Can you see a connection between these two excerpts

They’re the same 4 bar excerpt from vastly differing interpretations of the same song, however we can make that journey sequentially as laid out in the gallery below:

  1. Straight waltz in C Major

  2. Mildly syncopated waltz

  3. Changed time signature to 4-4

  4. Transposed to A Major - more guitar-friendly than C

  5. A flattened melodic contour and power chords

Each lead sheet makes an incremental adjustment based on the previous one. While this is documented in the lead sheets, we can also improvise these changes.

1. Straight waltz in C Major
2. Mildly syncopated waltz
3. Changed time signature to 4-4
4. Transposed to A Major – more guitar-friendly than C
5. Transposed to A Major – more guitar-friendly than C