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Now it's time to review our sections, put them together in a song form and finally practice it altogether.

Instructor Anders Mouridsen
Tutorial:
Right Hand Practice Tune
Styles:
Any Style
Difficulty:
print notation download lesson open guitar tuner
Song Form song notation

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Questions & Answers

1 month ago
I would appreciate some clarification to make sure I'm following correctly. For this song we play the intro 4 bars 2X Then move to bar 5 through bar 16, then back to the verse bar 5 thru 16. then Outro bar 17-20, repeat back to bar 17, 18 then jump to 21 and end a whole note quietly. Is this correct ? Thanks, Bob
Mike Olekshy 1 month ago

Hey there - thanks so much for your question! You are correct for the intro --- first 4 bars played twice. From there - play through the verse - bars 5-12. Next up - we play through the chorus section. That goes bars 13-14 played 3 times, then play bars 15 and 16. Now - we go back to the start of the verse (bar 5) and play the verse and chorus exactly the same way, one more time. At the end of the chorus - continue on and play through the outro - bars 21-25. The arrangement is a little easier to follow in the next lesson "Performance" video, because they stretch out the tab and the auto-scroll follows along. Hope this helps!!

1 year ago
What is the meaning of the "p" on the very last Tab ?
Mike Olekshy 1 year ago

Hello - thanks for your question! That "p" is notation for dynamics. Check out the "mf" under the first note in bar 1 - that stands for "mezzo-forte", which means "moderately loud". The "p" under the last strum stands for "piano" which means "quiet". So you would play through the entire song in a "moderately loud" dynamic until the final strum, which is played softer. Hope this helps!