Wednesday, February 1, 2017

"I'm a Loser"

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A couple weeks ago, I learned the bass part for the choruses of "I'm a Loser," and I noticed something about the fifth and sixth measures:


This is the same phrase that starts the verses in "Tell Me Why."  The only difference is the key.  "I'm a Loser" is in G major, and "Tell Me Why" is in D major.  So the phrase in "Tell Me Why" is a fourth higher, but the intervals are the same: