wonderful! I have never heard that particular ending to this piece before. Wow. You are right. This chord progression completely changes the mood of the piece, ending on a lighter note. It sounds like there’s actually hope for the future. Wonderful! I have never heard that particular ending to this piece before.

]]> By: Jean-François http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/09/13/chord-changes-for-ending-of-romeo-and-juliet/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 Jean-François Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:41:59 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1041#comment-2857 The first time I heard this outro was on the Mandela concert. I've discovered later that it was already played on BIA tour. I too found this chord progression wonderfull. At the first time, you could find this chord progression as a very surprising idea, because the chords are note really fit the key of he song. But you can also see that it's "just" a "going down" from the chord Bb to E (appart from the fact that A is minor instead others, because Am is like C, which fit more in the F key). So maybe, Mark did just "go down" the chords, and did not search particular idea. Why did he stopped to E ? He could have go down one more to D, then the song would have finish in the same key, but in major (F is same scale as Dm, so it would have done : Dm to D) which is quite common in popular music : you have a song in minor, and tne ending is the same key, but in major. Talking about piano in R&J, the intro by Matt Rolling on 2006 tour was beautiful too. I remember that the idea of piano intro beginned on STP tour by Geraint Watkins, and then on SL tour by Matt. It really add to song. The first time I heard this outro was on the Mandela concert. I’ve discovered later that it was already played on BIA tour.
I too found this chord progression wonderfull.
At the first time, you could find this chord progression as a very surprising idea, because the chords are note really fit the key of he song.
But you can also see that it’s “just” a “going down” from the chord Bb to E (appart from the fact that A is minor instead others, because Am is like C, which fit more in the F key). So maybe, Mark did just “go down” the chords, and did not search particular idea. Why did he stopped to E ? He could have go down one more to D, then the song would have finish in the same key, but in major (F is same scale as Dm, so it would have done : Dm to D) which is quite common in popular music : you have a song in minor, and tne ending is the same key, but in major.

Talking about piano in R&J, the intro by Matt Rolling on 2006 tour was beautiful too. I remember that the idea of piano intro beginned on STP tour by Geraint Watkins, and then on SL tour by Matt. It really add to song.

]]> By: luka http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/2009/09/13/chord-changes-for-ending-of-romeo-and-juliet/comment-page-1/#comment-2852 luka Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:33:18 +0000 http://www.mk-guitar.com/blog/?p=1041#comment-2852 i don't know if i'm wrong but i always thought that even when imitating mk is not quite quite quite dificult you have to be a complete genius to create the songs he does and to create these impossible chord progesions. i don’t know if i’m wrong but i always thought that even when imitating mk is not quite quite quite dificult you have to be a complete genius to create the songs he does and to create these impossible chord progesions.

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