Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long

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Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long

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I got asked many years ago to transcribe this by my Bass Guitar teacher. This was a good lesson in attempting to be diligent in listening.

this is quite a hard song to play because it is very slow. It's probably only 50bpm. Coupled with simply one of the best vocalists ever it makes any error in timing near catastrophic. Sadly I have never been lucky enough to be in a band with this tune in it's repertoire.

key = probably A major :D
but it has a F major chord in bar 8
this tune (like our favorite , Maxine) modulates up a semi tone, to Bb in bar 26.
is it possible the F major softens our ears for this change? who can say, weird or what as Shatner told me in the news break.
there are 2 x12 bar progressions;

A / E / A / E / A / C# minor / D / F major / A / E / A / E /

followed by
A / E / A / E7???? / A / C#m / D / F major / A / E / A / F major /

then the outro which is
Bb / F / Bb / Gb maj /
it just repeats the Bb to Gb thing to finish

what is Bb to Gb? it is a minor 6th.
what is Gb to Bb? it is a major 3rd
make of this what you will I'm unconvinced I know exactly what point it is (if any) I am trying to make.
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Re: Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long

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crikey
the time signature is 12/8
can you feel this?
listen to the horns in bar 4
if I am counting I say 123 223 323 423
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Re: Otis Redding - I've been loving you too long

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foal30 wrote: if I am counting I say 123 223 323 423
What now?
Ok I got rid of my Foal quote, but I found a new one.
foal30 wrote:some 80's metal makes me want to dress up like a woman, just like they did back in the day.
is this sort of what you mean?

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