Hi Mike:
I never really sat down and "officially" charted this out as I basically tried to follow and stay true to the Groove and melody of the original, but here's a rough guide:
The First 8 bars just sort of grooves with the Bass and Funky clav part Between an A(minor?) and a G chord. Works Best if you leave out the third from the A chord giving it more of a Fifth feel rather than making it major or minor. But I guess it works as an Aminor chord too:
4/4 measures 1-3
l l l l
ll: {Am G } X 3 measures
4th measure something like:
l l l l
{Am G Am } :ll repeat this 4 bar section once.
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Measures 9-17 change up the chords as follows:
4/4 9 10
l l l l l l l l
ll: {Am " " " } {D E }
11 12
l l l l l l l l
ll: {Am " " " } {D E " D }
13 14
l l l l l l l l
ll: {Am " " " } {D E }
15 16
l l l l l l l l
ll: {Am " " " } {D E " D } etc. etc.
Its a little more syncopated than I can write out here, but jam along with the melody and these chords should get you in the ballpark. The D chord can be substituted with a Dminor chord and it still works, but its closer to the original with no third in the chord voicing leaving it nebulously neither major nor minor.
These are the two main sections and everything else sort of springs from this so play around with it and have fun!
The main thing is the interplay between the funky walking bassline and the clavlike keyboard parts. Lots of funky movement, but not a lot of static block chords.
Thanks for the interest-
Hope this helps.
BTW/ where can I find your review of the game?
Burke T.
Open Door Productions
In a message dated 11/7/02 11:47:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mmullis@nlgaming.com writes:
There is one thing you might be able to do for me. You wouldn't happen to
have a chord chart for the TJE theme do you? Or know who might be able to
write the chords out for a keyboard? I have this beautiful Yamaha Clavinova
with the perfect beat for it, and I have the melody but can't figure the
chord structure out.
Just a shot in the dark.
