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cuando era joven, escuchaba la
radio esperando mis canciones
favoritas; cuando las ponían, cantaba
con ellas, me hacían
sonreír
Yesterday Once More by Carpenters like
many Carpenters songs it's a gorgeous
piano ballad with lots of really cool
Jazzy chord changes in it I think you're
going to love playing and singing it
let's jump
in okay so first off I recommend you get
the chords and lyrics chart there's a
link down in the description and that's
going to help you follow along and see
where the chords and the lyrics line up
with each other let's start out with the
intro here it is it's just one measure
of e major going to voice it like that
this is Middle C here so you get the
octave and I'm just doing b e and G
sharp 135 um and it's just one measure
and right off the bat let's do quarter
notes in the right hand so just playing
on every count so the intro would be 1 2
3 4 and the singing actually starts as
pickup notes in the intro 1 2 3 when I
was young I listen so then we're in the
verse let's look at that verse here are
the chords for that there is a lot going
on here um but it starts out with the
measure of e and so starting on the
verse I'm going to start adding left
hand bass notes so I've got my first
finger on this e and octave lower young
I'd listen to the
radi so G Shar minor over a d Shar the
only thing that needs to change in each
hand is the E need to step down to D
Sharps
radio waiting for for my a c Shar minor
here C Shar e and G Shar step down to my
third finger there on the C Shar in the
left hand and just a little note in this
first verse here um they do do on the
second count of that uh sus two so you
could use your second finger on the dsh
like for my favorite
songs so C minor for B only thing that
changes is we have a b Bas note and
actually I'm going to if I can remember
cross my left hand thumb under to hit
that b bass note there cuz that sets us
up for where the left hand needs to go
next 2 3 when they played at it's a
little high for me I'll sing it down in
octave played at sing
along so there we had this a major 7 um
I went to the a Bas note but the right
hand stayed the same uh C Shar minor
with an a Bas note is an a major 7 and
then for this gar Minor 7 we're stepping
down to the G sharp in the left hand and
then B dsharp and F in the right hand
this is also just a B major Triad and we
are going to use that in a minute so
make note of that then we have this F
minor
7 um you can do a C sharp and E in the
right hand a major chord while doing
that F sharp bass note Let Me Slowly
play through that one more time when I
was young I listen to the
radio waiting for my favorite
song when they played I'd sing along
along it made me
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sonreír. Esos eran tiempos tan felices.
Bien, tenemos que repasar esta parte
un poco complicada. Hay formas más sencillas
de hacerlo, incluyendo lo que les mostraré
en el segundo verso. Es algo
muy simple, pero en esencia,
vamos a tocar este Fa menor 7 y, en vez
de solo hacer las notas del acorde,
vamos a tocar en el tiempo uno y luego
en el "y" después del dos. Pensando en
corcheas: 1 y 2 y 3 y 4 y
1 y 2 y 3 y 4. También puedes
añadir en el cuatro las dos primeras
notas del acorde en la mano derecha.
1 2 y y 3 4 y. Bien, y
aquí está la parte difícil: una forma un poco
más simple es 1 2 y 3 4.
Tenemos este Si en la mano derecha
sobre Re sostenido, que es el mismo acorde de Si
que señalé antes, y luego tenemos un La sobre Do
we've got a over C
sostenido, un La sobre Si, así que solo hacemos
un acorde de La mayor en la mano derecha
para esos dos últimos golpes, y la mano izquierda
solo baja: Re sostenido, Do sostenido, Si. El ritmo
es 1 y 2 y 3 4. Puedes volver
a un acorde de Si mayor en el tiempo 4.
Otra vez: 1 2 y 3 4. Y querrás que
ese primer golpe de La sea muy staccato.
1 2 y 3 4. Hay un poco más en la
grabación, donde al principio, en el
acorde de Si, en lugar de solo ir,
ellos van...
Así que si quieres añadir eso, puedes dar
ese acorde de Si con tus dedos segundo, tercero
y quinto, y luego usar tu primer
dedo para tocar ese Fa sostenido en el 1 y 2 y 3.
be on the 1 and 2 and three those were
Esos eran tiempos tan felices.
Ahora estamos en la tercera línea; comienza
muy similar a lo anterior: tiempos felices y
no hace mucho tiempo.
Cómo me
preguntaba a dónde se habían
ido, pero han vuelto, justo como un
viejo amigo. Todas las canciones que amo,
finger under to that c Shar minor over B
but this time it's happening um twice as
fast it's only two counts of C minor
before stepping down to the C minor over
B and then the a major 7 there at the
bottom of it this measures a bit of a
doozy it's going to sound like this with
it
gone but this back again so we've got uh
just two counts of the a major 7 the
little Dash represents a second count of
it so 1 2 then we've got this dsharp
Minor 7 flat 5 um so coming all the way
down to this dsharp bass note super low
a csharp and F here 1 125 and then to
get to the gsh 7 we're going to come up
to a gar Basse note you can use your
second finger there and the only thing
that needs to happen in the right hand
is both of these bottom notes are going
to step down a half step so G sharp and
c and you could just use one and two one
and two if you want to voice the dshp in
that chord you totally can but you don't
need to so but there and again the
timing there is 1 2 3 4 okay last line
here for the verses but they're back
again just like a long lost friend so
for these two measures we're going to do
a similar Rhythm to what we talked about
before but it's just on the one and then
the end after two 1 and 2 and 3 4 so C
Shar minor over B I did start doing
octaves here if you can't make the
stretch you can stick with single bass
notes maybe play an octave lower but I'm
doing that for more power here 1 2 and 3
4 1 2 and 3 4 when you get to the a
major 7 um of course the right hand
stays the same we're going to come down
to the a octaves uh but you can kind of
just resume the quarter notes There song
I love so so uh for the F minor 7 a c
Shar e in the right hand love so
well A over B so still doing the same
right hand essentially a major Triad
that we were doing for the F minor 7 but
then the base note changes to a b that's
a really awesome expectant sound that
happens all throughout the song um and
this is leading into the chorus here um
and you got the three counts of A over B
that's what those dashes are 1 2 3 4
just stepping up to that B major chord
um best way to kind of figure out that
timing is it is like I said leading into
the chorus and the last count of the A
on count three is on F and then the B
chord is on re for sh la la la so again
from the a major 7 and I forgot to point
out that it's just two counts of a major
7 2 counts of fstar Minor 7 so that's
going to be songs I love so
well every sh la la la okay so the
chorus is next but first i'm going to do
a slow sing through of that whole first
verse and just one more detail I'm going
to add that's optional is adding some
extra bass notes in the left hand on the
and after four so one 1 2 3 4 and 1 2
you don't have to do it every time but
it just kind of leads in the next
chord when I was young i' listen to the
r waiting for my favorite
songs when they played at sing along
it made me
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smile those were such happy times and
not so long
ago how I
wondered where they
gone but they're back again just like a
long lost friend all the songs I love
love so
well every sha so that's going into the
chorus okay so here are the chords for
the chorus a lot of the same chords
we've already done in the verse um right
off the bat in the chorus I'm going to
be playing octaves like we were at the
end of the verse I'm also going to sing
an octave lower just cuz it's a little
too high for my voice we've got a
measure of
e to C Shar minor and it just goes back
and forth between those a few times um
I'm just doing a little Rhythm too like
1 2 and three and four you can just kind
of throw in some eighth notes on the top
octave with your first finger in between
right hand hits if you want every sh
La every
wo still
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shines I hear that strings Melody if you
want to imply it a little bit you
can add just like a add two there on the
D every single
linging that this start sing so
fun okay so on this F Shar Minor 7 uh
the measure starts with a few chord
notes 1 2 3 and four and so here are the
notes and counts for that um we're going
to play the f octaves in left hand on
count one when we hit that measure 1 2
and then 3 and 4 and just stepping up FP
G Shar a b and actually that b is going
to the B major chord that starts the
next measure it it hits a eighth note
early it anticipates the next measure so
1 2 3 and four and 1 2 and then we have
this A over B
B on Beats three and four of that
measure so fun 2 3 and four and 1 2 3
when they okay now we've got this C
minor and here we're going to go back to
that one two and three only difference
is I'm also going to hit just the right
hand on beat for get to the part where
he's breaking a heart uh so C augmented
here we have some funky looking chords
coming up but really all that's going to
happen is we're going to step the bottom
note down chromatically so C augmented
is c e and G Shar and then the E over B
looks like that uh with a b e g Shar and
when I get to that e over B I'm going to
resume the quarter note rhythm in the
right hand but just very lightly going
to pull back the Dynamics
really make me cry so a sharp Minor 7
flat 5 but again it's just the same top
notes as we had before and that note
just going to hold really make me cry
just like
before okay so e over B we're doing that
same e we've been doing with a B bass
Note 2 3 4 A over B it's happiness once
more E major 7 um and you can do uh G
sharp B and D Shar in the right hand
coming down to a low e base not once
more um there is this cool arpeggio
there that I want to point out this is
totally optional it's going to sound
like this just like
before it's happiness so we're going to
climb up you do that e e major chord in
the right hand on count one and then
every eighth note thereafter we're kind
of just stepping up the an arpeggio on
that so one and two and you can cross
your thumb under to the B here so b e g
sharp b e and then F G sharp again
four the melody then goes to there but
it's it sounds like an overdub because
you also hear that right-and chord so
I'm just going to hop down to that a
like
B you could do it up here too if it's
too big of a jump It's happiness once
more then we have these two measures of
e major 7 to A over
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B Lang Lang 2 three looking back and
that would be going uh to the next verse
final optional fancy thing you can do
here at the end of the last chorus would
sound like
this Lang
Lang um so that would be 1 2 3 and for
and uh coming up b e f sharp and that
would hit on the and after four for that
A over B chord 1 2 3 and four and 1 and
2 and three yeah that's the last thing
is if you want to do some eighth notes
on a a there you do hear that there for
a sec before it goes into the next verse
let me do a sing through of that whole
chorus one two every so pick up notes
from the verse Sha la la every wo
wo still
shines every single Ling aing that
they're starting to sing so fun 2 3 and
four and
one when they get to the part where he
he breaking a heart it can
really make me
cry just like
before it's yeserday once
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more be do Lang l
looking back on how okay so now we're on
the second verse here's the chords for
the second verse and you'll notice it is
almost identical to the first verse um
the only difference really is that at
the end of the second line it's a little
simpler than it was but also here's
where there's a harp arpeggi on the
recording that has this eighth note feel
if you want to capture that a little bit
in you're playing which I think I will
do you could start doing this pattern
instead of just doing the simple chord
note start
going this rocking
um where you do the top two notes and
the bottom Note 1 and two and three and
four
and and the good times that I
had makes today seem rather
sad so much has change
it was songs of so we don't do that
fancy Rhythm we did we just keep doing
whatever we're
doing then a for two counts B it was
songs of love and then yeah it's the
same from there just different words
after that we've got the second chorus
here's the chords for that it looks just
like the first chorus the only
difference is at the end of it there is
only once on the a major 7 to the A over
B um and here's where I'm going to
differ from the recording cuz at the end
of this what happens is just like before
it's Yesterday Once
More every sh it just Loops back into
the first part of the chorus which you
could totally do it starts just doing
the first two lines of the chorus over
and over again but fading out and when
you get into that there's really no good
place to end if you're not fading out so
I am just going to do
um it's Yesterday Once More and end it
there on a e major chord um and I'm
going to do a root position E major
chord uh just so it sounds more final so
e g sharp and B I'm just going to end it
there and let it ring out and then the
song is over all right thank you for
sticking with me I am now going to do a
full run through of the whole song so
you can see how all the parts fit
together just a note I'm going to do a
little bit of jumping up and down the
octave with my singing just so so it
fits for my voice but um don't let that
confuse you this is the original key and
you can sing it in her register the
whole time if that works for you if you
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this one okay here's my version of
Yesterday Once
More when I was young i' listen to the
radio
waiting for my favorite
songs when they played i' sing along
along it made me
smile those were such happy times and
not so long
ago how I wondered where theyd gone
but they're back again just like a long
lost friend all the songs I love so
well every sh la la every wo wo still
shines every Shing aing aing
that they're starting to sing so
fun when they get to the part where he's
breaking a heart it can really make me
cry just like
before it's yesterday one
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small should do l
l looking back on how it was in Years
Gone by and the good times that i'
had makes today seem rather sad
so much has
changed it was songs of love that I
would sing to them and I
Miz each
word those old
Melodies still sound so good to me as
they melt the years away
every sh la la la every wo wo still
shines every shingling a ling that
they're starting to sing so
fine all my best
memories come that clearly to me some
can even make me cry just like
before it's Yesterday Once More
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