Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt & Scruggs
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 5 steps · 3 unique chords · 1960s
A♭
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 13
Form: Verse → Verse ×12
Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.
Section by section
Verse 1
- A♭ – Fm (×2)
I – vi - A♭ – E♭7 – A♭
I – V7 – I
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 3
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 4
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 5
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 6
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 7
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 8
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 9
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 10
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 11
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 12
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 13
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| A♭ | I | Home chord (tonic) | Verse |
| Fm | vi | In the key | Verse |
| E♭7 | V7 | In the key | Verse |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0037, CC0), via ChoCo.
- Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0037, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verse 1, part 1 (×2) | A♭ | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, A♭4 | — |
| 2 | Verse 1, part 1 (×2) | Fm | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 3 | Verse 1, part 2 | A♭ | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, A♭4 | — |
| 4 | Verse 1, part 2 | E♭7 | E♭2, B♭2 | B♭3, D♭4, G4 | — |
| 5 | Verse 1, part 2 | A♭ | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, A♭4 | — |