WEEKLY SONGS
Songs To Be Played In Class: August 20-22
TUESDAY @ 12:00-BOOK: Green Book #2
Soft Shoe Song
Page 33 M=94-104
Color-Purple 2 (Pop Shuffle)
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, History, Eighth Notes (swing), m7th Chords, Triplet, Category Presets (Jazz 2), FX/Fill, 8va, (don’t do N.C.’s), Optional Ending (F-Eb-D-Gm-C7-F) Chord Progression.
TUESDAY @ 2:00 Book: #177-I’ll Be Seeing YouWEDNESDAY @ 12:30/4:00
That Old Black Magic
Page 124 M=126-136
COLOR-Pink1=Big Band Swing
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, Muted Trumpet (add Flugelhorn), Use Jazz-Big Band-Nostalgic Category Presets.
TUESDAY @ 3:30 BOOK: #134 AFI’s 100 Years 100 Songs
Flashdance…What a Feeling
Page 80 M=120
Easy Button
COLOR-Blue 3: Rock 8 Beat
Try: Overcoming Anxiety-Handout, (Start with Easy or Floating Away, Meditation, Chariots), Xtra: Solo Synth, FX, Fade Out, Shorten Song, Category Presets: Vocals.
WEDNESDAY @ 11:00 BOOK: Nat King Cole All Time Greatest Hits
What’s New?
Page 154 M=74-96
COLOR:Red 2-Blues/R&B
COLOR:Pink 1-Big Band Swing
Try: Rhythms, Chords, Glissando, Blues Rhythms, Fake It: Top Keyboard, I-IV-V-I Chord Progression, Upper Tabs: Off and On for Big Finish.
WEDNESDAY @ 2:30 BOOK: Blue Book 2
Happy Together
Page 60 M=100-110
COLOR-Blue 2 (Rock-Swing)
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, Em intro, Bm7, rests, Counting and Rests, 8va, 1st & 2nd endings, Fill at (measure 10 is 8 and 18 is 16), trill, A# should be G#, pickup notes and last measure, Fermata.
WEEKLY SONGS
Songs To Be Played In Class: >August 13-14
TUESDAY @ 12:00-BOOK: Green Book #2
Lida Rose
Page 27 M=100-120
Color-Purple 2 (Pop Shuffle)
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, History, Eighth Notes (swing), Upper/Lower:Solo, Harmony: (AOC-4 Part-Barbershoppe), Scat, FX/Fill, Bbm.
TUESDAY @ 2:00 Book: #177-I’ll Be Seeing YouWEDNESDAY @ 12:30/4:00
Tangerine
Page 122 M=100-118
COLOR-Lime=Latin
COLOR-Pink1=Big Band Swing
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, 8 Intro Options, (Minor Intro), Use Latin Rhythms w/BB Cat Presets or visa-versa.
TUESDAY @ 3:30 BOOK: #134 AFI’s 100 Years 100 Songs
Everybody’s Talking
Page 60 M=112-122
COLOR-Yellow 4: Smooth (even)
COLOR-Green 2: Country (even)
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, Guitars, Folk, Country Harmony, Lower Drum Volume, Lower Accompaniment.
WEDNESDAY @ 11:00 BOOK: Nat King Cole All Time Greatest Hits
Somebody Loves Me
Page 150 M=150-170
COLOR:Pink 2-Foxtrot Swing
COLOR:Pink 1-Big Band Swing
Try: Rhythms, Chords, Transpose, I-IV-V-I Chord Progression, Upper Tabs: Off and On for Big Finish.
WEDNESDAY @ 2:30 BOOK: Blue Book 2
Happy Together
Page 60 M=100-110
COLOR-Blue 2 (Rock-Swing)
Try: Overcoming Anxiety Handout, Em intro, Bm7, rests, Counting and Rests, 8va, 1st & 2nd endings, Fill at (measure 10 is 8 and 18 is 16), trill, A# should be G#, pickup notes and last measure, Fermata.
