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WED • NOV 19 • 7:30PM
Aaron • Serra • Andrew • Tommy • Luke • Aubrey
PRIMARY:
Dancing Queen
Girl Just Wanna Have Fun
Good Luck Babe
Let's Hear It For the Boy
Still Into You
You and I
SECONDARY:
Come Together
Ironic
Proud Mary
Walking On Sunshine

A Thousand Miles

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • PIANO INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • INT (2)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • INT (4)
  • BRIDGE (8)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (4) (end with 6/4)
  • CHORUS (DOWN) (8)
  • CHORUS (UP) (8)
  • TAG (2)
  • OUTRO (4)
  • END: with piano resolution
Drum groove at VERSE 1
Watch last PRE-CHORUS
(2 extra beats)
ANDREW:
lead lines and some rhythm
(see YouTube video below)
B major / 95bpm / 4:00
A Thousand Miles - sheet music

Alone

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • PIANO INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (6)
  • CHORUS (6)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (5)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (6)
  • INSTR (4)
  • CHORUS (6)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (4)
  • SOLO (8)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (4)
  • TAG (x2) (5)
  • OUTRO (3)
  • END: with piano resolution, slowing down in last measure
Extra measure after first REFRAIN set
Instrumental before 2nd CHORUS
Extra measure after TAG
ANDREW:
electric guitar rhythm (power chords)
lead break
sparse, clean, broken chords in verses
Bb minor & Gb major / ~87.5bpm / 3:38
Alone - sheet music

Born to Be Blue

  • SLOW TEMPO
  • 4321 COUNT-IN (1)
  • INTRO 1 (4) (piano only)
  • VERSE 1 (14)
  • PIANO WALKDOWN (1)
  • NEW TEMPO!
  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1a (8)
  • VERSE 1b (4)
  • VERSE 1c (4)
  • OOH (4)
  • VERSE 2a (8)
  • VERSE 2b (4)
  • VERSE 2c (4)
  • OOH (4)
  • INSTR (8)
  • VAMP (4)
  • VERSE 3a (8)
  • VERSE 3b (4)
  • VERSE 3c (4)
  • OOH (4)
  • INSTR (8)
  • VAMP (4)
  • OUTRO 1 (8)
  • OUTRO 2 (8)
  • OUTRO 3 (8)
  • OUTRO 4 (4)*
  • END: with hits on “what I missed” on last set of 4 bars*
fit riffs and licks around lead vocal
ANDREW:
play combo of rhythm and lead licks
A major / ~74bpm, ~134bpm / 4:50

Come Together

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (1)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • INT (2)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • CHORUS (2)
  • INT (2)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • CHORUS (x3) (6)
  • END: with build to stop on beat 3 of last measure before vocal sings “over me”
comments here
A minor / 80bpm / 2:00

Dancing Queen

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (1)
  • INTRO (8)
  • CHORUS B (6)
  • INT (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • LEAD-IN (2)
  • CHORUS A (8)
  • CHORUS B (6)
  • INT (6)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • LEAD-IN (2)
  • CHORUS A (8)
  • CHORUS B (6)
  • INT (4)
  • TAG (4)
  • OUTRO 1 (4)
  • OUTRO 2 (3)
  • END: with a cappella vocals on OUTRO 2
Tracked strings
Watch 6m INT before VERSE 3
Sing vocal hooks (all in at OUTRO)
A major / ~100bpm / 3:53
Dancing Queen - sheet music

December 1963

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • DRUM INTRO (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • INSTR (4)
  • BRIDGE (4)
  • INT (8)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • VERSE 4 (8)
  • INSTR (4)
  • BRIDGE (4)
  • OUTRO (8)
  • END: hit and suspend on downbeat
Gang vocals at OUTRO
Remember INT after first BRIDGE!
ANDREW:
funk rhythm stuff etc
something that works alongside the piano
NOTE the key change down to B major!
B major / ~103bpm / 3:33

Dreams

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (8)
  • VERSE 1 (16)
  • PRE-CHORUS (12)
  • CHORUS (16)
  • INT (8)
  • VERSE 2 (16)
  • PRE-CHORUS (12)
  • CHORUS (16)
  • CHORUS (16)
  • TAG (4)
  • END: with crash out on “you’ll KNOW”
give shape to background vocals
ANDREW:
guitar fills
try to capture what's on the record
C major / 120bpm / 4:17

Die With a Smile

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (8)
  • CHORUS (14)
  • INT (2)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (8)
  • CHORUS (14)
  • INT (8)
  • INSTR (8)
  • CHORUS (12)
  • TAG (6)
  • OUTRO (4)
  • END: with arrival on downbeat “next to YOU”
Gang vocals on "ohs" on INSTR
ANDREW:
rhythm electric guitar
follow the record here
A major / 79bpm / 4:13
Die With a Smile - sheet music

Edge of Seventeen

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • VERSE 1 (six parts) (24)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • VERSE 2 (four parts) (16)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • BRIDGE 1 (8)
  • BRIDGE 2 (8)
  • EXTEND (4) (4321 into next)
  • INT (8) (4321 into next)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • VERSE 3 (four parts) (16)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • BRIDGE 3 (8)
  • BRIDGE 4 (8)
  • CHORUS (8)*
  • END: on downbeat of bar 8 of last chorus (with oohs)
be ready for extra measures
ANDREW:
delay effect with 16th-note rhythm
find what works for you
aiming for sound of the record
E minor / 109-114bpm / 5:25
Edge of Seventeen - sheet music

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (8)
  • VERSE 1 (9)
  • INT (4)
  • VERSE 2 (9)
  • CHORUS (9)
  • REFRAIN (4)
  • SOLO (8)
  • VERSE 3 (9)
  • CHORUS (9)
  • REFRAIN (4)
  • JUST WANNA (14)
  • WORKING (8)
  • INT (2)
  • COMBO (14)
  • OUTRO (4)
  • END: slow down then hit and sustain on downbeat
Tracked synth
Guys sing REFRAIN
COMBO starts with JUST WANNA then combines with WORKING for last half
F# major / ~120.5bpm / 3:54

Good Luck Babe

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • DRUM INTRO (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • INT (4)
  • BRIDGE (8)
  • TAG (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • TAG (x3) (6)
  • END: slow down into downbeat and hold
Tracked strings/synth
Db major / ~117bpm / 3:38
Good Luck Babe - chord chart

Ironic

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (2)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (2)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • BRIDGE (x2) (8)
  • VERSE 3 (8)* (with 6/4 measure)
  • PRE-CHORUS (x2) (4)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • OUTRO (7)
  • END: with sustain on last downbeat
VERSE 3* includes 6/4 measure!!!
B major / 85.3bpm / 3:50

Let's Hear It For the Boy

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • DRUM INTRO (4)
  • INTRO (8)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • VERSE 2 (4)
  • PRE-CHORUS (2)
  • CHORUS (12)
  • INT (5)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • VERSE 4 (4)
  • PRE-CHORUS (2)
  • CHORUS (12)
  • INT (13)
  • PRE-CHORUS (2)
  • CHORUS (12)
  • TAG (x6) (24)
  • OUTRO (x2) (8)
  • END: hit and suspend on downbeat
Tracked synth
C and D major / 122.8bpm / 4:20
Let's Hear it for the Boy - sheet music

Proud Mary

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • REFRAIN (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • CHORUS (4)
  • REFRAIN (4)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • CHORUS (4)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • NEW TEMPO!
  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (8)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • CHORUS (4)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • BRIDGE (7)
  • INT (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • CHORUS (4)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • BRIDGE (7)
  • INT (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • CHORUS (4)
  • REFRAIN (x2) (8)
  • BRIDGE (7)
  • END: with slowing down into hit on downbeat
Note the extra measure in INTRO
D major / 98bpm & 170bpm / 5:00

Rhiannon

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • GUITAR INTRO (4)
  • BAND INTRO (4)

  • VERSE 1a (8)
  • VERSE 1b (8)
  • VERSE 2a (8)
  • VERSE 2b (8)
  • TAG (2)
  • CHORUS (x4) (16)
  • ADD (2) (stop on downbeat of last bar)

  • VERSE 3a (8)
  • VERSE 3b (8)
  • TAG (2)
  • HOLD (2) (with 4321 into next)
  • CHORUS (x3) (12)

  • OUTRO 1 (16)
  • INSTR 1–4 (16)
  • OUTRO 2 (6)
  • END: with vocals only (“love’s a state of mind”)
give shape to harmonies
ANDREW:
rhythm guitar and fills etc.
capture the ideas on the record
learn the guitar fill at the stop after the first chorus
A minor / 126-129bpm / 4:13
Rhiannon - sheet music

The Chain

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • INTRO (8)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • CHORUS (8)
  • INT (4)
  • VERSE 2 (12)
  • CHORUS (12)
  • INT (5)
  • RIFF 1–3 (6) (bass start)
  • RIFF 4–8 (10) (full band)
  • OUTRO (x4) (8)
  • CHORUS (8) (4+4)
    (4 double time + 4 half-time)
  • END: with drum fills into stop on beat 3 of last measure on echo of “NEVER break the chain”
kick drum is out the first 2 measures of INT before Verse 2
ANDREW:
learn lead break
learn rhythm elec to go along with Aaron on acoustic
E minor / 76bpm / 4:50
The Chain - sheet music

Walking On Sunshine

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • DRUM INTRO (4)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • CHORUS (6)
  • REFRAIN (4)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • VERSE 4 (8)
  • CHORUS (6)
  • REFRAIN (4)
  • INT (4)
  • SUNSHINE (4)
  • BRIDGE (4)
  • SUNSHINE (4)
  • CHORUS (6)
  • REFRAIN (x4) (16)
  • END: with drum fill into beat three of last bar on “and DON’T it feel good”
Double-time drums
Tracked organ
Bb major / ~110bpm / 4:00

You and I

  • 4321 COUNT-IN (2)
  • SYNTH INTRO (2)
  • INTRO (4)
  • VERSE 1 (8)
  • VERSE 2 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (8)
  • CHORUS (14)
  • INT (2)
  • VERSE 3 (8)
  • VERSE 4 (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (8)
  • CHORUS (14)
  • INT (2)
  • BRIDGE 1 (8)
  • BRIDGE 2 (8)
  • INSTR (8)
  • PRE-CHORUS (8)
  • CHORUS a (down) (4)
  • CHORUS b (up) (8)
  • EXTEND (4)
  • BRIDGE 1 (8)
  • BRIDGE 2 (8)
  • VERSE 5 (6)
  • END: with sustain chord on downbeat
first INT is empty, then drum fill into V3
A major / 127bpm / 5:07