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D# Chord in “Close To You”
Girls, in your chord book for the song, “Close to You”, you show a D# chord (only once) at the end of the first verse. “Am D# D G D7Nothing ever lasts forever, my oh my”
I don’t hear that chord at all unless you slide from it to the normal D chord that follows in every other similar situation. Is this a misprint on the chord sheet or are you just sounding it very quickly?
Thanks for listening and I will appreciate your thoughts as I am always looking to learn new things and new approaches. Hugs, Brian.
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Just curious… Does a “D#” chord refer to a Sharp Minor /Major?!… I know just a few minimal basics of music notes and meanings…. Lol… If I’m wrong, please correct me so that I’ll learn the right ID of it in music note ideas…. I can barely read/understand music on paper, I’m moreso of play /listen/learn by listening /visually watching as opposed to reading music sheets and following along…. ???
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I nearly sent MLT this exact message a few weeks ago when I was teaching myself the chords to this song, but then I listened to it closely and convinced myself that they do something different at that point in the first verse that they don’t repeat again later, and I think D# (D sharp) is indeed the chord they play just for one beat at the first “e” in “forever”.
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Jacki, a D# chord is a major sharped D chord. If you are playing a D chord on guitar, you slide it up a half step (one fret) to get a D# chord.
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Yes, David, I am inclined to agree with you. When I listen very carefully to it, I think I hear them start with the D# and then quickly slide it down to the D. It’s interesting that they don’t do it anywhere else on similar lines. Best, Brian.
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Thankyou Brian for your reply and explanation, I have a somewhat better understanding now of what you meant by what you wrote in your post… I do recognize whenever I see different notes in an up/down on/over /under lines to mean high/low notes, etc… Guitar/string instrument chords, trying to figure out their meanings, not easy for me… Lol
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Hi Brian, yes this only happens in the first verse and we quickly move from the D# to the D.
Nothing (Am) ever last for (D#) Ever (D) my oh my (G)
The harmonies are slightly different there too and the part doesn’t repeat again anywhere in the song.
Hope that helps ❤️
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That helps a lot, Lisa. Thank you very much.
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Thankyou Lisa for your reply, between you all, I’m slowly coming to learn and grasp at least the bare minimum basics of Tech Aspects of Music and instruments ????
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