Note reading ODE to JOY
By the way, this melody is also the same melody that Elvis used in the song Aura Lee, he foreword
it.
It's a common domain song and melody so he can do that legally.
Let's play it together first.
Don't worry if you don't get this, we'll go back and break it apart.
These were all notes that you've learned the previous lessons starting with the E note,
four, four time that means four notes per measure - 1, 2 start with E, ready go!
(strumming) second measure, third measure and now last measure next line, next measure
-- C note, half note 2 (strumming), last line, last measure, half note.
Okay, now I'm not going to play that for you again.
If I keep playing it, you'll just memorize the fingering and the sound and you won't
look at the music.
I want you to look at the music so you'll learn to read it.
I will play the chords so you have some to play along with just the first line.
Here we go 1, 2 ready go (strumming) second measure, third measure, last measure on the
first note.
Okay, rewind and do that as many times as you need to.
We're going on to the second line.
Let's start with the E note, it's actually the fifth measure 1, 2 here we go (strumming).
Okay, now for the third line.
Starts with the D note, it's the ninth measure.
Here we go 1, 2 ready play (strumming) and going on the fourth line.
These are the last four measures in the tune starting on measure 13, here we go 1, 2 ready
play (strumming) okay, that's the whole tune.
The way to practice this is first try it without my accompaniment then go through and play
each line with my accompaniment until you can do it might say 85% of the way, don't
worry about a 100% but let's say between 80 and 90% you can follow along then go ahead
and play the whole tune straight through with this next accompaniment.
People often told me they get confused between the letter name for a chord and a letter name
for a note.
We used the same letter names to indicate a G note and a G chord so of course a G note
is just a single note and every note has a letter name associated with it, A, B, C, D,
E, F, G and then we started over A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
Chords are made of more than one note and then we gave a name to the whole chord.
For instance names of chord are G, C, G minor, C7, F major 7 sharp 5.
We will get to those later so don't be confused.
I'm playing the chords while you play the melody.
The melody are single notes.
Chords are more than one note and I'm distinctly playing them very clearly so you can hear
all the notes and my chord, right now with note strum to keep it simple.
Now we're gonna play the whole song Ode to Joy starting from the beginning.
You play the melody, I play the chords.
Here we go 1, 2 ready play, 3, 4 next line now (strumming) last line (strumming).
Wasn't that fun?
When you get to play without losing your place you'll find the sounds really good to help
the chords and the melody played together.
We're gonna use something else right now just for practice.
I want you to play the chords and I'll play the melody now you know these chords.
I taught you a G this way feel free to try it with the pinky if you like.
I taught you an F this way it works just great.
I prefer this one occasionally, not an issue.
I suggest you stick for this one right now cause we're gonna get to this one and then
you only have the chord, the C chord.
Here we go.
I'll play the melody you play the chord.
You're starting with a C chord. 1, 2, ready play, change chord G, on the C, G chord, start
with C now, F, C, G, G, C, G, C, G, C, stay on C and G, C to F to C and G and on C now.
This is great practice not only to practice your chords but also to practice listening
to the melody and the chords together.
The melody can actually give you hints on when to change chords.
It will take practice but you will be able to hear when if the change depending on how
the melody moves.
Okay, see you on the next video.