English: receiving from Judge his certificate of American citizenship. Deutsch: erhält von Richter Phillip Forman seine Bescheinigung über die amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft. Português: recebendo do juiz seu certificado de cidadão americano. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
"If I were not a physicist I would probably be a musician. I see my life in terms of music." -- Albert Einstein
Did you know that playing music can help children understand math better? Research shows piano students are better equipped to comprehend
math and science.
Awhile back I was sharing about the Nashville Number System and the best explanation can be found, here. The Nashville Number System is an informal method of transcribing music by denoting the scale degree on which a chord is built. You can find more information on Wikipedia
I also wrote a short article called, Science of Mind
Here it is for those that may be interested.
HOW SOUND TRAVELS:
A sound is made when something vibrates and
makes particles in the air next to it vibrate. The air particles pass
the vibration from one to another. You can describe a sound by showing
it on a graph. The shape is called a sound wave. Different sounds have
different shaped sound waves. The number of times a sound wave vibrates
each second is called frequency. A high note has a high frequency.
A lot of bands use electronic instruments, such as drum
machines and keyboards. These sorts of instruments use a computer chip
to store and reproduce sound waves.
STORING SOUND:
A chip doesn't
store the sound itself: it stores numbers which describe a sound wave.
The numbers indicate the height of the wave measured at regular
intervals.
Drum machines are electronic devices
that store pre-set sounds made by percussion instruments, such as
cymbals, drums or maracas. You choose a sound and then play a rhythm by
tapping on pads. You can also record a rhythm and play it back, so you
can play another instrument alongside the rhythm. Rhythms can also be
made faster or slower. Most drum machines have pre-set rhythms. These
can be useful if you don't want to make up your own.
PLAYING WITH
SOUNDS:
A keyboard is designed to store the sound waves produced by
musical instruments, but it can also reproduce other sounds, such as a
bird tweeting. This is done using a machine called a sampler. Some
keyboards have sampled sounds. Once the sound has been stored, you can
play tunes with it. You can even alter the sound by reversing it or
making it echo. You can have great fun experimenting with sounds which
have been stored on a keyboard. Imagine playing Jingle Bells with a bell
chiming for each note!
Em D
Hello darkness, my old friend,
Em
I've come to talk with you again,
C G
Because a vision soft creeping,
Em C G
Left it's seeds while I was sleeping,
C C/G G
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Em
Still remains
D Em
Within the sound of silence.
Em D
In restless dreams I walked alone
Em
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
Em C G
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
Em C G
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
C
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon
G
light
Em
That split the night
D Em
And touched the sound of silence.
Em D
And in the naked light I saw
Em
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
Em C G
People talking without speaking,
Em C G
People hearing without listening,
C G
People writing songs that voices never share
Em
And no one dare
D Em
Disturb the sound of silence.
Em D
Fools said i, you do not know
Em
Silence like a cancer grows.
Em C G
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Em C G
Take my arms that I might reach you.
C G
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
Em
And echoed
D Em
In the wells of silence
Em D
And the people bowed and prayed
Em
To the neon God they made.
Em C G
And the sign flashed out it's warning,
Em C G
In the words that it was forming.
Em C
And the sign said, the words of the prophets
C G
Are written on the subway walls
Em
And tenement halls.
D Em
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
Learn about chord progressions, like I-IV-V with this great notebook called,
In 2005 the song Danny Boy from the CD, The Meeting of the Waters, was arranged by Tim O'Neill. It's a beautiful old Irish tune and I would like to share the chord chart with you that I have. Hope you like it, too.
G7 = G/FBD
C = C/GCE
C7 = C/GBbE
F = F/AD
Fm = F/FAbD
C/G = G/CE
Dm = D/FAE
F/G = G/FAC
C = EGC
Am = A/EC
F = F/CGB
C = C/CEG
Am = A/EAC
F = F/CGB
Em = E/BG
D = D/AD
G = G/BDG
C = C/GCE
F = F/FAD
F#dim = F#/CA
C = CGC/G
Am = AEA/C
F#dim = F#CE/E
C/G = GCG/E
Dm = DAD/FD
F/G = G/FA
C = C/EGC
Cmaj7 = C/BEG
C7 = C/BbEG
F = FCF/CA
Fm = FCF/FAb
C = C/CE
G = GDG/B
C = C/GCE
C7 = C/GBbE
F = FC/AD
Fm = FCF/AbCD
C = C/EG
Am7 = A/GCG
Dm = DAD/FAD
G7 = GDG/BD
C = CGC/CE
C7 = C/GBbE
F = FCF/FAD
Fm = FCF/AbD
C/G = GCG/GCE
Dm = D/FAE
F/G = G/FAC
C = C/EGC
Am = EA/EC
F = F/CGB
C = C/CEG
Am = AA/EC
F = F/CGB
Em = E/BEG
D = DAD/F#D
G = G/FB
C = C/GCE
F = FCF/E
F#dim = F#CF#/AC
C = CGC/G
Am = AEA/EC
F#dim = F#/F#ACE
C/G = G/GCE
Dm = D/FAD
F/G = G/FA
C = C/EGC
Cmaj7 = C/GBEG
C7 = CG/BbEG
F = F/CA
Fm = F/FAb
C = C/CE
F = EE/AD
F#dim = A#/CF#A
C = CG/EG
Am = AE/C
F#dim = F#/ACE
C/G = G/CE
Dm = D/AD
F/G = G/FA
C = C/EC
Fm = F/FAb
Bb = FBbD/DFBbD
C = C/EGCE
Be sure and play lots of arpeggiated chords in your left hand!
I love the group, Chicago! They have a fantastic sound and it's great to play along with their music and sing away. Do you have a favorite song from the band? Here's a great one!
Words and music by Peter Cetera and David Foster. Written in 1984, the song has a slow rock feel with a 4/4 time signature. I have the chord chart in the Key of G but then it modulates to Bb, then D. Back to Bb, key of D, then finishes in E.
Bb Dm7
You know our love was meant to be
Gm7 Gm7/F Eb F/Eb
The kind of love to last forever
Bb C
And I want you here with me
Gm7 Gm7/F Eb
From tonight until the end of time
F/A Bb
You should know
Eb/G Ab(add2)
Everywhere I go
D/F# Gm
Always on my mind
C/E F
In my heart
D/F# G A/C#
In my soul, baby
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/chicago/3358.html ]
D D/F#
You're the meaning in my life
G D/A A
You're the inspiration
D D/F#
You bring feeling to my life
G D/A A
You're the inspiration
F C/F
Wanna have you near me
Bb/F Bbm/F
I wanna have you hear me saying,
F/C Bb/C C F(no3rd)/Eb F(no3rd) Bb Eb F
"No one needs you more than I need you
repeat for 2nd verse
[Chorus, end with:]
F/C Bb/C C9 Bb/C A/C# D
"No one needs you more than I need you"
D/F# G D/A A D D/F# G D/A A
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh
F C/F
Wanna have you near me
Bb/F Bbm/F
I wanna have you hear me saying,
F/C Bb/C C A/C#
"No one needs you more than I need you"
E E/G#
You're the meaning in my life
A E/B B
You're the inspiration
E C#m
You bring feeling to my life
A E/G# F#m7 B
You're the inspiration
____
E |
When you love somebody |
E/B A E/B B |
To the end of time |
E |
When you love somebody | 2x
C#m7 A |
Always on my mind |
No one |
E/G# F#m7 B |
needs you more than I |
____|
While I was in Palm Springs visiting with my cousin to see him act in a play, I came across this stunning statue of Marilyn Monroe and it immediately reminded me of Elton John's song, Candle In The Wind. This 26 foot tall and 34,000 pound statue will be leaving Palm Springs, California and heading to Hamilton, N.J. in April. I'm glad I got to see it while it was close by.
Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar and pain was the price you paid
And even when you died, oh, the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say was that Marilyn was found in the nude
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled
Goodbye Norma Jean, from a young man in the twenty second row
Who sees you as something more than sexual, more than just our Marilyn Monroe
B
B7
And it
seems to me you lived your
life
E
A
Like a
candle in the
wind
E A/E E
B Bsus B
Never
knowing who to cling to when the
rain set in
A
C#m
And I
would have liked to've known you but I was
just a kid
B Bsus B
A
E/G#
Your candle burned out
long before your
legend ever did------
Coda
E E7/G# A C#m B Bsus B A E/G# F#m7 E
Chord Breakdown
Intro:
L.H. / R.H.
B/ BD#F#B
A/EABC#
G#/EG#B
F#/EAC#
E/EG#B
B/D#F#B
Verse 1
E/BEG# Goodbye Norma Jean, Though I never
A/C#EC# knew you at all, you had the grace to hold
G#E/BEB yourself while those around you crawled.
A/AC#E, A/ADE
A/AC#E They crawled out of the
E/EG#B woodwork and they whispered
A/C#E into your brain. They sent you on a
G#E/BEB treadmill and they
G#E/BA made you change your name
A/AC#E, A/ADE, A/AC#E And it
B/D#F#B seems to me you lived your
BA/D#G# life like a
E/EG#B candle in the
A/AC#E wind, Never
E/EG#B knowing who to cling
E/C#EB to
E/BEG# when the
B/BD#G# rain set in.
B/BEF#, B/D#F# and I would
A/EAC# have liked to known you, but I was
C#/C#EG# just a kid. Your candle burned out
B/BD#G# long before your
B/BEF#, B/D#F#
A/AC#E legend ever did.
G#/EB
Coda
E/G#B
G#/G#DE
A/EAC#
C#/EG#C#
B/F#BE
B/BEF#
B/BD#F#
A/AC#E
G#/EB
F#/A#C#
EE/G#BE
Option: Easy Version in C
CF
1. Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts,
CF
you were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.
CF
You called out to our country, and you whispered to those in pain,
CF
now you belong to heaven and the stars spell out your name
GCF
And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind
CG
Never fading with the sunset when the rain set in
FAm
And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills -
CGFC - G
Your candle burned out long before === your legend ever will
CF
2. Loveliness we've lost, those empty days without your smile,
CF
this torch we'll always carry for a nation's golden child.
CF
And even though we try, === the truth brings us to tears,
\ CF
all our words cannot express the joy you brought us through the years.
+ REFR.
CF
3. Goodbye England's Rose, may you ever grow in our hearts,
CF
you were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart.
CF
Goodbye England's Rose, from a country lost without your soul,
\ CF
who'll miss the wings of your compassion more than you will ever know
+ REFR.
FAm
+ And your footsteps will always fall here along England's greenest hills -
FGF - C
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever will
