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Nostalgia & 50s Doo-Wop
The 1950s circular doo-wop progression (I - vi - IV - V). Sliding gently from the major tonic to the relative minor evokes romantic vintage warmth without bitterness.
Stand By Me (Ben E. King), Every Breath You Take (The Police).
“Nostalgia & 50s Doo-Wop”, a CifraLab proposal
C, Am, F and G is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Nostalgia & 50s Doo-Wop” feel.
“Nostalgia & 50s Doo-Wop” runs at 84 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 714 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 11.4 seconds. Read in C major, its degrees are I, vi, IV and V. In C you hear C, E and G. Am holds A, C and E. In F you hear F, A and C. G holds G, B and D.
C rings with two strings open and three fretted positions, leaving string 6 unplayed. Am presses three positions and leaves two strings open, leaving string 6 unplayed. F takes a barre at fret 1. G presses three positions and leaves three strings open.
From C to Am, C and E stay, and two hand positions stay put. Am and F keep A and C in common. Also, two hand positions stay put. F and G have no notes in common. G and C share G, though the hand changes shape.
Hear it in a CifraLab melody
“La canción que nadie terminó” is a CifraLab melody that plays in chapter 1 of the story. It has the same cycle in the same key, C, Am, F and G. It has 4 bars and runs at 76 beats per minute.
- C
- Am
- F
- G