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Wednesday, April 18

Always One More Time -- Harry Connick

[Youtube.. Always one more time]

Harry Connick is pretty good at what he does... piano, vocal, original compositions... with a New Orleans sound and background. He does a lot of standards. I recommend watching him as a piano lesson.

Tuesday, April 17

I Love You Arizona -- with Roy Rogers movie afterward.

[I love you Arizona song -- famous in AZ and marketed occasionally.

I can't find the chords yet but will work them out. For now, here are the lyrics. [+]

You can request this at Golden Buddha or we can put it in your collection and teach it to you during lessons this coming month. For now, simply play it several times to get the feel of it and maybe memorize some of the main lyrics.

Monday, April 9

Fire and Rain - James Taylor - performed by Rick



I'll talk about the harmonic changes here in a few days. There are unique harmonic attributes that should be the focus of your playing that lend it to improvisation and your own arrangement and sound.