Like Someone In Love in E
Like Someone In Love in E
Like Someone in Love in E: Van Heusen's accessible ballad rewards clean Bebop Major vocabulary and gentle Dorian color on the minor ii chords. Mixolydian smooths the dominant passages — an ideal standard for building bebop fluency. Chords: EMaj7 – E6/a – F#7/A# – B7/f – G#m7 – G7 – F#m7 – B7 – B9#5 – Bm7 – E9 – E9#5 – A6 – Aaug – D#m7 – G#7 – C#Maj7 – C#6 – C#m7 – F#7 – B7#5.
Like Someone In Love in E
E major is arguably guitar's most powerful key. The open low E and high E strings ring sympathetically as the root, while the open B provides the fifth. This triple reinforcement gives E-based riffs and chords unmatched depth and volume. E is a beginner-level key on guitar because both the low E and high E strings ring as the root, and the open B is the fifth — three open strings reinforce the tonic chord. Beginners will find this key approachable since most chords use open voicings with minimal stretching.
Voice Leading
The bass line moves through E to E (ascending unison), E to F# (ascending whole step), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to G# (descending minor third), G# to G (descending half step), G to F# (descending half step), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to B (ascending unison), B to B (ascending unison), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to E (ascending unison), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to A (ascending unison), A to D# (ascending tritone), D# to G# (ascending perfect fourth), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth), C# to C# (ascending unison), C# to C# (ascending unison), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The mix of stepwise and leap motion balances smoothness with harmonic drive. When the progression loops, the bass returns from B to E by perfect fourth.
Scales for Improvisation
E major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, E Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.