Mark Cohn - Walking in Memphis - Free Sheet Music Riff
Mark Cohn's Walking in Memphis is one of the most instantly recognisable piano intros there is. And yet
how simple it is! It's based on a very standard chord progression: IV - V - I - VI
In the key of C that translates to F - G - C - A minor.
Try playing these triads as an arpeggio, missing out the middle note of each triad as follows:
The more observant among you may find the rhythm of the original opening puzzling.
The answer is that each phrase of the arpeggio starts on the up-beat, making the second note
of each 4-note pattern the down beat. The exception to this is the very first arpeggio, which does not have an upbeat
and consists of only three notes (F - C -F). What that does is to throw your expectations of what's going to happen and makes the whole of this otherwise simply intro more interesting.
Sheet Music to buy by Mark Cohn
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Marc Cohn: Walking In Memphis Performed by Marc Cohn. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords single. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Pop Rock and Adult Contemporary. C Major. 11 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.352542)
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