Sunday, March 23, 2014

"Arirang" Lead Sheet

Here is a melody and chord lead sheet for the Korean folk song "Arirang". This beautiful melody is generated from the major pentatonic scale (1-2-3-5-6) or G-A-B-D-E and the chords are simple triads which can be extended and added to to creating a jazz style waltz if desired.

I have experimented with the chords and suggest the following for a traditional jazz waltz sound:

Gmaj7-Bm7-Cmaj7-D7sus-Gmaj7-Em9-Am7 / D7- Gmaj7
Bm7- Cmaj7 / D7- Gmaj7- Em9- Am7 / D7- Gmaj7

(-) equals bar line (/) equals half note then quarter note

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