In episode 33 of the guitar music theory podcast I answer the question in what key is Sweet Home Alabama? Greetings guitar engineers.

guitar engineers.

Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast I'm Desi Cerna and today

we're going to talk about the song Sweet Home Alabama by Leonard Skinner we're going to

take a look at the key, the chords, the

chord progression, and the scales you would use to play guitar solos. We're going to

talk about a lot of music theory. If that's something that you're not familiar with,

then head over to my website guitar music theory.com

and you can sign up for a free music theory course.

I will show you how music theory can be simple and fun and I'll show you how it

relates to your favorite songs. Go to guitar music theory.com. com.

All right, so the song Sweet Home Alabama by Leonard is one of the most famous

guitar songs of all time. Learning how to play the song's introduction has

become somewhat of a requirement for anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a rock guitarist. The song is one of the most commonly performed songs among cover bands.

Not only is it likely to get people out on the dance floor, but it will also get the lead guitarist excited about taking a couple of guitar solos.

And I would say that equal to the popularity of Sweet Home Alabama is the controversy surrounding its key.

Some people think it's in the key of D, others believe it's in the key of G.

Some guitars play solos using the D major pentatonic scale,

while others would use the G major pentatonic scale.

So the big question is, which key in scale are correct?

And what did the song's co-writer and lead guitarist Ed King say about it?

Well, why don't we dive in and analyze this song.

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