Medicine Bow

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Medicine Bow is a Waltz in 3/4 (key: D). It uses 13 unique chords and is classified as Expert difficulty.

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Unique chords

13 chordsExpert

Functional harmony

Primary: VHarmony: Very Rich13 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
I → II → I6 → IV → VI → VI → IV → II → V7 → I → II → I → IV → VI → III → II → V7 → I → I → IV → V → I → IV6 → V +9 more
Progression (chords)
D → Em/D → D6 → G → Bm → Bm/A → G → Em → A7 → D → Em → D/F# → G → Bm → F#m → Em → A7 → D → D → G → A → D → G6 → A +9 more

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune Medicine Bow. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
D---|Em/D---|D6---|G---|
Bm---|Bm/A---|G---|A7---|
D---|Em---|D/F#---|G---|
Bm---|F#m---|A7---|D---|D---||
Part B
A---|D---|A---|D---|
C#mb5---|Bm---|A7---|D---|D---||

Commonly used functional chords in trad major keys

This table shows the standard diatonic chords in a major key, commonly used as the harmonic foundation for traditional tunes.

IiiiiiIVVvi(V7)
ABmC#mDEF#mE7
CDmEmFGAmG7
DEmF#mGABmA7
EF#mG#mABC#mB7
FGmAmBbCDmC7
GAmBmCDEmD7