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When the Saints Go Marching In is a United States gospel hymn whose roots traces back a similarly titled song "When the Saints are Marching In" written by James Milton Black (music) and Katharine Purvis (lyrics) in 1896. It was slightly modified from the original to become today's version.
This is the beginning of the arrangement. We have the melody in a modified rhythmic figure, and then we have a chord of EΔ7 played twice before moving up by one fret (a half step) and come back down. This chromatic approach to-and-from a chord is widely used in a variety of genres: jazz, pop, rock, bossa nova for instance. It's a particulary easy technique to perform on guitar, because the instrument solely relies on frets for musical pitch.
And this is how I end the tune. I took the famous ending phrase from Duke Ellington's Take The A Train, actually. At the very end is an E9 chord. Ending a tune with a dominant 7th chord (which include 9th chords) is a popular tactic in jazzy or bluesy arrangements.
This is the beginning of the arrangement. We have the melody in a modified rhythmic figure, and then we have a chord of EΔ7 played twice before moving up by one fret (a half step) and come back down. This chromatic approach to-and-from a chord is widely used in a variety of genres: jazz, pop, rock, bossa nova for instance. It's a particulary easy technique to perform on guitar, because the instrument solely relies on frets for musical pitch.And this is how I end the tune. I took the famous ending phrase from Duke Ellington's Take The A Train, actually. At the very end is an E9 chord. Ending a tune with a dominant 7th chord (which include 9th chords) is a popular tactic in jazzy or bluesy arrangements.