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\f0\fs24 \cf0 What's up everybody? For HowtoPlayAnySong.com, this is Brandon Ghorley. And right now we're
going to learn the classic party anthem, \'93Don't Stop Believin'\'94. \
\ This song has been used all over the world,
in Super Bowls, movies, and infamously the series finale of the show, \'93The Sopranos.\'94
We're going to learn it right now. Let's lock it in. \
\ \
\b Right Hand \b0 \
\ To learn this song, we're going to start by
first learning what are the chords in the right hand and how are they played. So let's
take a look. We're in the key of E. We're going to start with an E chord in second position,
which is a G sharp, a B, and an E. \ \
Then we're going to go to a B chord played in the third position, which is an F sharp,
a B, and a D sharp. And then we're going to go a C sharp minor chord, but it's kind of
fun because we actually just go back to that chord we started on which looks like an E,
so the G sharp, a B, and an E. And then we go to an A chord, which is an A, a C sharp,
and an E. That's the first half of the progression. \
\ The second half starts the same with an E
in the second position. A B in the third position.\ \
Now we're going to go to a G sharp chord in the first position, which is a G sharp, a
B, and a D sharp, and then we finish on an A, which is an A, a C sharp, and an E. \
\ Then we'll end on an E with a G sharp, a B,
and an E. Played slowly, here's what the chords look like. E to a B. Back to the first chord.
To an A. Back to an E. Back to a B. G sharp minor, A, E.\
\ That's not too hard, right? Now as we play
this, and we're going to show it to you in slow motion, there's a counter rhythm that's
played. It looks like this.\ \
And we're always playing the top two notes of the chords that we just learned followed
by the bottom note alternating like this.\ \
You see that pattern in all kinds of songs, so it's great to learn it right now. And so
in super slow mo when we play that pattern, it looks like this. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
\ \
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
Play it at normal speed, it looks like this. One, two, three, four. \
\ One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. \ Played at normal speed, it looks like this.
\ \
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. \ \
\
\b Left Hand \b0 \
\ \
We're now going to learn the left hand bass line to the intro of this song. And this is
a great rocking left-hand part. I like to play it with octaves in my left hand, which
looks like this. \ \
As you can see, my pinky's on an E, and my thumb is on a higher E, and that gives it
that extra fullness that we want. Start on an E note, then move to an F sharp, G sharp,
B, C sharp, D sharp, C sharp, D sharp, E, A, D sharp, E, and then a low E way down there.
\ \
That's the first half of the progression. And before we get to the second half, I want
to show you that half in slow mo. It looks like this. \
\ One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One.\
\ You got it so far? Now we're going to learn
the second half, which looks a lot like the first half, but it just ends differently.
So again we start on the E, F sharp, G sharp, B, C, sharp, D sharp, G sharp, A. \
\ And then of course the progression ends on
a E. In super slow mo, the second half looks like this. One, two, three, four.\
\ One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One.\
\ When you do the entire progression at full
speed, it looks like this. One, two, three, four.\
\ One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. \
\ Something like that. Now that we've learned
the right and left-hand parts to this song, let's put them together and really bring it
to life. We'll start by doing it in slow motion once, and then we'll have fun by doing it
at the regular speed. \ \
First, remember we start on an E in the right hand, second position, and on the low E's
octaves. Here's what it looks like in slow motion. One, two, three, four. \
\ One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. \
\ Do you got it? Are you ready? Let's try it
at regular speed. One, two, three, four.One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One,
two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One,
two, three, four. One, two, three, four. \ \
Now that we've learned the right and left-hand parts to this song, let's put them together,
and we'll really bring it to life. We'll start by doing it in slow motion once,and then we'll
have fun by doing it at the regular speed. \
\ First, remember we start on an E in the right
hand, second position, and in the low E's octaves. Here's what it looks like in slow
motion. One, two, three, four.\ \
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
\ \
Do you got it? Are you ready? Let's try it at regular speed. One, two, three, four. One,
two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One,
two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. \
\ Thanks for taking the time to hang out with
us and learn some music. Remember to click around and come back because there's always
new music being added. For HowToPlayAnySong.com, I'm Brandon Ghorley. Keep it locked in, and
we'll see you next time. \ }