Learn the shortcuts to play your favourite songs
Posted in Church songs, Songs on May 25th, 2011
This song by Chris Tomlin is in Eb.
The Eb note in the melody is very sharp because my lower Eb note does not have sound, and it hasn’t been repaired yet. :b It’s rather costly to repair, so I’m trying to live with it.
These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1: EbM7 - [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on May 17th, 2011
This song by Hillsong is in B.
These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: B - E2 - B - E2
Part 1b: G#m7 - D#m7 - E2 - F#4 - F#
Part 2a: B - F#/A# - E2 - F#4 - F# - B - E/F#
Part 2b(i): same as Part 2a
Part 2b(ii): F#/A# - E2 - [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Nov 19th, 2008
I have divided this song into 2 parts. Part 1 is repeated a few times. It should be quite easy to follow the video.
These are the “cheat” chords I played:
Part 1: D - A/C# - Bm7 - C/A - D/A - C/ - D/A - G - G/A - D (- G/A)
Part 2: D - [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on May 11th, 2008
This song by Chris Tomlin is a good example to illustrate our Chord Mixing trick (See “Chord Mixing (part 1)” and “Chord Mixing (part 2)” posts).
The whole song can be simplified to the following chord pattern:
I –> VIm –> IV –> V
That is, Chord I followed by Chord VIm, followed by Chord IV, and then [...]
Posted in Cheat Tricks on May 11th, 2008
If you remember “the 3 minor chords”, and how we play them by substituting them with the 3 basic chords, and simply combining each of these 3 basic chords with a different bass note, then the summary is as below:
Chord VI m = Chord I (right hand) + Bass 6 (left hand), i.e., the “la” [...]
