Drink The Worts And Spill The Beer is a Slip jig in 9/8 (key: Amix). It uses 4 unique chords and is classified as Beginner difficulty.
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Unique chords
4 chordsBeginner
Functional harmony
Progression (degrees)
IV → VII → I → IV → VII → I → IV → IV → VI → VII → I → IV → VI → VII → I → IV → IV → VII → I → IV
Progression (chords)
D → G → A → D → G → A → D → D → F#m → G → A → D → F#m → G → A → D → D → G → A → D
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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords
Parts and chords for session tune Drink The Worts And Spill The Beer. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.
Part A
D---|G--A--|D--G--|A--D--|
Part B
D--F#m--|G--A--|D--F#m--|G--A--D--|D--G--|A--D--||
Common chord palette in Mixolydian (trad session usage)
This table shows common diatonic chords in the Mixolydian mode. The flattened seventh gives Mixolydian its characteristic sound in many traditional tunes.
| I | bVII | IV | V | vi | ii | (iii°) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | G | D | E | F#m | Bm | C#° |
| D | C | G | A | Bm | Em | F#° |
| E | D | A | B | C#m | F#m | G#° |
| G | F | C | D | Em | Am | B° |