So I Am Off With The Good St. Nicholas Boat

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So I Am Off With The Good St. Nicholas Boat is a Jig in 6/8 (key: A). It uses 8 unique chords and is classified as Intermediate difficulty.

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Unique chords

8 chordsIntermediate

Functional harmony

Primary: IHarmony: Very Rich8 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
I → I → II → V7 → I → I → I → II → V7 → I → VI → II → VI → VI → III → V7 → IV → I → IV → I → V → II7 → V → V7 +11 more
Progression (chords)
A → A → Bm → E7 → A → A → A → Bm → E7 → A → F#m → Bm → F#m → F#m → C# → E7 → D → A → D → A → E → B7 → E → E7 +11 more

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune So I Am Off With The Good St. Nicholas Boat. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
A---|Adim--A--|Bm--E7--|A---|
A---|Adim--A--|Bm--E7--|A---|
Part B
F#m---|Bm--F#m--|F#m---|C#--E7--|
D--A--|D--A--|E--B7--|E--E7--|
Bm---|E---|Bm--E7--|A--E7--|
A---|Adim--A--|Bm--E7--|A---|

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