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YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY!Or Are You?

I have played piano since I was in the 5th grade. I taught myself. I started out in

solely classical music. My first song that I learned to play was Fur Elise. I loved

playing and learning but I felt that it was very difficult to learn on my own. I

bought a few books, watched countless hours of video, and practiced for hourson end. Then, when my cousin started taking piano lessons, I focused more on

the music that we were both familiar with: gospel music. Weve been in church

since we were born and weve sang the old songs countless times. Now, I wanted

to play them.

The best way to learn how to play something is to watch someone else do it.

Janet Haas, a gospel singer and pianist for many years has agreed to help me

put things in this book that will in turn help you (and me) play better. Imwriting this book for anyone is like me. I was determined to play better but I

was sick of getting nowhere.

In this book, I have typed out add-ins and bells and whistles that will make

your playing more colorful and more exciting. Towards the back of this book

are pages upon pages of sheet music. Some I have slightly arranged. Others are

the same as I found them. I encourage you to mark in this book. Write in notes,

chords, and anything else that will helo you learn and play like a pro.The thingswe put in this book are not always easy. I am learning as I put things in this

book. I promise that this book will help you become as good as you want to be.

You are what you play!


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WHAT ARE THESYMBOLS FOR?

LookForThisSymbol:

Look for these tags...

On the pages where I show you something new, Ill put a tag at the top. On that tagis a symbol. Each new add-in will have a different symbol.

In the back of this book, I will include some sheet music that has no add-ins written in.

The only thing that Ill have on there is symbols. Where ever I put a symbol, you canuse the corresponding add-in. For example: The symbol for Octave Chord Chord is a red triangle. On the songs inthe back of this book that are in 3/4, 6.8, or 12/8 time, Ill put a red triangle at the

beginning of the song so that youll know that you can use Octave Chord Chord on that

page.


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This can be used insongs where the topnumber of the timesignature is divisible

by 3.(ex. 3/4, 6/8, 12/8)

A Great Left Hand Add-in ForAny Song In 3/4 Time.

TAKE A LOOK AT:

AMAZING GRACE

HOW TO DO OCTAVE CHORD CHORD:

As you are playing, look at the chord symbols.

Lets say you are coming up on a measure that

has the chord Eb. One the first beat, play the

low Eb with your little finger and the Eb one

octave up with your thumb. On beat two, play

Eb, G, and Bb. (Starting with the Eb your

thumb was on. For beat three, do the same asbeat 2.

Heres what Amazing Grace looks like if you

were to be looking in a hymnal.

Try It Like This.

Ive taken the base line off the original and

added the octave chord chord style.

If you want to use Octave Chord Chord in a song with 6/8

time, you would just do Octave Chord Chord twice. And for

12/8 time, youd do Octave Chord Chord four times.

LookForThisSymbol:

Octave (Beat 1) Chord (Beat 2 & Beat 3)


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This can be used insongs where the topnumber of the time

signature is amultiple of 4.

(ex. 2/4, 4/4, 8/8)

A Great Left Hand Add-in ForAny Song In 4/4 Time.

TAKE A LOOK AT:

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

HOW TO DO OCTAVE CHORD OCTAVE CHORD:

As you are playing, look at the chord symbols.

Lets say you are coming up on a measure that

has the chord Eb. One the first beat, play the

low Eb with your little finger and the Eb one

octave up with your thumb. On beat two, play

Eb, G, and Bb. (Starting with the Eb your

thumb was on. On beat three, go back and do

the octave again. On beat four, play the chord

just as you did on beat two.

Heres what What a Friend We Have In Jesus

looks like if you were to be looking in a

hymnal.

Try It Like This.

Ive taken the base line off the original and

added the octave chord octave chord style.

If you want to use Octave Chord Octave Chord in a song

with 2/8 time, you would just do Octave Chord. And for 8/8

time, youd do Octave Chord Octave Chord Octave Chord

Octave Chord.

LookForThisSymbol:

Octave (Beat 1 and Beat 3) Chord (Beat 2 & Beat 4)


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You Dont Always Have To UseWhats Written.

TAKE A LOOK AT:

OH MY DARLING CLEMENTINE

Its Perfectly Alright To No Abide By The

Suggested Chords Of A Song.The Use Of

Alternative Chords Can Change The Mood

and Feeling And Give The Song Some Color.

Heres what Clementine normally looks like.

Try It Like This.

Notice that Ive put in odd chords (such

as minors and 7ths) and progressive parts at the

ends of the lines.

There is no set rule to this. You just play around with the song.

It sounds terrible while youre practicing, but when you find

what you want, it sounds great!

LookForThisSymbol:


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This can be used insongs where you aregoing from the 6th

minor of a key to the2nd.

A transition from a minor chordto a major.

TAKE A LOOK AT:

SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

HOW TO DO THE 6MINOR TO 2 SWITCH:

First, you need to look at the key signature of

the song. Then, look for the 6th. This is the

minor note of the scale. For the key of C, the

minor is A. For G, its E. Now, look in the song

for places where minor chords are used. If the

song has a minor chord that is the 6th of the

key and is going to the 2nd of the key, you can

use this.

Heres what Sweet Hour of Prayer looks like

if you were to be looking in a hymnal.

Specifically look at the box at a world of..

Try It Like This.

Notice that you go from Am to D7.

Am is the 6th and D is the 2nd.

This takes some practice if you want to use it well. Theres no

trick to finding places where you can add this in. You just have

to rely on trial and error.

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Lots of us dont really know all of the new symbols that

writers use in music these days. Over the last 100 years or so,weve come up with lots of new symbols that are written in.

Lots of musicians just pay them no regard because they

dont know what they actually do or mean.

Below is a few symbols that you may encounter:

This is called a double flat. A flat moves the notea half step down. This moves it 2 half steps down.

This is called a double sharp. A sharp moves the

note a half step up. This moves it 2 half steps up.

This is called a marcato. This is just like an accent

(the < sign) just a little louder. This is a mega-accent.

This is called a staccatissimo. This is just like a staccato mark only

shorter. There is a larger pause after this note is played staccato

This is a long fermata. Just hold it a little longer than a normal one.

This is a short fermata. Like a fermata just not as much.

8va means play one octave higher. 8vb

means la one octave lower.

15va means play two octaves higher. 15vb

means play two octaves lower.


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The Original

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+(" #$%&" '(" '($," +(-" #-" )$!"!!


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I Suggest YouPlay This in 3/4.


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G C Am D7 C/E D/F#

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firstpartofthissongforyoutotry.


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Music#$nearet at hand. !e mo&orderly, $mo&delicate, and$mo&perfect of albo(ly

pleasure. It#$only one which#equaly hel)uto ala*s of man. -Ruskin


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This is in 2/4. This means that per measure youll playOctave Chord only. Whereas in 4/4 youd play OctaveChord Octave Chord.


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Thissectionincludesthesongsthat

youdhearinmanychurchservices.

Ivepurposelyincludedoldhymns

thatyoucantfindanymore.


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Besuretotakethisoneslowasyouplayit.

Aslow

tempowillallowyoutoget

thetimingrightandit


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Bm

Bm

D7

D7

D7

D7


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Bb add2

Bb add2 Bb add2

Bb add2

Sing unto Him a new song, playskilfuly wi,a l-d no#.Psalms 33:3


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Ab ! Ab/C ! Eb7/Bb Eb7 Ab Fm Bb7 Bbm Eb7

This is the most difficult arrangein this book. It has some off-thechords that are very hard to do bthey sound amazing if youll just

Ab ! Db6/Ab ! Csus C7 Fm Bbm Eb7 EbMa 7 Gb7 Ab

Csus Fm Csus C7 Fm Eb/G Ab Eb/G Fm7

Bbm7 Eb Ab Cm7 Fm7 Bbm Edim Ab


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guarantee you dont know this

song. I was written by my

grandmothers former pastor.

He just never published it.


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