Lessons 9 May 12, 2010

As we covered in class, a good way to get a feel for the chord changes in a song is to play single notes to outline the chord changes. This is also very handy when learning how to sing and play at the same time. Many times students are so focused on trying to remember chords and chord shapes that they are unable to listen and follow how the song goes. Here is the single note version that we did in class. You can play these single notes along with the recording. Then try and play the single notes and sing the melody. FUN!


Here is the recording


http://www.musiclessonsvancouver.com/mp3/blueskies.mp3


Blue Skies  Irving Berlin

USING SINGLE NOTES TO OUTLINE THE CHORDS

[A note] Blue skies
[G# note] Smiling at [G note] me [F# note]
Nothing but [C note] blue skies [G note]
Do I [C note] see [E note]

[A note] Bluebirds [G# note]
Singing a [G note] song [F# note]
Nothing but [C note] bluebirds [G note]
All day [C note] long

[C note] Never saw the sun [F note] shining so [C note] bright
[F note] Never saw [C note] things [F note] going so [C note] right
Noticing the days [F note] hurrying [C note] by
[F note] When you're in [C note] love, [E note] my how they fly Oh,

[A note] Blue days [G# note]
All of them [G note] gone [F# note]
Nothing but [C note] blue skies [G note]
From now [C note] on


PLAN:

I would like to finish off the song "Blues Skies" which we started last class. Then I would like to review Four Strong Winds, Snowbird, You Are my Sunshine. We'll take a look at strumming too.

BLUE SKIES

Chords in first part:  Am Am(maj7) Am7  Am6  C  G7  C  E7


Chords in middle part: C   Fm (Listen: back and forth a bunch of times) then finally E7sus which looks like this:

Blue skies 
Smiling at me 
Nothing but blue skies 
Do I see 

Bluebirds 
Singing a song 
Nothing but bluebirds 
All day long 

Never saw the sun shining so bright 
Never saw things going so right 
Noticing the days hurrying by 
When you're in love, my how they fly 

Blue days 
All of them gone 
Nothing but blue skies 
From now on 


Here is the recording


http://www.musiclessonsvancouver.com/mp3/blueskies.mp3