Hi all - I've been playing one of Matt's songs from a recent Kanipikala - Blue Moon.
I recently played it with a uke friend of mine, who's very much more knowledgable with music theory than me (I'm only just starting out on that route!) and he mentioned that the chords in the chorus are 'not correct' in his opinion.
In the line 'I heard somebody whisper please adore me', he suggested using 'some(Fm)body whisper (Bb) please a(Eb)dore me'
Why did he suggest this? It's harder to play and I thought perhaps Matt listed the chords he did to make it a little easier to play?
Hope someone with more music theory than me can answer this question???
Thanks, Steve
No worries Steve! Happy ukeing. :)
Hi Steve,
Simple answer is both can be correct. Blue Moon is one of the most covered songs of all time and many bands change chords here and there in their version. I suspect your friend is used to the 1960s version, whereas mine is based on the Sinatra one. I prefer the Bm7 to Em chord personally but we’re all different. :)
Cheers,
Matt