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Running with the Big Dogs !

This song was an instrumental I wrote years ago, I just resurrected it. It started out as a BR-880 song, then it moved to BiaB, see the memo below. I took the BiaB song and added lyrics today ad asked my virtual band to cover the BiaB chord file. Thanks for listening'

This style and RT's will work but not identical to the published version.
****** Song Summary *************
Title: Running with the Big Dogs
File:Running with the Big Dogs.SGU
Key=Bm , Tempo 100, Length (m:s)=2:52
No intro. 68 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 68. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _JOINTLY.STY (Jointly Relaxed 70s Soul)

RealTracks in style: 4226:Bass, Electric, Soul70sRelaxedAB Ev 100
RealTracks in style: ~689:Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 4233:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soul70sRelaxed Ev 100
RealTracks in style: 4660:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soul70sRelaxedRiffs Ev 100
RealDrums in Song: Tambourine8thsAccentQuarters
RealDrums in style:Soul70sRelaxedEv^1-a:Hat & Snare , b:Ride & Snare

*******************

So, as I sit here this Thanksgiving I wanted to write an upbeat song. So I went to the circle of fifths for fun. Here is a write up about it. I wrote this years ago as an instrumental and wanted to put some lyrics together for, so here it is.

G → F♯ → B → E → A → D → G♯ → C♯ → F♯ → B → E → A → D → G♯ → C♯ → F♯ → B → …
(and on and on forever)

“This track is built on a 16-bar closed-loop harmonic engine in B minor that rides a continuous clockwise circle-of-fifths root motion for its entire duration.
Every eight bars it executes a deceptive ♭III-Maj7 substitution followed by a textbook half-diminished ii–V back-door cadence, creating perfect temporary resolution while simultaneously resetting the cycle.
The result is a self-perpetuating dominant chain that theoretically never needs to stop, giving the groove infinite forward momentum and zero harmonic fatigue; essentially a Mobius strip built from pure circle-of-fifths motion disguised as a 1970s banger.”

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Interesting construction and flawless execution. Great vocal.
I don't see any mention of the lead guitar on your list.


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Hi Donny!
Cool chord progression, although I admit you lost me when you said half-diminished ii–V back-door cadence half caff with a twist of lemon. That riff running through it is magic! Well done!
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Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Donny!
Cool chord progression, although I admit you lost me when you said half-diminished ii–V back-door cadence half caff with a twist of lemon. That riff running through it is magic! Well done!
Andrew
Hi Andrew, good to see and hear you, thanks for the kind words, yea the write up was sort of ambiguous, but basically take the circle of fifths and go clockwise but not just playing the triads, or cowboy chords, you pick a key, in this case I picked Bm and put extensions on each triad.
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