Paint My Love by MLTR

I have divided the song into 3 parts. Please see the video…

Each part is actually in a different key. This makes the song quite interesting. Now, for those who care what keys the song is in, they are B, D and F for part 1, 2 & 3 respectively.

Once you can recognize the key, the chords and the patterns for each part are indeed quite straightforward.

Have fun!

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The Millennium Development Goals

Perhaps some of us are unaware of these goals drawn by the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which constituted promises made by world leaders to address, as a single package, peace, security, development, human rights and fundamental freedom. These are 8 goals set in 2000, to be achieved by 2015, and they range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education.

On YouTube’s homepage today, all the featured videos are related to these goals, as the world leaders met once again on 25 SEP 2008 in New York to discuss them.

As the featured videos on YouTube’s homepage change constantly, I would like to embed selected ones here. But before going into the videos, I would like to introduce these 8 goals. They are:

1.    Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
2.    Achieve universal primary education
3.    Promote gender equality and empower women
4.    Reduce child mortality
5.    Improve maternal health
6.    Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases
7.    Ensure environmental sustainability
8.    Develop a global partnership for development

For the specific and measurable targets of each of the goals above, please visit UN’s website at: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals.

Below are the selected videos from YouTube. They are mostly from non-profit organizations, and you can see their links in the videos.

One Sabbath:

End poverty:

Unlocking the power of women:

Education for all:

Improve Maternal Health:

A generation free from HIV:

Rising food prices in Kenya:

Save the children:

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Feliz Navidad

You would have noticed in the video that the same chord progression is repeated over and over. That’s all there is. 🙂

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Aren’t You Glad by Eason Chan

This is quite a new song. I have only listened to this song a few times before making this video. So please excuse me for not getting the melody notes entirely correct.

The song is in the key of G. So, for those of you who know how to play full chords (instead of the 2-finger chords I am cheating with), please take note that the last chord (i.e., at the end of ‘Part 3’ in the video) is an E major chord

Again, please do write to me if anyone is interested to know the chord progressions. Enjoy.

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Long Time Ago In Bethlehem

There are 2 patterns in this song. But as you would notice in the video, you need only 2 “chords” on the right hand. It’s the left hand that needs to be busy changing the bass notes. But the bass notes aren’t that difficult really, if you can identify a pattern in its movement. It is actually the coordination between the left and the right hands that is tricky. If you play drum, or have some sense of beats, it would definitely help. Give it a try! 🙂

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Jesus Lover Of My Soul by Hillsong

I guess there isn’t much I need to comment at all about the playing of this song here. The video should be self-explanatory. All you have to do is repeat the pattern over and over to cover the whole song.

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Because I Love You by Shakin’ Stevens

I have not commented much on chord progressions for the songs I have posted lately. Ok, perhaps I shall do for this one.

There are 3 different parts in this song, as I have marked on the video.

Part 1 and Part 3 have the same chord progressions. It goes like this:

I –> VIm –> IIm7 –> V

The song is in the key of B. So the above progression is translated as:

B –> G#m –> C#m7 –> F#

Part 2 is actually similar to the above too, except with a slight twist. This is how it goes…

I –> III –> VIm –> VI –> IIm7 –> V

In the key of B, this is translated into…

B –> D# –> G#m –> G# –> C#m7 –> F#
With some tweaking, we can simplify it further into what you see on the video. If anyone is interested to know how this is done, please let me know.

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Love To Be Loved By You

This song by Marc Terenzi has actually been suggested by a reader-friend whose name I shall not reveal for now. 🙂

I have divided the song into 4 parts in the video.

Part 1 (verse, in the key of B) and Part 2 (chorus, in the key of D) are repeated with a slight difference towards the end of each part.

Part 3 is the bridge.

And Part 4 is actually the same as Part 2 (i.e., chorus), but in a higher key, i.e., E.

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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

I hope this is easy enough to follow.

I have no other comment, except a reminder that the fingers I used on the video were purely so that it’s easier for the viewer to see the notes (keys) I was playing. Do feel free to use the fingers most comfortable for yourself.

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