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Lets learn “Your Song” by Elton John - How to read an easy lead sheet

Published by Chris Marx on February 5, 2009 under Chords, Pop Piano Lessons

Hooray! Lets learn the intro to “Your Song” by Elton John. When I started making this video, it was the most requested song in the valentine poll. Make sure to download the chart!!!*

THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THIS LESSON:

  1. Your Song - Easy PDF Chart Download
  2. Performance VIDEO - (over the shoulder demonstration)
  3. Chart Walk through VIDEO - Talking you through reading the chart with the letters written in.

Give me your feedback and I’ll incorporate it into the lesson for the rest of the song!

#1 YOUR SONG - PDF for the introduction

#2 YOUR SONG - PERFORMANCE VIDEO

I recommend watching the performance example and then skipping ahead through the commentary to the slow performances and copying it step by step.

Table of contents:
:10 - Performance example of the 4 measure introduction
:21 - SLOW walkthrough
3:27 - SLOW performance, chord by chord. I’m saying each chord.
4:05 - Holding down all the notes in the chord at once

Its just the first four measures, but this is the epitome of elton john’s style:
Rolling arpeggios and chords in inversions.



#3 LEAD SHEET - HOW TO READ THE MUSIC - VIDEO

Practice Goal:

Learn all of your major and minor triads, AND their inversions. Then practice rolling them.

Please post a comment and let me know what you think!!!

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