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| Song Background | |
| The classic Song, “I Love You” was written by Cole Porter as a result of a challenge by actor Mont Woolley for him to write a hit tune with the words “I Love You” in the title and then repeated throughout the song. The song became a hit and Porter won the bet…..Many artists have recorded the song over the years, I list some of my favourites below. | |
| Guitar Chord Progression Analysis | |
| I use the descending major 7th at the beginning of the tune as a way of remembering the descending major 7th interval. In my online guitar course I go into a lot more detail about musical intervals. Suffice to say that in the A sections of the tune there are more leaps going on adding tension to the music while in the B section we have more stepwise motion. This tension in the A sections is added to by the opening chord, a m7b5. The song makes extensive use of the II-V-I progression with lots of added b9’s and and b5’s. These chords may at first seem a bit difficult to get your head around if your not used to playing them but it really is just a matter of familiarity. In my beyond TABS guitar course which can be streamed directly from the forum I list the chord chapes I use to play these chords. Remember, just because the guitar has 6 strings it doesn’t mean you have to play all of the 6 strings. | |
| Suggested Listening | |
| Julie London Album – Julie is her Name Vol 1 & 2 I just love Julie Londons voice. This version starts with just the vocal and guitar |
Tal Farlow Album
Album – Tal’s Finest Hour One of my favourite guitar players, in this classic version version Tal plays it at speed. |
| Oscar Peterson Trio
Album – Walking the Line Listen out for the guitar slipping in to playing four to the bar through the middle eight. This is a classic strumming rhythm in swing music, something I cover in the guitar course |
Elaine Elias
Album – Everything I Love A more modern version of the tune from Elaine Elias. |
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Which artist’s version of I Love You would you recommend? Tell me about it and I can feature it here |