Biography:
Focus surgió del proyecto del clásicamente entrenado Thijs Van Leer, quien consiguió al mando de su conjunto, captar el interés de Jan Akkerman, guitarrista y laudista virtuoso, considerado durante un corto periodo de tiempo como mejor guitarrista del mundo. Van Leer y Akkerman no tardaron en conectar. Más tarde, el guitarrista declaró estar completamente enganchado a esta banda. Focus arranca en 1970 con 'In and Out of Focus'. En su primera etapa, Focus era una banda de rockandroll progresivo con elementos neo-clásicos y jazzeros.
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Focus II Chords (Thys Van Leer)
(the main theme melody guitar line is not to difficult to hear and play at least simply)
Live at the Rainbow introduction ( Solo Organ )
Em/A Bm/E Em/A Bm Cm C#m D Em/A
Fmaj 7 Gm9 (= Bb maj7/G) C13 (= Bb maj 7 / C) two beats F two beats run down to main theme
Main Theme This is played in several keys starting in Bb
Bb Am Gm7 F sus 4 F Bb Am C sus 4 /G C
F Em Dm7 C sus 4 C F Em G sus 4 /D G
C Bm Am7 G sus 4 G C Bm D Em/D D7 D
G F#m Em7 D sus 4 D G F#m A sus 4 A
Am sustained guitar solo
Abcba bcd edc def# gf#e f#ga bge dbg bge dbg bge (melody)
Ist link piece (Harmony – the actual tune isn’t difficult to pick out)
DD G D… G A DD G D… G A
BB B F#........ B C# F#F# B F#............B Gmaj7 G6
Main theme again starting in C
C Bm Am7 G sus 4 G C Bm D Em/D D7 D
G F#m Em7 D sus 4 D G F#m A sus 4 A
Am sustained guitar solo: Bass plays octaves and 5ths on D at the end
Abcba bcd edc def# gf#e f#ga bge dbg bge dbg bge (melody)
2nd link piece (Harmony – the actual tune isn’t difficult to pick out)
D……..GC D Db C…….D C D C C…….D C.D
G C D G C DDGD
Swing Bit (Harmony – the actual tune isn’t difficult to pick out)
C/E D C DDCD C/E D C D
C/E D C DDCD C/E D C B7
End Bit (Slow Guitar over piano and Mellotron)
Em D#dim/F# B7 Em C added 9 C
Em D#dim/F# B7 Em C added 9 C
F D#dim/F# B7 E Asus 2 A E A sus 2 A
E
Am D B7/D# Em
Am D B7/D# Em
Am D C# F#maj 7
Bb Bb sus 2 Bb
(the main theme melody guitar line is not to difficult to hear and play at least simply)
Live at the Rainbow introduction ( Solo Organ )
Em/A Bm/E Em/A Bm Cm C#m D Em/A
Fmaj 7 Gm9 (= Bb maj7/G) C13 (= Bb maj 7 / C) two beats F two beats run down to main theme
Main Theme This is played in several keys starting in Bb
Bb Am Gm7 F sus 4 F Bb Am C sus 4 /G C
F Em Dm7 C sus 4 C F Em G sus 4 /D G
C Bm Am7 G sus 4 G C Bm D Em/D D7 D
G F#m Em7 D sus 4 D G F#m A sus 4 A
Am sustained guitar solo
Abcba bcd edc def# gf#e f#ga bge dbg bge dbg bge (melody)
Ist link piece (Harmony – the actual tune isn’t difficult to pick out)
DD G D… G A DD G D… G A
BB B F#........ B C# F#F# B F#............B Gmaj7 G6
Main theme again starting in C
C Bm Am7 G sus 4 G C Bm D Em/D D7 D
G F#m Em7 D sus 4 D G F#m A sus 4 A
Am sustained guitar solo: Bass plays octaves and 5ths on D at the end
Abcba bcd edc def# gf#e f#ga bge dbg bge dbg bge (melody)
2nd link piece (Harmony – the actual tune isn’t difficult to pick out)
D……..GC D Db C…….D C D C C…….D C.D
G C D G C DDGD
Swing Bit (Harmony – the actual tune isn’t difficult to pick out)
C/E D C DDCD C/E D C D
C/E D C DDCD C/E D C B7
End Bit (Slow Guitar over piano and Mellotron)
Em D#dim/F# B7 Em C added 9 C
Em D#dim/F# B7 Em C added 9 C
F D#dim/F# B7 E Asus 2 A E A sus 2 A
E
Am D B7/D# Em
Am D B7/D# Em
Am D C# F#maj 7
Bb Bb sus 2 Bb
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