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The top staff (line) is for a (woman's) singing voice.
The bottom (grand) staff is for a simple piano accompaniment part.
The bass should alternate between 'F' and 'D' after each pair (or set of 4 ?) of measures.
The harmonic structure could be analysed as
alternating between
Stephen Stills actually used a D7 chord
(which consists of a 'D' Major triad -- and that features the raised 3rd degree: "F#").
Sometimes that should be used,
but I often prefer a 'd' minor (7) basis for these chords -- which instead uses the F_natural pitch.
The bottom (grand) staff is for a simple piano accompaniment part.
The bass should alternate between 'F' and 'D' after each pair (or set of 4 ?) of measures.
The harmonic structure could be analysed as
alternating between
'F' Lydian mode ,
and'd' dorian mode .
Stephen Stills actually used a D7 chord
(which consists of a 'D' Major triad -- and that features the raised 3rd degree: "F#").
Sometimes that should be used,
but I often prefer a 'd' minor (7) basis for these chords -- which instead uses the F_natural pitch.
See "Suite: Lani Brown Eyes" -- which is a post to a recent thread.