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Hello Darlin' by Conway Twitty

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 26 steps · 6 unique chords

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
A Section 1Step 1 of 26

A

LeftA2, E3RightC♯4, E4, A4
C4A2E3E4A4C♯4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 4

Form: A Section → B Section → A Section → C Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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

A Section 1

  • A – E7 – A – A7 – D – A – E7
    I – V7 – I – I7 – IV – I – V7

B Section

  • A – E7 – A – B7 – E – E7
    I – V7 – I – II7 – V – V7

A Section 2

  • A – E7 – A – A7 – D – A
    I – V7 – I – I7 – IV – I

C Section

  • A – A7 – D – A – D – E7 – A
    I – I7 – IV – I – IV – V7 – I

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
AIHome chord (tonic)A Section, B Section, C Section
E7V7In the keyA Section, B Section, C Section
A7I7Secondary dominant (V/IV)A Section, C Section
DIVIn the keyA Section, C Section
B7II7Secondary dominant (V/V)B Section
EVIn the keyB Section

Harmonic highlights

  • A7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to D.
  • B7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E.

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Hello Darlin'” (credited “Twitty Conway”, style Waltz) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
  • Section names: the chart has no section markings, so sections were detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases).
  • Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
  • About the song: Wikipedia.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Hello Darlin'” (credited “Twitty Conway”, style Waltz) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1A Section 1AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
2A Section 1E7E2, B2B3, D4, G♯4—
3A Section 1AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
4A Section 1A7A2, E3C♯4, E4, G4—
5A Section 1DD2, A2D4, F♯4, A4—
6A Section 1AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
7A Section 1E7E2, B2B3, D4, G♯4—
8B SectionAA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
9B SectionE7E2, B2B3, D4, G♯4—
10B SectionAA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
11B SectionB7B1, F♯2D♯4, F♯4, A4—
12B SectionEE2, B2E4, G♯4, B4—
13B SectionE7E2, B2D4, G♯4, B4—
14A Section 2AA2, E3E4, A4, C♯5—
15A Section 2E7E2, B2D4, G♯4, B4—
16A Section 2AA2, E3E4, A4, C♯5—
17A Section 2A7A2, E3E4, G4, C♯5—
18A Section 2DD2, A2F♯4, A4, D5—
19A Section 2AA2, E3E4, A4, C♯5—
20C SectionAA2, E3E4, A4, C♯5—
21C SectionA7A2, E3E4, G4, C♯5—
22C SectionDD2, A2F♯4, A4, D5—
23C SectionAA2, E3E4, A4, C♯5—
24C SectionDD2, A2F♯4, A4, D5—
25C SectionE7E2, B2G♯4, B4, D5—
26C SectionAA2, E3A4, C♯5, E5—