[Dixielandjazz] Pineapple chord

[Bill Biffle]

I'm beginning to take your self-deprecating tag line seriously, Bill, as I
don't see a Db in your progression at all.  In my experience this is a
"color' chord that leads either to V or to I  (F/Db7/F or F/Db7/C7/I)  It's
also a frequent substitute for a IVm6, with which it shares some common
tones (IVM6 in f is Bb,Db, F,G and bVI7 is Db,F,Ab, Cb)  In the lyrics of
the first line of "Girl Of My Dreams", "Girl of my dreams, I love you,
honest I Do"  - "do" is either a IV6 chord or a bVI7, the latter being
richer and more exotic - like a pineapple  :-)}.

Bill Biffle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <keng at iswest.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Pineapple chord


> Listmates,
>
> Ken Gates writes:
>
> >I've heard the term "pineapple chord" used to describe the chord
> >sequence from C to Ab  or  F to Db --  (as in "Bye Bye Blues" . . .
>
> Perhaps it is a progression used a lot in lHawaiian music. I have never
hear
> that before.
>
> It's a great progression usually followed by a series of resolutions
leading
> back to the tonic . . .
>
> F ---> D / D7 ---> G / G7 ---> C / C7 --- > F  (as in the final phrase of
> "San Francisco Bay Blues"
>
> Best,
>
> Bill "What the hell do I know, I play washboard" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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