Guitar Songs

20100927: So I asked for a song recommendation and was given Hey Soul Sister by Train. Interesting, as the next song I will try is I'm Yours and that would be three songs that employ the ukulele. And my friend just got a ukulele. I think I'm being told I need to get a ukulele too! I don't have this song in my music library, so I don't have the lyrics memorized. Though the basic layout of the song is fairly simple. It'll take a while before I can remember the lyrics. Overall Patterns: I: |C |G |Am |F II: |C |G |Am |F; G II': |C |G |Am; F |G III: |F |G; C, G IV: |F |G Song breakdown: Hey Ay: I Verse1: I II I II Chorus: III III III IV Hey Ay: I Verse2: I II' I II Chorus: III III III IV HVerse: I II HChoru: III III ChorusAlter: III III III III IV Hey Ay: II II C

20100925: I strummed and felt like the song was in the key of D major. With the chords D, G, and A repeating. The third tab I came to had the chords A, D, and E (key of A major). Lol, either I'm off (wrong key) or I'm close (consecutive major keys have two major chords in common). Though I'm more likely off, because when I was first listening, I was switching between the A and the G. And then only added the D when trying to complete the key. And D sounded right. But I didn't realize that A and D belong to the key of A. If I had realized, I would have tried A, D, and E compared to D, G, and A. Oh well... You learn from your mistakes.

20100925: Like for many of the songs here, I've looked at the tab(s) for this song before, but I've either only memorized parts of the tab, or only played the song while looking at the tab. I looked at about three different sources. The most useful being the acoustic tab . My goal being to boil the song down into its key components. I think the lack of getting the key components has been a stumbling block to learning songs in the past. But recognizing the phrases helps break down the song. Otherwise, I already know how to do the fingering for I. Later, in the afternoon (12 hours later), I sat down, and was able to play the song from memory. Breaking it down the song into little repetitive phrases really helps. The lyrics however will be hard to do, because I don't think they come in a convenient timing with the chords. 20101011: Doing the lyrics.

Key of G 20100916: I have yet to memorize the song, but I broke I was able to identify the main structure. I played along a couple times. I'll try to memorize some pieces tomorrow.

When trying to practice this song, I had trouble remembering the bridge. I remember it starting with a C. And when guessing I would have followed with F, to G, to E. Drumroll... Bridge: C; E; F; G, F C; E; F; G. Alright...