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Coldplay Trouble Live 2000
COLDPLAY - Trouble (Live at the BBC 2008)
Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland
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Jonny Buckland is Coldplay's guitarist whose sparse detuned guitar lines drove their hit single Trouble from the album Parachutes to the upper reaches of the hit parade. Transcriptions of the track are available in the US via:- |
Jonny has numerous guitars but his old favourite is a vintage Fender Jazzmaster.
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eBook :SONGSEEDS - Three Chord Tricks Conchordance is a systematic list of Three Chord Tricks that can be used as a reference book,song writing prompt or jamming tool. |
Paperbook Book :SONGSEEDS - Three Chord Tricks Conchordance is a systematic list of Three Chord Tricks that can be used as a reference book,song writing prompt or jamming tool. |
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SONGSEEDS analysis - VERSE
The verse of the song uses a repeating 5 chord progression in the key of G major - the chords used have been highlighted in the next table:-
The previous table shows the chords used for the verse in numerical order - the actual chord order is highlighted in the table that follows:-
An enlarged portion of the previous table is shown below for clarity:-
The Am chord has been enhanced by the use of the addition of the eleventh note of the A natural minor scale - which produces an Amadd11 chord. Mr Buckland achieves this chord by detuning his first string from E to D and then playing a standard 5Am3 open chord shape. If you don't want to bother with retuning just remove your second finger from the standard Am open chord shape to introduce the open D string - the net effects are very similar sounding.
Song Seeds analysis - CHORUS
The chorus chord sequence uses a repeating 2 chord progression in the key of D major
An enlarged portion of the previous table is shown below for clarity:-
Again an add11 embellishment has been amployed on the A major chord - via the detuned first string ( i.e. a D natural note has been added to the major triad). As explained previously the same effect can be achieved by removing the first finger from a standard A major open chord shape to introduce the open D string.
The Cadd11 arpeggio box shapes are detailed in the table and tabbed panel that follows:-
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