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Minstrel Boy, The

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Minstrel Boy, The is a Air in 2/4 (key: G). It uses 7 unique chords and is classified as Intermediate difficulty. Often associated with Ireland session repertoire.

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Unique chords

7 chordsIntermediate

Functional harmony

Primary: II7Harmony: Rich7 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
I → V7 → I → V → VI → V → IV → I → I → V7 → I → I → V7 → I → V → VI → V → IV → I → V7 → I → VI → III7 → VI +19 more
Progression (chords)
G → D7 → G → D → Em → D → C → G → G → D7 → G → G → D7 → G → D → Em → D → C → G → D7 → G → Em → B7 → Em +19 more

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune Minstrel Boy, The. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
G--D7--|G---|D---|Em--D--|C--G--|G---|D7---|G---|
G--D7--|G---|D---|Em--D--|C--G--|C--G--|D7---|G---|
Em--B7--|Em--A7--|D--A7--|D---|Em---|B7---|Em--B7--|Em---|
G--D7--|G---|D---|Em--D--|C--G--|C--G--|D7---|G---||

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