_Cissy Strut by theMeters_
Key: C minor (dorian) – [based around a Bb major tonality]
The Bb harmonized major scale is,
Major Minor Minor Major Major/Dominant Minor Diminished
I ii iii IV V or V7 vi vii
Bb C D Eb F G A
So, chord choices are: Bbmajor, Cminor , Dminor, Ebmajor, Fmajor or F7, Gminor, Adim.
the song is inspired by those chords, and in particular, the following chords…
C minor C minor 7 Bb major Bb major F major Gminor C9
E-------3---------------------3----------------------------------6------------5----------------------------------------
B-------4---------------------4------------------3--------------6-------------6------------8------------8-----------
G------5----------------------3------------------3--------------7-------------5------------7------------7-----------
D------5----------------------5------------------3-------------------------------------------8------------8-----------
A------3----------------------3------------------5-------------------------------------------10----------------------
E--------------------------------------------------6---------------------------------------------------------8------
The riff is based around a C minor chord, so let’s examine a C minor arpeggio and
C dorian minor scale (Bb major scale, starting and ending with C)…
C minor arpeggio C minor Dorian scale [one octave]
E---------------------3-^6/8/6^3---------------------------------------------------------
B------------------4---------------4--------------------------------------------------------
G------------3^5--------------------5^3---------------------------------------2-3-5-----
D----------5-------------------------------5-------------------------------3-5-------------
A-----3^6-----------------------------------6^3----------------3--5--6------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb major scale (pattern 3)
E---------------------------------------------3-5-6----------
B-------------------------------------3-4-6------------------
G-----------------------------2-3-5--------------------------
D----------------------3---5---------------------------------
A-------------3--5--6----------------------------------------
E-----------6-------------------------------------------------
For guitar, the song has 2 riffs and 1 chord chunkin’ section….
RIFF 1…
E-----------------------------------------------------6--6---5--5------- repeat (3 more times)
B-----------------------------------------------------6--6---6--6-------
G-----5^3-------------------------------------------7--7---5--5-------
D-----------5------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------6---3------------3------3-------------------------------
E----------------------3--3--/5----5-----------------------------------
RIFF 2….
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- repeat (3 more times)
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------5-----—5^3---5--3-------------5-------—5^3------------
D--------------5------------------------------------5---------5----------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------3-------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chord chunkin….(sorta like this)…listen to it and use your ear to make it “Funkified”
1 2 3 4 + uh
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------8--------------------8-------8---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G------x--------7---------x----------7-------7---7----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------8---------------------8------8---8--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
