Ep97 Moondance | How Does This Song Work?

Guitar Music Theory

Desi Serna

Musictheoryforguitar, Guitar, Guitarscales, Performing Arts, Guitarmusictheory, Music, Guitarlessons, Arts, Guitarchords, Guitartheory

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this free guitar lesson, I have another installment of How Does This Song Work? featuring “Moondance" by Van Morrison. This song is in the general key of A minor and mixes chords from parallel scales including Aeolian mode (natural minor), Dorian mode, and harmonic minor. It is also played using a swing feel, which is based on the triplet shuffle rhythm. Learn to play the basic chord changes and follow the three sections of the song; verse, pre-chorus, and chorus.

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PRS SE Angelus acoustic/electric
Fishman Aura Spectrum DI box
Epiphone Dot with PRS 57/08
Kemper Profiling Amplifier
Empire Profile Pack from Tone Junkie

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0:00.0	In episode 97 of the guitar music theory podcast, I have another installment of how does this song work featuring Moon Dance by Van Morrison. Greetings guitar engineers. Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast. I am your
0:27.6	host Desi Cerna and today I have another installment of how does this song work featuring Moon Dance by Van Morrison.
0:35.8	I'm going to give you a basic overview of the music and explain the key, chords, scales, and
0:41.3	modes in use. I pulled the audio from a video that I made and
0:45.5	posted to YouTube, so if you'd like to see what I'm doing, go over to my YouTube
0:49.9	channel, just search Desi Cerna Moon Dance and you should find the video. And while you're there... channel just the
0:53.0	the search Desi Cerna Moon Dance and you should find the video and while you're there
0:55.0	be sure to subscribe to my channel.
0:57.0	Now perhaps today's podcast is just the sort of thing you need to be learning now
1:01.0	or maybe you're playing needs attention in other
1:03.8	areas. If you need help determining what you should specifically be working on right
1:08.3	now in order to get your guitar skills together, go to my website, guitar music theory.
1:13.2	Com.
1:14.4	Answer the questions I ask you about your playing,
1:16.9	and I'll send you free custom video instruction
1:19.6	calibrated to your current level.
1:21.6	I'll put you on the right track so you can move forward with your playing. to your
1:25.0	current level.
1:26.0	and reach your music goals.
1:27.0	Enroll in your free video course now at guitar music theory.
1:30.0	com, you can click on the link in the podcast show notes. The You're going to be. Oh, All right, let's dive in. So first thing, I'm playing a PRS,
2:19.2	SE, Angela acoustic guitar, and it's plugged into a Fishman or a Spectrum direct box.
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