tldr: key of A minor, largely in the dorian mode. Main chords throughout the song are Am9, Am7, and D6, along with an E7#9 to end most sections. The second part has a brief modulation up to C minor before returning to A minor. In addition to the dorian mode, there is some A harmonic […]

tldr:  Hey Joe is a blues-based song in E major.  The intro and lead work primarily uses the E minor pentatonic scale.   The chord progression is C-G-D-A-E, which progresses by following the circle of fourths/fifths from one chord to the next (each chord’s root is a fourth above, and a fifth below, the subsequent chord’s […]