Spiel Mir Eine Alte Melodie by Zweieck

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Instrumental → Chorus → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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

• C – G9 (×2)
  I – V9
• C – G – C – G9 – C – G
  I – V – I – V9 – I – V

Verse 1

• C – G9 – C – G
  I – V9 – I – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• C – G9 – C – G (×2)
  I – V9 – I – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Instrumental

• C – G9 – C – G – C – C7 – F – D7 – G – C – G
  I – V9 – I – V – I – I7 – IV – II7 – V – I – V

Chorus 2

• C – G9 – C – G
  I – V9 – I – V

Chorus 3

• C – G9
  I – V9

Outro

• C
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to F.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.