Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle

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Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle (key: E). It uses 3 unique chords and is classified as Beginner difficulty.

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Unique chords

3 chordsBeginner

Functional harmony

Primary: iHarmony: Simple3 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
I → bVII → I
Progression (chords)
Em → D → E

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
Em---|Em---|Em---|D-Em-|Em---|D-Em-|Em---|D-Em-||
Part B
Em---|Em-D-|Em---|D-Em-|Em---|Em-D-|Em---|D-Em-:||
Part C
E---|D---|E---|D-E-|E---|D---|E---|D-E-:||

Commonly used functional chords in trad major keys

This table shows the standard diatonic chords in a major key, commonly used as the harmonic foundation for traditional tunes.

IiiiiiIVVvi(V7)
ABmC#mDEF#mE7
CDmEmFGAmG7
DEmF#mGABmA7
EF#mG#mABC#mB7
FGmAmBbCDmC7
GAmBmCDEmD7