The Number System + Basic Ear Training + Simple Charts Shameless plug: If any of this makes you even just a little bit curious… If you’re sick and tired of struggling (and mostly failing) at the Herculean task of learning note-for-note sheet music, there IS a better way: ![]() Also, if you like Billy Joel, I have an entire Module dedicated to playing some of my favorite songs of his. Side Note: In case you’re wondering, Billy is saying that regular sheet music says to play a D-Major chord (1-3-5 Major, which is D-F#-A notes) when he actually plays a D-sus4 chord, (1-4-5 notes, which are D-G-A notes) If You Don’t Want To Listen To Me Why? Because writing out/using simple chord charts, plus using your ear to play what you hear (either what you hear in your head or that you hear on the radio) is easier, quicker, and also more effective! Most of your popular music musicians (rock, pop, folk, country, etc) don’t know how to read sheet music, or if they DID learn to read sheet music at some point, they probably don’t rely on it now. In case you’re wondering, it’s rare that the artist who writes/records a song actually creates the sheet music for it, because in all likelihood he/she doesn’t know HOW to write sheet music. (Note: If the audio isn’t working well for you in this clip or if you just want to watch the rest of the 90-minute “Billy Joel Gershwin Award” concert with other singers singing his big hits plus himself (it’s great), click here (opens in a separate window), it’s cued up to play the same part on Youtube, just click back to start from the beginning to watch the whole thing.)īilly asked me to spread the word, so I’m spreading it… The standard sheet music printed for the intro to his song “Just The Way You Are” is wrong, and it drives him crazy. ![]() ![]() Hi, Tim Gross here… Watch this short video and then we’ll talk below. Note For Note: Sheet Music Is Often Wrong! Another Reason To Not Bother Learning Sheet Music
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