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This has been a very interesting read.
I remember Frank Gambale in his "Modes: No More Mystery" vid, describing this kind of issue. He was playing D, A, E and saying it couldn't be in E because the presence of the D and E chords suggested that A was the key. His answer was that it was an E modal key (and any man who can combine a Tweetie Pie T-shirt with leather trousers is worth listening to).
https://youtu.be/JeGXz1MujZ4
I hate music theory for exactly the kind of argument we have here.
To me SHA uses the key of G but resolves in D. As for soloing... I play what sounds right. For a classic like SHA I replicate the original.
Good stuff, that's how I was taught too. If it's Modal, I don't use Functional Harmony music rules.
So, the Modal tonic can be D as in "D Mixolydian", the key signature is G. (F# at the beginning of the sheet.)
But, I still think that that old Gear Page's Sweet Home thread is funnier:
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/sweet-home-alabama.407446/
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
But, never mind, it will still sound the same anyway, so it really doesn't matter.
Good old, Functional Harmony theory is this below:
I'm not sure what you mean by " And the chords point to G major when you add in the F not a F#."
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/sweet-home-alabama.407446/
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I'll be consulting Linda Lu on this one.