Sunday, August 10, 2025

"Walk on By"

During my nightly keyboard practice yester-day, I happened to play an E minor chord with an electric piano sound, was reminded of the "Walk on By" section of the Carpenters' Bacharach/David Medley (which starts with this chord), and discovered a feature in it that's also in the Beach Boys' version:  the phrase "walkin' down the street" in the line "If you see me walkin' down the street" is sung to a conjunct melody (F Eb Db Eb F), giving a sense of the steps involved in this walking.