The Brexit Reel

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The Brexit Reel

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Disclaimer: Thread not intended to be remotely political...
I looked around and it doesn't seem this has been posted yet. This a new, and imho opinion, lovely tune written within the last week. We've already added it to our local session repertoire. The guy that wrote it says it's in F#minor, but honestly that doesn't feel quite when I try it on bouzouki. Maybe a combo of that and B minor...
Anyway here it is:
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And here is the page for it at thesession.org:
https://thesession.org/tunes/15449
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I won't be playing it. Too painful. I'll see how long I can put up with this thread before breaking down in tears of anguish and anger ...
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Hi Thomaston,

Here's a suggestion for some chords. Quite simply it can be harmonised against a repeating two bar (measure) sequence throughout.
||:F#m |A Bm :|| This would resolve to an F#m chord.

That's not a definitive sequence though. There are many possibilities, but it could be a starting point.

Cheers!

PS @benhall1 Writing it was quite cathartic. Perhaps you could ease the pain with a thrash of this tune?
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I stupidly realized a couple of days after posting this that I had capoed too high and was trying to make G minor work. No wonder it didn't sound right!
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Steve Owen wrote:PS @benhall1 Writing it was quite cathartic. Perhaps you could ease the pain with a thrash of this tune?
Er ... no.
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benhall.1 wrote:Er ... no.
No worries.
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