in the still of the night

Oops, forgot hit reply to group.
Sorry Nil.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nil" <
rednoise+news@REMOVETHIScomcast . net
>
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.beginner
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: In the Still of the night
> On 09 Apr 2008, "Robert Riddle" <
captinlogic@gmail . com
> wrote in
> alt.guitar.beginner:
>
>> "Surfer Girl" - Beach Boys
>> No, that one is in the key of d. NO B flats or c chords in there.
>
> It's the same basic chord progression as "In the Still of the Night",
> just transposed from the key of F to the key of D. The relationship
> between the chords is the same. The difference is that one is centered
> around an F chord, the other is centered around a D chord. That center
> chord is known as The Tonic, and it defines the name and sound of the
> key.
>
> This is a very common chord progression, found in many songs and can be
> played in any major key.
Ah, I thought he meant the chords themselves. My mistake. Sorry LumpyFest.