Learn the shortcuts to play your favourite songs
There are 3 parts in this song… the verse, chorus and the bridge.
The intro is just the first 2 lines of the verse. It goes like this:
Cm –> Ab/C –> Bb/C
These are the notes on the left and right hands:
Chord
Left hand notes
Right hand notes
Cm
C –> G
C –> G –> Eb –> D
Ab/C and Bb/C
C –> [...]
1 May 2013
This is the 3-finger version of the video:
These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: A2 - C#m7 - F#m7 - C#m7
Part 1b: D2 - E/D - C#m7 - F#m7
Part 1c: Bm7 - E11 - E
Part 2a: A2 - E/G# - F#m7 - C#m7
Part 2b: D2 - E/D - C#m7 - F#m7
Part 2c(i): [...]
I am posting this video to show a reader-friend (who is now learning this song) how I would play the song my “cheat” way.
I have chosen to begin from the middle section of the song (i.e., not from the beginning), as that’s where you can hear the verse, chorus and the bridge one after another.
The [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Jun 12th, 2008
This is how you can play U.R.Y. using 3 fingers – 1 on your left hand, 2 on your right hand. And you need literally only 2 ‘chords’ on your right hand.
There are two parts in this song: the verse and the chorus. Duh.
The progression for the verse actually goes like this (if [...]
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Jun 8th, 2008
Remember Sus4? Check out my previous posts on ‘Suspension (part 2)’ and ‘Improvising Sus4’ if necessary. Now, Sus4 is often applied to the II, III and VI major chords, particularly in the ‘Chord Association’ context. Let’s use the following notation for the Sus4 of these 3 chords:
· Let the Sus4 of the II major chord [...]
