My Buddy by Walter Donaldson
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 33 steps · 19 unique chords
Gmaj7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: G major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 4
Form: A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section
Where these chords come from: a lead sheet of this public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive and preserved in the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). It describes the song as written, not any particular recording. This page shows that lead sheet 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
- Gmaj7 – G♯dim7 – Am7 – D13 – D9 – G/B – B♭dim7 – Am7 – Dmaj7(no3) – D7
Imaj7 – #i°7 – ii7 – V13 – V9 – I⁶ – biii°7 – ii7 – Vmaj7(no3) – V7
B Section 1
- G6 – G – F9 – E9 – F9 – E7 – Am – Am9 – A9 – D♯7 – D7 – Daug7
I6 – I – bVII9 – VI9 – bVII9 – VI7 – ii – ii9 – II9 – #V7 – V7 – V+7
A Section 2
Same chords as A Section 1.
B Section 2
- G6 – G – F9 – E9 – F9 – E7 – Am – Am9 – D13 – D9 – Gmaj7
I6 – I – bVII9 – VI9 – bVII9 – VI7 – ii – ii9 – V13 – V9 – Imaj7
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gmaj7 | Imaj7 | Home chord (tonic) | A Section, B Section |
| G♯dim7 | #i°7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | A Section |
| Am7 | ii7 | In the key | A Section |
| D13 | V13 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| D9 | V9 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| G/B | I⁶ | Home chord (tonic) | A Section |
| B♭dim7 | biii°7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | A Section |
| Dmaj7(no3) | Vmaj7(no3) | Outside the key (chromatic) | A Section |
| D7 | V7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| G6 | I6 | Home chord (tonic) | B Section |
| G | I | Home chord (tonic) | B Section |
| F9 | bVII9 | Borrowed from G minor | B Section |
| E9 | VI9 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| E7 | VI7 | Secondary dominant (V/ii) | B Section |
| Am | ii | In the key | B Section |
| Am9 | ii9 | In the key | B Section |
| A9 | II9 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| D♯7 | #V7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| Daug7 | V+7 | Borrowed from G minor | B Section |
Harmonic highlights
- F9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
- Daug7 (V+7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
- E7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Am.
Sources & accuracy
- Chords: the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
- Section names: detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases; a phrase that comes back keeps its letter). Lead sheets rarely print section names.
- Not verified: only one lead sheet of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
- 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the public-domain lead sheet listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018)Community lead sheet
Chords as written in a lead sheet of a public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive; not checked against a recording.
Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Section 1 | Gmaj7 | G2, D3 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 2 | A Section 1 | G♯dim7 | G♯2, G♯3 | B3, D4, F4 | — |
| 3 | A Section 1 | Am7 | A2, E3 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 4 | A Section 1 | D13 | D2, A2 | B3, C4, E4, F♯4 | — |
| 5 | A Section 1 | D9 | D2, A2 | A3, C4, E4, F♯4 | — |
| 6 | A Section 1 | G/B | B1 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 7 | A Section 1 | B♭dim7 | B♭2, B♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, A♭♭4 | — |
| 8 | A Section 1 | Am7 | A2, E3 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 9 | A Section 1 | Dmaj7(no3) | D2, A2 | C♯4, D4, A4 | — |
| 10 | A Section 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 11 | B Section 1 | G6 | G2, D3 | D4, E4, B4 | — |
| 12 | B Section 1 | G | G2, D3 | D4, G4, B4 | — |
| 13 | B Section 1 | F9 | F2, C3 | E♭4, G4, A4, C5 | — |
| 14 | B Section 1 | E9 | E2, B2 | D4, F♯4, G♯4, B4 | — |
| 15 | B Section 1 | F9 | F2, C3 | E♭4, G4, A4, C5 | — |
| 16 | B Section 1 | E7 | E2, B2 | D4, G♯4, B4 | — |
| 17 | B Section 1 | Am | A2, E3 | E4, A4, C5 | — |
| 18 | B Section 1 | Am9 | A2, E3 | E4, G4, B4, C5 | — |
| 19 | B Section 1 | A9 | A2, E3 | E4, G4, B4, C♯5 | — |
| 20 | B Section 1 | D♯7 | D♯2, A♯2 | F♯♯4, A♯4, C♯5 | — |
| 21 | B Section 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | F♯4, A4, C5 | — |
| 22 | B Section 1 | Daug7 | D2, D3 | F♯4, A♯4, C5 | — |
| 23 | B Section 2 | G6 | G2, D3 | E4, B4, D5 | — |
| 24 | B Section 2 | G | G2, D3 | G4, B4, D5 | — |
| 25 | B Section 2 | F9 | F2, C3 | G4, A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 26 | B Section 2 | E9 | E2, B2 | F♯4, G♯4, B4, D5 | — |
| 27 | B Section 2 | F9 | F2, C3 | G4, A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 28 | B Section 2 | E7 | E2, B2 | G♯4, B4, D5 | — |
| 29 | B Section 2 | Am | A2, E3 | A4, C5, E5 | — |
| 30 | B Section 2 | Am9 | A2, E3 | G4, B4, C5, E5 | — |
| 31 | B Section 2 | D13 | D2, A2 | F♯4, B4, C5, E5 | — |
| 32 | B Section 2 | D9 | D2, A2 | F♯4, A4, C5, E5 | — |
| 33 | B Section 2 | Gmaj7 | G2, D3 | F♯4, B4, D5 | — |