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In this episode Scarlet Keys is joined with Forensic Musicologist Dr. Joe Bennett. Joe breaks down the chords in this song and shares Nashville tunings for the guitar.
Joe gets granular in this discussion as he compares Lenny Kravit's "It Ain't over 'til it's over" with "Ruin the friendship" and clarify's what constitutes copyright infringement.
He talks about copyrighting your songs and how to protect your original work while still finding inspiration from songs you love.
Chord progression in "Ruin the Friendship:
D GMaj7/B Csus2 G5
Nashville tunings:
Need two sets of guitar strings
Take off the 4 thickest strings and replace with much lighter strings replace bass strings with much lighter strings.
Bass to treble change tuning to: BE are the same but others are an octave higher
How to copyright your songs and protect your work
copyright.gov
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