White Ripple Community Band May 23rd, 2016

Housekeeping note: There will be no class on Monday because of the Memorial Day holiday. We will meet up to make music again on June 6th.

Last Monday we went around the Circle of Fifths and did two very different songs with the same chord progression.



Song 1: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

     Am                             Dm                              G                                              C

At first I was afraid I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live Without you by my side

                 F                                               Dm                                                 E
But then I spent so many nights Thinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong

                      E                                                                                              

And I learned how to get along... Annnnd repeat as needed! Now try the same chords and swap out the disco beat with something a bit more swingy.


Song 2: Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra.

Am                Dm                     G                       C

Fly me to the moon     Let me play among the stars

F                          Dm                          E                Am
Let me see what spring is like  On a, Jupiter and Mars


Am, Dm, G, C, F, Dm, E. Amazing. We talked a little bit about music theory (not enough to hurt) about why those chords sound good together, and why is it that those same chords in the same order sound very different from one song to another.



 

P.S. Sarita totally rocked Frank on the sax.