"I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor" is a song by
10cc
10cc are an English rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The group featured t ...
appearing on their 1977 album, ''
Deceptive Bends
''Deceptive Bends'' is the fifth studio album by rock band 10cc, released in 1977.
History
The band started recording sessions for the fifth album in late summer of 1976 with the song " People in Love", at that time referred to as "Voodoo Boo ...
''.
The song is quite short and often thought of as a
novelty piece amongst fans. The lyrics to the song are all puns for musical terminology. Whenever
Eric Stewart
Eric Michael Stewart (born 20 January 1945) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the rock groups the Mindbenders with whom he played from 1963 to 1968, and likewise of 10 ...
sings the name of a chord the chord is played as part of the music to the song. The chart below attempts to explain the complex idea.
*I bought A = A major (A C♯ E)
*
flat = A Flat major (A♭ C E♭)
*
flatdiminished = A Flat diminished (A♭ Cb E♭♭)
*Responsibility (responsibilitE)= E Major (E G♯ B)
*You're de ninth = D9 (D F♯ A C E)
*Person to see = C Major (C E G)
*To be suspended = Bsus4 (B E F♯)
*in a seventh = A7 (A C♯ E G)
*
seventhmajor catastro- = A Major 7th (A C♯ E G♯)
*phe = E major (E G# B)
*It's a minor = A minor (A C E)
*point, but Gee = G major (G B D)
*
ut gee,Augmented = G augmented (G B D♯)
*
ee, augmentedby the sharpness of your = G sharp augmented (G♯ B♯ D♯♯)
*See what I'm going through (C#) = C# Major
*A (A) = A Major
*to be (B) = B Major (B D♯ F♯) with you E major (E G# B)
*in a = A Major
*
n a
N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''.
History
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flat = A flat
*by the sea = C Major, C Major7, C 7, C & ad g
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1977 songs
10cc songs
Novelty songs
Songs about music
Songs written by Graham Gouldman
Songs written by Eric Stewart