What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World is a jazz song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967.
In the key of F Major with a few interesting diversions along the way; augmented chords used to bridge the gaps and a chromatic mediant over the "and I think to myself" lyrics. You can learn about chromatic mediants with this cool Rick Beato video on YouTube - https://youtu.be/dhXL3q7e-xc
The chords here use a capo on fret 5 for simplicity
The chords here use a capo on fret 5 for simplicity
Here we are playing the melody without a capo so we can really see the F Major Scale as we have practiced it
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