Dream A Little Dream tabbed for C6 NPSG

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Dream A Little Dream tabbed for C6 NPSG

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The idea of closely related keys as mentioned in the "Sharps Flats" thread is a valuable concept that has been slipping from the consciousness of contemporary musicians (IMO). It is possible to perform a whole repertoire of material tyhese days without more modulation than a couple of secondary dominants here or there. Modulation (and harmony), so prominent in many styles of music years ago has given way to timbre and sound as the primary driver of music style. I think this is a shame.

I knocked this little arrangement out today. It is fairly basic and I am doing it from my memory of Momma Cass's version which is the only one I know. (Check the Wiki entry.) This tune modulates to the key of the subdominant (Bb) for the bridge. I have put in a key signature to demonstrate where normally you wouldn't bother. You would use the existing key signature of F and just put in accidentals for the Ebs that occur.

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Post by Doug Beaumier »

Very nice, Guy. Try the following chords in measure 2:

[tab]
F Db6 C7

E-------------------------|--1----------0---------
C-------5-----4--5--4-----|--1----------0---------
A----------------------5--|--1----------1---------
G-------------------------|-----------------------
E-------5-----------------|-----------------------
C-------------------------|-----------------------[/tab]

Update: Just to clarity... Guy has edited the tab in his original post to include my suggestion above. ;-)
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Post by Guy Cundell »

Thanks, Doug. May I put that in V1.1?

By the way, do you know the difference between a country picker and a jazz guitarist?

The country picker plays 3 chords in front of thousands of people and a jazz guitarist .............
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:lol: I like that!
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Post by John Sluszny »

Doug,I'm sorry but I don't see (or hear) any differences
in bar # 2 between your tab version and Guy's ! :?
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John, that is because Doug's suggestion has already been incorporated in the chart. (Version 1.1) Thank you for your interest.
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Thank you Guy !
Sorry Doug !
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Shouldn't bar 4 be D7?
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Indeed you are right, Billy. Which would make a G minor sound better than the Bb in the next bar. Shall fix it ASAP. V1.2 coming up. This was done in a bit of a hurry, I am afraid.
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Well done, Guy!!!!
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Post by Guy Cundell »

V1.2 uploaded with Billy's fix plus a couple of twiddles. Will change the PDF in a minute.

Any comments about Cantaloupe Island chart that I have just posted? A major shift in era and style. I do it with my band and it is a lot of fun
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Post by Guy Cundell »

Well hopefully that is it. Thank you to Doug for improving the tab and thank you to Billy for checking the harmony.

Sorry to John for the confusion but I will take down any incorrect or unimproved charts immediately. No point in leaving them up. You can see that I use version control (bottom right hand corner)so it is not as if the change is undocumented.

The error that Billy pointed out was an F7 chord which was an out and out clam. On fixing that it was apparent that the next chord, Bbmajor, was not as good as Gmin so I changed that also. This raises an interesting theoretical question. I don't think the F major was wrong but the G min sounds better.

I read on a post somewhere on the forum about Jeff Newman beginning a seminar by saying that there is no such thing as a minor chord. This, I believe, is an instance of what he was referring to and what I understand as the concept of "plurality", the process whereby two chords in a key that have two or more notes in common can be used as alternatives.
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But this is hardly news to Dobro players who can't play minor chords with a straight bar without using this concept.
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I know this is an old post. But anyone have a video or audio recording of this arrangement?

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Also, how do you play the notes on different frets in the first ending? You can't really bar slant or string bend to play that combo . . .
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Re: Dream A Little Dream tabbed for C6 NPSG

Post by Erv Niehaus »

You use the nose of the bar for the same fret and the rear end of the bar on the lower fret. Jerry Byrd was famous for this move. :D