![]() ![]() Philip Tagg calls this kind of song “one-chord changes.” There is no chord progression instead, there are just movements and shifts within a single chord. The harmony is more interesting than a casual listen would suggest. For example, Aretha’s lead vocal carefully avoids the downbeat as well. ![]() Everyone else in the band is riding the energy of that instability. ![]() After the first bar of the first chorus, he doesn’t hit a single downbeat! Otherwise he’s playing a standard minor pentatonic riff, but that anticipated downbeat makes the entire groove feel unstable, like a house only resting on three corners of its foundation. A rock bassist would play on every downbeat, but Cogbill anticipates the downbeats, consistently playing an eighth note earlier than you expect him to. The thing that makes the song so funky is Tommy Cogbill’s bassline. There are occasional embellishments and deviations from this pattern, but it’s mostly square. It’s a great one! Roger Hawkins’ drums play a straightforward rock pattern: kicks on one and three, snares and two and four, hi-hats ticking on the eighth notes. I left out the piano part because it’s buried in the mix and I would have been guessing at a lot of it.įirst, let’s talk about the groove. ![]() Western notation is too coarse to convey all the pitch nuances, but it gives you an approximation. I transcribed the tune through the second chorus. That is a lot of musicianship in one room! Spooner Oldham plays Wurly, Tommy Cogbill plays bass, Roger Hawkins plays drums, and Cissy Houston is one of the backup singers. (He’s also the bass player on Blonde on Blonde!) Jimmy Johnson, a ubiquitous session cat, plays the other guitar part. The tremolo guitar on the intro is by Joe South. The released version is edited down from its original arrangement, which is longer and has a free-rhythm blues intro:ĭon Covay wrote “Chain of Fools” for Otis Redding, but producer Jerry Wexler thought Aretha would be a better fit. It’s emblematic of blues tonality, one-chord changes, and groove structure. lis per a Ximples at the Drassanes Civic Centre.įor more events check our online events calendar.“Chain of Fools” by Aretha Franklin is a song I loved for many years just for listening and enjoying, but then I started to love it even more as a music theory teaching example.The Festival of Fools activities and the Ship of Fools International Master Class will be launched on Sunday, September 4 on Barcelona beach by Leo Bassi, who will be conducting a baptism of clowns in the sea after having officiated at a Patolic Mass dedicated to the greater glory of clowns in a Bassibus.Īpart from the event launch, there will be other free activities, such as four Fools Militia parades, the presentation of the book Amsterdam’s Compleat Fools, the closing ceremony in the Plaça del Nord and the Festival of Foolms, Pel The Festival of Fools will be celebrated in five of the city’s theatres-El Cercle de Gràcia, Lluïsos de Gràcia, Lluïsos d’Horta, Foment Hortenc and the Gleva Theatre-and there will be a total of fourteen shows at affordable prices brought to you by some of the most outstanding clowns on the international scene. Great clowns from all over the world come to Barcelona to join a varied program of shows. ![]()
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