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Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

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Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife is a Air in 6/8 (key: D). It uses 6 unique chords and is classified as Intermediate difficulty. Often associated with Scotland session repertoire.

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Unique chords

6 chordsIntermediate

Functional harmony

Primary: VHarmony: Rich6 functions🔎 Tune Analysis
Progression (degrees)
I → VI → V → IV → I → II → VI → IV → I → VI → V → IV → I → VI → IV → I → I → V → IV → II → V → I → VI → IV +24 more
Progression (chords)
D → Bm → A → G → D → Em → Bm → G → D → Bm → A → G → D → Bm → G → D → D → A → G → Em → A → D → Bm → G +24 more

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Simple Tune Structure - Parts/Chords

Parts and chords for session tune Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife. Use Key+/Key− to transpose.

Part A
D--Bm--|A--G--|D--Em--|Bm--G--|
D--Bm--|A--G--|D--Bm--|G--D--|
Part B
D--A--|G--Em--|A--D--|Bm--G--|
D--A--|G--Em--|A--Bm--|G--D--|
D--A--|G--Em--|D--G--|D--A7--|
D--Bm--|Em--G--|D--Bm--|G--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

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