Oom Pah rhythm, practice progressions. 2 2
Before I take you through the progressions, I'll explain how they work. 3 3
The first page is written the way some song books have it, so 4 4
there's just a melody line with chord symbols above the words. 5 5
In this instance, you're playing Oom Pah. 6 6
So it's- 7 7
[MUSIC] 8 8
So there'll be four beats per bar. 9 9
One, two, three, four. 10 10
And each C symbol that you see, denotes four beats. 11 11
So oh when the saints, two, three, four. 12 12
The next C indicates another four beats. 13 13
[MUSIC] 14 14
Go marching. 15 15
The next C indicated another four beats. 16 16
[MUSIC] 17 17
Next C indicates another four beats. 18 18
[MUSIC] 19 19
Oh when the, and again, saints three, four, march, three, 20 20
four and G one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. 21 21
One two three four, one two three four, one two three four, 22 22
one two three four, one two three four, one two three four, 23 23
one two three four, one two three four. 24 24
So it's very repetitive but 25 25
at this stage because you're just beginning with the chords. 26 26
It's a good song to just get used to doing Oom Pah and changing song chords. 27 27
So when you add in the left hand, so, actually, 28 28
the song you kind of start singing before the beat comes in. 29 29
Oh when the saints- 30 30
[MUSIC] 31 31
In the next couple of books, you'll learn about inversions, which actually makes it 32 32
easier to play, cuz the chords won't be jumping so much about. 33 33
But that's for the next book. 34 34
So the next three songs are pretty much the same. 35 35
If you know the song. 36 36
[MUSIC] 37 37
And so on. 38 38
Froggie Went A Courtin'. 39 39
[MUSIC] 40 40
So remember, every C denotes four beats. 41 41
[MUSIC] 42 42
One two three four, one two three four, one two three four, one two three four. 43 43
[MUSIC] 44 44
One two three four, one two three four, one two three four, one two three four, 45 45
one two three four, one two three four, one two three four, one two three four, 46 46
one two three four, one. 47 47
And Jingle Bells, again, very repetitive chords, but 48 48
at this stage, that's a good thing. 49 49
So Jingle Bells. 50 50
[MUSIC] 51 51
So again, one, two, three, four. 52 52
[MUSIC] 53 53
So the next part where's it at progression in the style of Song Song Blue, 54 54
Neil Diamond. 55 55
These boxes, the way they're written out is denote one bar per box, 56 56
so that's four beats per box. 57 57
Unless otherwise stated. 58 58
So in this instance, you're gonna play Oom Pah again. 59 59
So it's two bars of C, four bars of G, and two bars of C. 60 60
[MUSIC] 61 61
So one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. 62 62
One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. 63 63
And again. 64 64
One two three four, one two three four, one two three four, 65 65
one two three four, one two three four. 66 66
So same again in the style of King of the Road. 67 67
One two three four, one two three four. 68 68
[MUSIC] 69 69
One two three four. 70 70
And the last on in the style of In The Summertime. 71 71
[MUSIC] 72 72
And you can see you can move up and down, you don't have to play the F up there 73 73
the first time, second time down below middle C. 74 74
It just depends on what you feel will sound good at that point.