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There are some concerns, including BLP concerns. Information is unreferenced, and I'm not sure if some are true anymore. I wonder if I'm wrong. --George Ho (talk)03:30, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The article originally (and again) stated that the chorus was in D minor and the verses in C# major. It really should be B minor and A major. Checked it playing along on my guitar with the studio version
Wikipedia is not about what we hear; it is about sources. Dm and C#m (not major as you stated) are correct according to the source cited. I checked guitar tab and chord sites. As these are people writing down what they hear, they are not definitive sources. A few sites show it in Am for the chorus (none show it as Bm) but the majority show it as Dm. A couple of instructional videos demonstrate it in Dm and the key matches what I hear on the original record (and other versions Clapton has recorded).
I don't know how you are hearing it played in a different key, but you're not correct. If you can find a source--like something from Clapton's publisher, not just what someone else hears--that would be more definitive, but I don't think it's out there.
Personally, I think the verses are played in E major (equivalent to C#minor, of course) because the verse resolves on E, but this is a minor point.Bob Caldwell CSL (talk)16:07, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I found - playing along on the guitar - that the version by which the song is known (you know, the one that has 12 million hits on YouTube) has itschorus in Eb minor and its verses in F major (D minor). Thepiano coda is in C# major. Double checked all the intervals. My guitar was tuned using an Android app, putting the A at exactly 440 hertz standard pitch.
HOWEVER, for the acoustic version, Clapton shifted everything one half step down - soD minor for the chorus and E major (C# minor) for the verses. He probably did this so he could use an open A and D string in the chorus riff (on acoustic guitars open strings sound better).
I agree with Bob there should be a source quote, since this is Wikipedia. But in this case Wikipedia users themselves (we) can be quoted. It's like editing Wikipedia articles on the content of a book; following the rules you should do it by citing sources that discuss its content (and not your own opinion), but what if a certain source quotes a phrase from the book, and when you go read the phrase in the book for yourself, it turns out to be different. I purport that at such moment, you are at liberty to quote yourself as source (as it is no longer a matter of your opinion. Others can verify what you are stating). Same situation here. Other people can verify what I'm stating above. The only requirement is that they have to be musically literate (like they would have to be merely literate to be able to verify my quote on the book).
So please, go to that 12 million hits studio version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUdlaLWSVM) and the 8 million hits acoustic version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_L-0Ryhmic) on YouTube and verify/reject my statement ...
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I was going to rewrite this poorly written sentence about Coolidge's claim that she co-wrote the song but then I realized Bobby Whitlock's testimonial that the melody in question was from her song has greater weight, coming from a third party, than the allegation of the aggrieved party herself. A summation of Whitlock's statement is what should be in the first paragraph, with a mention of Coolidge's autobiography relegated to the end of the paragraph in which Whitlock is quoted.71.183.137.40 (talk)01:09, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, was "[sic]" in the text of Clapton? If not, why is it here? Has the quotation been corrected? --Richardson mcphillips (talk)11:38, 21 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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The story of the coda quote by Bobby Whitlock is totally incorrect and fabricated.
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music.66.102.228.14 (talk)18:34, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rita Coolidge confirmed it in her autobiography. Graham Nash (her onetime boyfirend) tells the same story. It's pretty well attested.Bob Caldwell CSL (talk)14:27, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]