品冠, 梁靜茹 — 回到愛

Should have thought of posting this song long ago! Anyway, better late than never!

The video should be quite clear to follow. I have played the song using the first 3 fingers of my right hand so that it’s clear to the viewer. You don’t have to do that.

I am aware that the timing (tempo) for the three parts is not consistent. That’s because I actually recorded the 3 parts separately, and I wasn’t using the metronome. I hope that’s not too big a problem.

These are the “cheat” chords I played in the video…
Verse:
C2 - Am7 - C2 - Am7 - Dm7 - G - G4/F - Dm7 - G - F - G
Chorus:
C - Am7 - F - C - C - Am7 - F - C - G - F - G
Bridge:
G - Am - Dm7 - G - F/G - C

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Again, there is probably no need to explain the chords and notes that I play, since the illustration on the video is quite clear and self-explanatory.

The melody line is not intended here. The idea of this style of playing is liken to that on a rhythm guitar. In other words, it’s for singing-along. I hope you will find this video useful to teach you play the song while singing along with your folks during Christmas.

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I wonder if I need any explanation for this song. I believe the video is quite easy to follow.

Perhaps what I need to do here is instead a reiteration of one of that purposes of my blog, that is, to help adult learners pick up the playing quickly and sing along while playing the piano. Call this “karaoke” piano or “sing-along” piano, if you like.

Here’s the video…

These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: G - A - D - C - G (repeat)
Part 2: Bb - F - G - A - D
Part 3: G - A - D - C - G - Bb - D
Ending: G - A - D - G - D - G - A - D - C/G - G

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There are 2 very similar progressions in this song.

The 1st one goes like this…
I –> V/M –> VIm –> VIm/5 –> IV –> V –> I

See “The M Bass” for the “M” notation above.

The original key is Ab. To make it easier to play, I have used the key of G for illustration. In G, the above progression is translated into:
G –> D/F# –> Em –> Em/D –> C –> D –> G

With some tweaking, we get…
G –> D4/F# –> G/E –> G/D –> C2 –> C2/D –> G

The 3 chords: G, C2 (see “Suspension (part 2)”) and D4 (see “Suspension (part 1)”) have these 2 notes in common: D note and G note. That’s why in the video you can see me playing these 2 notes only throughout this 1st progression.

The 2nd progression goes like this…
I –> V/M –> VIm –> VIm/5 –> I/M –> -I/2 –> -I –> V

See “The Minus-One Chord” post for the “-I” notation above.

In the G key, the progression is translated into:
G –> D/F# –> Em –> Em/D –> G/B –> F/A –> F –> D

With some tweaking, we get…
G –> D4/F# –> G/E –> G/D –> G/B –> F/A –> F –> C2/D

Here’s the video…

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There are 3 different parts/sections in this song.

Section 1 and the introduction are the same, alternating between the Chord I and Chord IV. The song originally is in B. I have used the key of C for an easier and clearer illustration. So the chords (I & IV) here are C chord and F chord (see the video).

Section 2 is a progression with the bass walking down the scale from “fa” (4), all the way to the lower “ti” (7) note, i.e., 4 –> 3 –> 2 –> 1 –> 7, then end with a “so” (5) note. The chord progression is this…
IV –> I/M –> IIm7 –> IIm7/1 –> V/M –> V7

Please see “The M Bass” post for the “M” notation above. In the key of C, this is translated to:
F –> C/E –> Dm7 –> Dm7/C –> G/B –> G7

By substituting the minor-7 with the basic chords (see “The 3 Minor Chords” post), we get…
F –> C/E –> F/D –> F/C –> G/B –> G7

The chord progression for Section 3 is quite interesting…
IV –> V –> I –> III –> III7

In the key of C, that is….
F –> G –> C –> E –> E7

Then the song simply ends with IV –> V –> I, i.e., in the key of C…. F –> G –> C.

Here is the video…

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