Firstly, let me repeat what I have said several times before, in case you haven’t read my previous postings, i.e., the reason I play with 1 finger on my left hand and 2 fingers on my right hand is to make it easy for you to identify the notes I play on the keyboard. So, [...]
Tag Archive 'chords'
Still by Hillsong
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Aug 20th, 2008
You probably have noticed that I have not listed out the chord progressions that much for the songs I posted lately. The main reason is that these songs are quite popular and have been around for a while. Therefore the chord progressions, the music scores, etc. should be easily available elsewhere. What I intend to [...]
U.R.Y. by Hillsong
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 [...]
Suspension (part 3)
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 [...]
There are 5 parts in this song.
First, the intro, which is the same as the verse, is made up of the following progression:
IIm –> (I/3) –> (V) –> VIm –> (V/7) –> I –> (VI/M)
The chords in brackets ( ) are transition chords, i.e., they are very short. In this case, they appear on the [...]
