Reminiscing by Little River Band

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Instrumental

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

Intro

• E♭ – Fm9 – B♭7sus4 – E♭ – A♭m9 – D♭9 – F♯m9 – B9 – Em9 – A9/E – D
  bII – biii9 – bVI7sus4 – bII – bv9 – bI9 – iii9 – VI9 – ii9 – V9 (bass E) – I

Verse 1

• Gmaj7 – C13 – B9 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – bVII13 – VI9

Chorus 1

• Gmaj7 – B♭9 – D – G/D – D
  IVmaj7 – bVI9 – I – IV⁶₄ – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• Gmaj7 – Gm9 – B9
  IVmaj7 – iv9 – VI9

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Instrumental

• Gmaj7 – C13 – B9
  IVmaj7 – bVII13 – VI9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C13 (bVII13) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm9 (iv9) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Em9.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0077, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 14 chords were 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.