I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor

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About I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor

"I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor" is a song by 10cc appearing on their 1977 album, Deceptive Bends. The song is quite short and often thought of as a novelty piece amongst fans. The lyrics to the song are all puns for musical terminology. Whenever Eric Stewart sings the name of a chord the chord is played as part of the music to the song. The chart below attempts to explain the complex idea. I bought A = A major (A C♯ E) [A] flat = A Flat major (A♭ C E♭) [A flat] diminished = A Flat diminished (A♭ Cb E♭♭) Responsibility (responsibilitE)= E Major (E G♯ B) You're de ninth = D9 (D F♯ A C E) Person to see = C Major (C E G) To be suspended = Bsus4 (B E F♯) in a seventh = A7 (A C♯ E G) [a seventh] major catastro- = A Major 7th (A C♯ E G♯) phe = E major (E G# B) It's a minor = A minor (A C E) point, but Gee = G major (G B D) [but gee,] Augmented = G augmented (G B D♯) [Gee, augmented] by the sharpness of your = G sharp augmented (G♯ B♯ D♯♯) See what I'm going through (C#) = C# Major


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1977
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