Taylor Swift Songs: On Piano!!

1. Swifties Unite!!: On Piano!!: Playing piano can always be perceived as a hard instrument, as long as we make it a difficult and hard instrument. In this class, we're going to be talking about primarily Taylor Swift songs through the use of music theory, of chords, notes, and scales. Below, you'll see a piano role that we're going to use throughout the course, so you can see exactly what I am playing on each song. The different progressions. And understanding here how to read music. Because what's more important is after this class, you're able to take a song that you want to learn and actually kind to carve it out, understand the chords, and really start playing right away. So each class is going to be divided into understanding the framework of a song and really knowing what's in an intro, and what's in the verse, going into a pre chorus, going into the chorus, and then of course, the second verse, and then proceeding to the bridge or the outtro. And how those kind of changes happen and really kind of understanding the different patterns, cause all those sections are made of chord patterns. And so with Taylor Swift songs, we're going to take one song at a time, really understanding how to play each one. We're going to learn a little bit about sight reading here on the left and reing able to read notes. And then below, you're going to understand a lot more about your piano than you did before. What are the white notes? What are the Black notes is pretty basic. But if you've never really kind of understood how to play the piano, now is the time to really apply it with a song. I'm Margo. I've been teaching for over 15 years, both in the New York area, as well as when I moved out to Los Angeles. And I've learned that as you're learning an instrument, you're studying kind of the methods and the teachings and trying to really understand it. The best way is always to dive in, learn a song that you really love and kind of just kind of carve it out and understand the notes, the chords, what's the scales? What's the movement happening in each song? So we're going to talk about that throughout this course. And I hope to bring a little bit more music theory as we kind of go along. A lot of the times, music theory is looked at as a hard concept, and it actually can be if we don't apply it in the right way. So we're going to look at it in each song. And we're really going to use it to our best ability. And throughout this course, you'll know that you can pause, you can stop, you can review any part or any section that we are learning. You can also kind of backtrack and learn a song again, if you choose. The most important part is to stay motivated. So we'll talk about some really key skills to kind of learn as musicians to kind of stay motivated and stay practicing. I'm here to support you. So at the end of this course, you can also submit a project. And the project incorporates kind of taking a section of maybe a song that you learned part of this course, or applying a lot of the methods and the teachings and the music theory that we're going to learn to one of her other songs. Maybe from the Everlong album or the red album or the Torture Poet Society album. And in just taking one of those songs and really learning the chords. Take a video and send it to me. You can submit it here. On this course, and it's up for review by me and some comments, and all of which come from a positive framework. So we want to always build on the skill that we've already acquired and kind of cultivate this whole beautiful community about learning from each other, too. And so that's why I love actually doing these courses. So thanks for joining me. I look forward to rocking you through these different concepts on each song, and feel free to ask me questions as I go along. So let's get started. 2. Class 1: All Too Well: Hi everyone. Welcome. Welcome to the Taylor Swift series featuring Taylor Swift songs throughout this course. We are starting in class number one with one song that I feel has breached that old test of time, and that is all too well we're going to start with. So we're going to learn the right hand, what that's doing and the left hand. There is a piano role below. And you can use that to kind of follow along, see what is being played on my end, that you can kind of mimic and use as patterns on your end, there is a beautiful trouble clip and bass clip here, which demonstrates exactly what I'm playing that you will see on sheet music if you choose to learn how to read and write in sheet sick, which is always great option. Then also, as we're kind of going along, I'm going to be counting. I'm going to be talking through the song. We're going to go through what's happening, what is going on in the intro before she starts singing when she starts singing the verse, going into a pre course, going into a course. And then if there There is a bridge, which mostly Taylor Swift does write a beautiful bridge. I must say it's one of my favorite parts of her songwriting is the bridge. So we're going to be talking about that all the way back to the chorus to the Outro if there is tro in the songs. So with this song, Intro, Outro, there's verses, there's chorus. So there's a lot of repeating patterns. But the one important one we're going to pay attention and learn is the predominant pattern of the four chords that are in this song. So let's dive in. On our right hand, we are playing a C chord to start, which is J C E. Looks like this together. And how am I playing that? So the thumb is playing this note of G, my middle fingers playing middle C. And then my pinky is going to play e above middle C altogether. And we count each chord for four beats. So the chord is made up of those three notes. We play them at the same time, and then we're going to move on to the next chord. In this case, it's G major, so we have G same G we play before. B in the middle, and then D. We play that altogether, sounds like this. And then. We're going to play A minor. So A minor is a little bit above that G major we just played, and that is A C. So together. Now, if you're having trouble finding these notes, don't worry, we're going to go through it slower together. This is just the intro. And then F major, so we're going to go down. Here's middle C. I'm going to go C AG and I'm going to land on F with our thumb. Play with our middle finger, the A, and then play with our Pinky on the C. Now, if we play these in different patterns, and by that, I mean, the chords move around. We're not playing the same song. So just important to kind of note that she is playing the song in the key of C. And I've noticed in the lie version, sometimes there is like a step change. In other words, it doesn't always start with seed. We'll start with another chord. But we're going to learn the version and C. It's the easiest to learn. It's also what the studio recording is. So I think it makes it a lot easier if you're listening to the song, which I highly recommend and then playing the song. So throughout this course, definitely listen to the song, learn the song, listen to the song, and repeat. That's really important just to kind of get an extra ear and what's happening in instrumentation. Okay, so our left hand is not doing anything yet. So let's talk about that. We are playing the root notes, and the root note of a chord is the name. So in other words, C major chord. Our left hand is going to play C down below. So altogether, we have C on the base. And then our GC C on the right together. And then we do that for four beats. And then as we kind of go through the next chord, G major, right? So GBD again. We're going to play the base note down here below that C we played before of G. G with GBD, and we have. It's a fall long good job so far. And then A minor. So A minor, we're gonna play A C. It's a relative minor of C major, but that's for one of my other courses. And so we play ACE with the root note of A down here. Again, for four beats. And our last chord, all the patterns in the song. I do mean all of them, 'cause they repeat is F major. So again, right hand first, F A C. We play down here, the lower F. So let's go through it with now pans together and counting. So I'm going to go a little bit slower. Feel free as you're kind of learning the song to progress to the tempo. In other words, the speed of the song that you hear. And that kind of helps too. You'll also notice as you learn these chords, and you kind of get your dexterity, where you're moving your fingers a lot faster. You'll notice you'll notice that it gets a lot easier the more you practice. Oh, hence, practices progress. So here we go. Let's do it together. I'm going to count. You worry about finding those notes below or looking over here. Either's fine. And here we go. We go C or to start, two, three, four to G major. Two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, two, 34. Now, these are just the chords, or is like some implied guitar parts. It's going That is happening, too. But we're talking predominantly about what's happening on the piano. So in all, that is the introduction. It does repeat twice. So let's talk about the verse. She starts the verse. She starts singing. And that's when I walked through the door with you. So that part starts on C again. One, two, three, or Air was cold. Is j23 48 minus, something about it. Felt like home somehow. And that's. Two, three, four. Now, as you get better at these changes of the chord, so you'll also hear it in the music. So let's go over it again. So a little bit S. So C chord? One, two, three, four, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, F, two, and this repeats five times, just do it again. C two, we're still in the verse, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, two, f, two, three, four. Now, It goes to a pre chorus, and that's the same chord. So let's keep doing it. We got C chord two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, and this is where it changes to back to G. G two, three, four. Now it has this beautiful build that's going to go into the chorus. Okay. So that is F two, g two, a minor, two, d minor, and C for the chorus. So let's just go over that. It's the build from the pre chorus into the chorus. What's the chorus? C chorus is the hook of the song, and it has the main part, we always recognize and I'm like, Oh, that's where she's singing the part all too well. Perfect. So that's where we're out right now. So let's just do the whole pre chorus to chorus now. I'm going to walk you through. Here we go. So we have pre chorus. C, two, three, four to, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four and back to G, two, three, four, 22, two a minus two A B minor N or. Just check that. That's F A D so that one's kind of fun. And then we're not playing the root notes on the left. You recognize, we stay just f, which makes so much everything easier. But then we're going back into the chorus. So we have C, two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, and f to this repeats. So we got C two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, f. Two, three, four. That's the whole chorus. Okay? And then we're going into verse two. Does it change? No, it's the same as the verse one, which is really awesome. The writing even gets better. So I love it. So here we go. I got C four, two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, two, three, four, back to the pre chorus. C two, three, four, G, two, three, four, a minor. This is where it goes back to g and g or two, three, four Now, the build of the pre chorus to the chorus. One more time. Keep your left hand on this F, and we're going to change chord on our right again. So we got F two, two, a minor, two, E minors our new one, F AD, that one, And then it goes into the chorus. So we got C, two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, two, three, four, repeat before you go back now to the bridge. So let's repeat it one more time. C two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, F two, three, four. Now, this part is the interllde. It's also an instrumental section. So let's talk about what's happening there. We have C Cord. Same as before with the C on the base and GC. Go now to G. We're getting really good at. So a great job. A minor. To the F C chord, two, three, four to Ge. Three, four. Now, let's talk about the bridge. I love the bridge. Can you even, like, express that enough? She's even gone on many interviews to express why she loves writing the bridge. I think it's such a pivotal part of a songwriter's journey is actually really developing a good bridge, really expressing yourself, the turning point in the song. And a story is really going to happen in a bridge, too. It's a great thing. So in the bridge, we have C chord again, two, three, four, G, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, F to this repeats. So we got C two, three, four, two, turning part. We go to A, A major. What is that? A major A C sharp, A. It says D flat. Now, notice these black keys, they're going to say sharps and flats. So it's going to say, but it is a C sharp, make it major. It's a happier cord than an A minor. So more of that in my beginner piano course. But in regards to this, you're going to hold that for four beats with an A on the bottom. So we have a major two, three, four to F, two, three, four, and then we're going to a higher octave. This is the part where she's just kind of jamming out. I is the same chords or just the octave up. G. I'm just doing it four counts, one A minor to F, two, three, back to C. I like a heart beat when it's going. And then this is where it comes So when I say it comes back in, this part will repeat. So it's the same chords over and over again of C G, A minor. So that happens. Before you go back Bag into the verse. So let's go back down to our original position. And we have C Cord, two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, 34f2, this repeat CQ two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, or an F, two, three, four, now we go back to the chorus. Same chord as the verse we just played, and you're going to play that all the way till the fade out. Here we go. C, two, three, four, g, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, and F. This repeats. Here we go. Cor. J Cord, adding a little bit texture with the repeat, A minor, and then F, and then back. That's going to play all the way out to the. That is all too well. If you run into any questions, feel free to message me. You can definitely throw out this course. You can send a message. You can also post your results and definitely keep up with the projects. This course has projects. In other words, completing projects is really important. You'll have projects where you choose any part of a Taylor Swift song. You can record it, submit it as part of the project, and it's up for some beautiful progressive and also positive feedback from me. I hope to see it soon. I really appreciate seeing that. Feel free to reach out to me. On social Media too. Thanks for joining me. Have a great rest of your class. I'll see you in the next video. Y. 3. Swiftie Class 2: White Horse!!: Hi, welcome to class two the artist series on Taylor Swift. Today, we're talking about her older song off the Fearless album White Horse. And it's one of my favorite old songs of hers. I've been teaching her for a number of years. And so let's kind of delve into what's happening in this song. In the intrio, we have four chords, three of which are the only ones you need to know. So we have C chord. And I like keeping this g on the bottom for her, just 'cause she has a really beautiful mid section and the way she sings. And I'd like to kind of highlight that by keeping more of the note that you would have at the top end if you have a higher meso soprano voice down below. So we're going to be looking at that. So we have G, C and E to start that song out, and of course, we have F. And then of course, we're going to jump up to a minor before coming back to the F. So let's get the order right. Starting off in C. We love C. And so we have C or two, three, four to F, two, three, four, a minor, two, three to back two. F. Yes, G. Okay. So as we kind of repeat that section, it's going to be very similar to what's happening in our verse. So in the verse, She starts singing. She's like, So you're sorry. You're already playing the C or two, three forward F. Fard, a minor, two, three, forward, F chord, two, three, repeating C or, two, three, four, F, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four to F, two, three, continuing with a minor. 34f, two, three, four. Now this where it gets fun. We're doing a G S four chord. So we have the two first notes. We have the root root note and the middle note for G chord, which is G and B. So we're going to add with this GMB. We're going to add not the D, which is our fifth, we're going to add the fourth, which is our C, if you guessed it. Confliction there. But that's okay. So when we play it, it actually sounds really nice for what is happening in the song. So we have two, three, and the A minor, two, three, moving to the four. G S. Now it sounds a lot better because we have this note right here, down here, the space note to balance it out. Great for all S chord. S two and S four. So you just learn a new chord, G S four. G, and D. And then we're going to go to G. Now, we're going into the chorus. So we have I'm not a princess. I'm not a princess. And now we're on a minor, two, three, four to F, two, three, four to G, two. This is going to repeat back to C Cord, two, three to a minor. Two, three, four, F or, two, three, four to G, two, three. Now it's going to do this extended chorus part of A minor, two, G, two, F four count two, three, four to C. T catch me now. That's that part. Now we're going to go back to the verse. Repeat the chords we played before. We're going to add three different ones at the very end of verse two. So here we go. We have C chord. Two, three, four to F, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, F chord, two, three, four, C chord, two, three, four to F, two, three, a minor. Two, three, four, F, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four to F. Here comes the G S n with the base two, three, four, g, two, three. I'm not a C re, two, three, four, a minor two, three, four, F re 23, four to g, two, three, four, repeat, C. A minor, two, three, four to F or, two, three, four, G chord. And now we do this walk down. A minor two beats, G two beats, F four, two, and C two, three, four, here comes the bridge. Another beautiful part of the songwriting. Again, and talk about it enough. Is the bridge. Here we go. We're going A minor two, three, four to G two, three, four, F, two, three, four, C. Now we're going to do some actual base hits with rhythms. We got one. Two, three, and G chord, F, two, three, four, C, two, three, back to some hits here with G cord, to three, four, F, two, three, and new chord. We're gonna do B flat, which is F, B flat, and D. We're gonna hold down the base note here, too, which is also the root note for the B flat major cord, and we're going to have F B flat D with B flat in the bottom, so looks like that. Great job. And then we go back to the chorus. So, once again, I'm not a princess. The ain't a fairy tale. I'm not the one, and then G chord, two, three, repeat C or, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four F or, two, three, four, G two, and walk. A minor two beats, G two beats, F two, three, catch me now, two, three, out is going to do this really cool thing of F two beats, A minor two beats, F, two, three, four, C two, three, four, again, F two beats. A minor two beats, F two, three, four, and she does do a C chord at the end, so here it is. But I'd like to do a little flourish. It's called and play a lot of notes all in the C chord, which is C and G all over the place. It ends nice and peacefully there. So thanks for joining me today. That was White Horse. We're going to be talking a lot more about her other songs. So stay tuned and thanks for joining me today. 4. Swiftie Class 3: Delicate: One, welcome to the artist series on Taylor Swift song. Today, we're talking about the one song of Delicate and going into the different patterns, the different chord movements. And then up until the bridge, where it does change the chord pattern, and the chord kind of changes to actually three very significant chords. So as we talk about the song, we're going to talk in sections. And so when we hear the song when we first play it, there is an Acapela version. So vocals only with some actual effects in auto tune sounds And so throughout that part, there's no music. It's just her voice, which is actually very good. And she's basically singing about, you know, this ain't for the best. My reputation's never been worse so. You must like me. And then, of course, she's going to do another 4 bars acapella, and then it starts in on these court. So let's talk about that. So on the right hand, what are we doing? We are doing C major. But we're instead of playing it in the standard C G form. We're playing an inversion. We're playing. And our left hand is gonna play the root notes. So let's just look at the right hand first. We're holding each chord down for four beats. So we got C inversion core going one, two, three, four. Now we're going to switch over to D minor. D minor is going to be played F A D. We're going to hold that for four, so one, two, to A minor, and we're going to play E A and C for this one. Another inversion chord. To F major, F A C together, one, two, three, four. Now, this section does repeat. So we do it twice. So we're just going to go over what's happening in our hands first, and then we're going to put it together, and we're going to count through it together as well. So on the base cleft, we are playing in the root notes of those same chords. So when you're playing C chord on your right hand, on your left hand, you're going to be playing C. When you're playing D minor on the right hand. You're going to play D. And you can play this high D over here, this close to middle, so you can play it kind of further down, whatever you prefer. Here's the difference. So lower. Higher. And then we switch to A minor. So we have C. But we're playing an A in the left hand. There's that left hand note and together. Then we're switching after four counts to F major. Two, four. So let's put the whole verse together right now, and then we're going to talk about what's happening in our course. So we have C major, one, two, three, four, d minor, two, 34, a minor, two, three, four to F, two, three, four, again, C major, two, three, four, D minor, two, three, four, A minor, two, three, four, and F, two, three, four. All right. This now switches over into the chorus. So in the course, it's the same chords. Nothing's change. So we can add a little bit of flexibility as far as how we're playing them. But the minimum that I'm going to start with is actually just adding more kind of continuity to the left. So what I mean by that is we're going to still keep our four count, or we're just going to alter left, right left, right left. So let's look at that. So still counting one, two, three, four, we're going Cord minor, A minor, and then here we go. One, two, three, four, D minor. One, two, three, four A minor, one, 23, four, F. One, two, three. This repeats back to C core. One. Two, three, four, D minor, one, two, three, four, a minor, one, two, three, four, and then F. Two, three, four. And you can play in any type of pattern, but it adds a lot more versatility as far as the sections of the song. You can hold it as far as you want and try to get used to actually the different sections, but that does add a little bit more fluidity to the song and actually movement. Same thing going in, actually, we're going to do this really cool on a kind of post chorus thing. It happens after, and you're doing the same thing. You're going C or minor to A minor, and then F. That's going to repeat. So let's do again. So C. D minor. A minor to F. Now, has anything changed with the timing? Still, one, two, three, four, d minor, two, three, four, A minor, two, three, four, F, two, three, repeat. C, two, three, four, D minor, two, three, four, A minor, two, three, four, and then F. Two, three, four, then happens one more time, two, three, four, D minor, two, three, four. A minor, two, three, doing a good job, and F, two, three, four, goes back to verse two, which you're going again to the C to the D minor, A minor F. Each chord getting four beats. You can hold those, like we were just doing in the post course. And then you can add some more movement when you hit that chorus again. So let's talk about happens in the course. So in the course, we're looking at that kind of part of the song, and we're like, Okay, we're in the last course before the bridge. So we want to add a lot more kind of movement. So you can go one, two, three, four, D minor, two, three, four A minor two, 34 and then F, two, three peaks, two, three, four, d minor A minor, and then F. Now, let's get to the bridge. So the bridge has three different chords that are going in different. We do keep the one quarter of a minor, but we're going to add e minor. Now, e minor can be played in root position of e B. But this song, I feel like has a lot more base happening as far as kind of the electronic fib that's happening under everything ped acoustically. And so we can play it actually A or B e g. All those inversions are just as good, but I will say the change over from e minor to a minor G, it's actually easiest if you start with e minor going g. Let's look at that. So we're going to hold it for four, two, 34 to a minor, two to g, two, three, four. This repeats. We go e minor, 24, A minor, two, three, four, g, two, three, and back to the chorus, right? So here we go. We can go one, two, three, four. Minor, two, three, four a minor, two, three, four F. Two back to C C two, three, four, d minor, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four, and F. 234. That was the last corse. We're going to the Otro. Whenever there's an intersection, there will definitely most 99% time Otro section. It is the same chords that you would think would be in the intro is actually in the Otro two. Thin chord. So here we go. Cord, two, three, four to d minor two, three, four, A minor 234f. And this repeats last time, C chord to four, minor, two, three, four, A minor 23, four, and then F two, three, four. Great job. That is the whole song. Feel free to practice it. Look at the piano role below. Also look at the Trouble cliff and bass cliff over here. They do show you the notes. If you're still trying to learn how to read music or want faster at it, having both comely real to kind of say, C here, we'll also be C there. Okay. So kind of really locating your notes. Faster is the best way is just kind of going through it song by song. I found in practicing. Um, so great job today. We're going to move on to the next song. 5. Swiftie Class 4: Champagne Problems: Hi, welcome back. Today, we're talking about in this artist series. We're talking about Taylor Swift's song Champagne Problems. Champagne Problems is one of my favorites. Has some beautiful arrangements going from the intro to the verse to the pre chorus to the chorus to the bridge, and then the Outro. I'm a big fan of the lyrics as well, and I think that's what capt mean a lot of different songs that she writes is the lyrics. And then the poignant message it's actually within the bridge. But let's talk about what's happening musically. Throughout this song, we are staying with in C major. We're going from C Cord to G Cord to A minor and F. So let's talk about what it looks like on our right hand. We have C cord in root position, which makes it easier. C E and G. Then we are going down to G major, AG, A minor, a C, and then to extending into an inversion of a C F F major. So what are we doing on the left hand? Let's talk about that. Well, on the left hand, we're going from C or the root note. But they also want you hear this song, there's extra base notes being played, and so we want to make sure we're stacking all these notes correctly. We have C and G down here being played with the C or together. So you have this sound. But it's bouncing from left to right, so it's going to one. And then it's going to the G major. We're going to take our left hand down. G, and we're going to play the root note. A minor. And then F. So, let's get to the song. What's happening? So in the intro, we have this section, which is being made. A minor F. There is a rep. So let's do that together. One more time, we have G to A minor. Yeah. Great job. So here we go. We're actually going to go into the verse now. This is when she starts singing, right. So we have the same type of progression happening. To make things easier, we can keep the same kind of left hand that it was happening before. So here we go. Or count e g a minor fn2n3, four rep g a minor F Great job. So staying with that pattern, let's go into the chorus. Chorus is going to repeat actually twice before it has a post chorus. Post chorus happens after the course, but it's still the same progressions and the same kind of rhythmic pattern happening that was in the chorus. So let's look at that. So here we all chorus. Same thing happening. Left hand, and then the right hand. Here we go. One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, n, one, two, three, and four n f. Back to see. A minor F. Great job. And this is the post Cor. So what's happening? Well, you can do different things. You can go one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, minor, two, three, four, two, three, four. But the way I hear the recording is actually the same thing we were playing before, two, three, and, three, four, a minor three, and four and F. No repeat on that section. It's actually going to go back into the verse. So let's talk about the verse again. C chord, g chord, A minor F. Here we go. One, n two, n, three, four, n one, n, two, three, four, n F n F two, N three, and four, n. So that actually repeats. So we're going to actually now talk about the chorus that happens again. It repeats from that C to the G to A minor to the F twice. Then it goes into that post chorus again, goes into the bridge. What's happening in the bridge? This is actually interesting. We can play it a couple of different ways, but I kind of like the fact that throughout the song, there is the same rhythmic pattern. Again, always going to those patterns. Memorizing patterns is so much easier when you know what's in each section. So this section, the bridge, has the same thing. So 12 and three, and C chord G chord two A minor. Two F. This happens again, C chord. G cord minor. F. This happens three times Total. So you're going to go back to C to a minor F. Again, the c to g to a minor F. And then it does this C chord two, three, holding whole notes. One, two, g or a minor, one, two, three, four, two, three, four, Otro Otro is actually the same thing happening that we played in the intro. Same chord. Let's just go over it. So you're playing left hand first, one, two n, three, four, g, two n three, and four n a minor to F. Happens again, C G. A minor, almost done. F, two, three, and four, and then you can end L Ship. Four. You can just hold that cord out and let it kind of fade off. Great job today. That was Champagne problems. I look forward to seeing your projects. Feel free to find a song that you love of hers in her catalog, and then, you know, send a clip and upload it. I look forward to seeing it. Thanks again. 6. Swifties Class 5: Lover: Hi, welcome to the Artist series. We are looking at the song Lover in this class, and we're looking at some different chords. We're not starting with C this time. We're starting with G, and we have G Major. To an inversion of D major. Now, D major is usually D F sharp A or A F sharp, but we're playing the inversion of F sharp A, D. So the transition of G major two D major looks like this. Once again, G D, and then C. Another inversion. So what we can also do is fur the recording at aggressively, actually going down the scale. So going down right going lower. So we're going to do that today. We're going G D C. So one, two, or, one, two, three, or, one, two, three, or, and then it does this So we start on verse one. So that's an intro. Let's look at verse one. We have the same repeating chords. They're going to happen four times total from G major, two, three, four to D major, two, three, four to C, two, 34. So this is why she's saying, we can keep the Christmas lights up till January. So we can keep the Christmas lights up till January. So January is where you're gonna hit that C chord. And then also over there, you can look. But we're going to repeat this four times, so one. Two. This is. We make the. So we're gonna repeat it again. Great job. So let's look at the chorus. Chorus has a lot more movement. So we're going to repeat the same ors, and then we're going to include this kind of different pattern is going to happen after the G D C. So one, two, three, four, C, repeats back to G. One, two, D, C two, three, four, n. Two, three, four, C, two, three, four, g, two, three, and then there comes down the scale, so D major E minor, D major, and C. It's very similar to et it B. Let it B did the same thing and actually had a progression of chords going down the scale, very similarly the same. But this in turn is actually, we're going to look at that one more time, just because that's actually important part of knowing song because it's one of the other differences the chord progression beside the GDC is actually G, D E minor D, and let C again. So let's look at that. So G, E minor is going to be B G, and then D major, and C. So going back then after that is going G C. Then we're going to go back to the verse. The verse is those same chords we learned in verse one. So all the verses are the same. G, one, two, d two, and C two, three or repeat four times one, two, four, two, 34, one, two, three, four, and C two last time around, one, two, three, four, C. That was verse two back to the chorus. One, two to d, or, C, to repeat that again. One, two, three, four, C, two, three, four. Again, one, two. Here we go. Here comes a different pattern, C, two, three, back to G. Now, D E minor D C G. 02, three, four. Great job. So now, that was our second chorus. We're going into the bridge section. So the bridge is a little bit different where she's going, Ladies and gentlemen, please take a stand with every guitar string up. And all that. So we're going to go one, two, three, four, two, three, four, E minor, two, three, back to G. One, two, three, four. Now, we're changing it. Going to C, two, three, four, E minor with the B on the bottom. So what does that look like? L, B over here? B. And then B G on the right hand, two, three, four, coming up to a minor. Two, three, two, three, four, G, two, three, with F on the bottom, stay with G. G to add the F over here on the bottom, and we have F width G chord. So, G seven, two, three, four, C two, using an inversion to a minor, one, two, three, four, back to the chorus. Can I go two where you go, two, three, repeat. One, two, three, four, one, two, coming out of that. You're my one, two, three, four D major with F on the bottom of sharp. There's that E minor? D major and c23, 42, C two back to GDC. Here we go. Tro one, two, four C, two, three, four. And the last part, you're going to repeat this really great pattern we learned earlier. The second pattern you needed to know going down the scale was that G major. D with F sharp on the base. Looks like that. E minor. D major. C. And then the repeat, so the g12d. Those are the chords, but let's learn I'm actually in the order of the song, so we got G minor. Then again, repeats three times. G D major, minor B major let's add the base cleft. Now we have the G again, E minor, D major, and C again. Lover, it. Great job learning this song. The chords are very, very, once you repeated a couple of times. It's easy to memorize. So I hope you love playing this song. If you have time, make a clip, uploaded as part of the project, so I can see what you're up to and what you're enjoying part of this class. Thanks again for joining me. 7. Swiftie Class 6: Red: Welcome back. We are doing now Taylor Swift song Rd, which she re recorded, part of her Taylor's version, and I love it actually a lot more cause it has more banjo. I feel like Banjo should be in Tongs Definitely adds a different element and artistic talent, too. And so let's talk about what's happening in the song. We're going in three chords kind of progressively happening throughout the song. And we have A Major, C minor, and B flat. Now, just want to think maybe that C Minor doesn't fit. It actually does when you listen to the song. So, if you want to take a minute, put it on the song. Now is the time. But let's talk about what's happening in the right hand first. So we have A C sharp and E. A major. And then in the left hand, we are holding down the base node. So we have A major, all play together, going to C minor chord. So you can play a couple ways. C A flat G might be the best way. Or you can do an inversion of, C A flat, and then B major. So we're going to count it now. So we're going to go one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. So now that we kind of hear all that together, I kind of like plain C My alter that. We're going to go one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, two, our last quarter, B Major, two, three, four. Good job. So loving him is like A major two, three, four, C Myer two, three, four. A, two, three, four. Now, B happens again, two, three, four. Whether you want to repeat that second B or not is up to you. I am actually going to skip it because I throughout the song, I hear it actually being held for total. So I'm going to play it just like that. But you can play it twice, too. I'm going to repeat it as though it is twice. But you'll see on the piano roll below, and also here that actually is going to be suspend it. It's going to be down. So here we go from the verse. Loving him is like one, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, b, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, A, faster than the win. C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, A, two, three, four, minor, two, three, four, b, two, three, four b two, four, A, again, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, b234 holding two. And go. Loving him was Hey. Here we go into the chorus. E major. I play this is an inversion of JR B with E on the base. So E two, three, four to B one, two, three, four, one, two, I'm going to repeat that one. Yes. And then A again, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, M two, three, four, P two, three, four. Rd, two, three, four. This is that part, and then, B, and then A, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, m23, four, B, two, three, four. Now, we go back to the verse. So we're going to verse two. Same progressions. Here we go. A, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, Hold a B, two, three, four, A, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, A, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, B, two, holding it down A again. A, two, three, four, T minor, two, three, four, mi. Two, three, four, one, two, I played it again. This is this part, C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, A, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, A, two, three, four, B, two, three, four. Now, let's get back into the fun part about the bridges with Taylor Swift songs. So, we here in this part of the bridge that is going from A, two, three, four to E, two, three, four, C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, A, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, b, two, three, burning. A, two, C minor, two, b, two, three, four, A, two, C minor, four, b two, three, four, one, two, three, four. So now we go back, final chorus. She's doing these hits they're called. So on the beat of one for the first two measures of the last chorus of the song. And what I mean by that is going one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, Back into the worst. She was doing two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, back to. C minor, two, three, four, B, two, three, four, A two, three, four, c minus, two, three, four, b, two, three, four, b, two, three. Now it's going to turn in burn in red. That part is actually repeating the same chords. It's kind of a ors out, so we're still going over that two A E, two, three, four, b, two, three, four, b, two, three, four, back to A, two, three, four, mine e two, four, b, two, three, four. And then we just kind of ride that out. So that progression of A, C minor, B comes back again, then just like the intro, driving a new mazati, on a dead end S So that's that part at the end. And feel for you, if you want to play it. A and just play those chords. Great job today. That is Red. Thanks for joining me. Say tune for the next song. We're going to be going over more songs of Taylor Swift. 8. Swiftie Class 7: Wildest Dreams: Back. Today, we're talking about Taylor Swift series, and also the song Wildest Dreams. So in this song, we're going to look at the patterns. They're actually quite simple compared to some of the other songs that we've talked about in this class. And so let's just look at what we're doing. So we're going from C to A minor to D. So what does that look like? We're going we can play this squared over here in the normal position. We can play it the way I kind of hear it in the song, which is the G on the bottom, C in the middle and A on top. We're going to stay with that. Go GCE to A minor, which is A C E. And then D major, F sharp A D. This is an inversion. So let's go over this one more time before we add the song in. We got C. A minor, and then D. I say, Well, I can't really hear the beginning. I don't really hear that in the intro. It is a synthesizer playing the same chords, but we're going to hear it predominantly throughout the song, too. So in the verse, we hear those chords happening, but the left hand is going to have some fun with playing octaves. So you don't want to play the octives, but I'm going to show you some of the octave. W C minor. C. Then back it down. Minor to D to C. We do this predominantly throughout the verse? I'll take it step pattern and to make it easier, let's just try doing C minor, as we walk down. What's that look like? Well, when the verse starts, we have C A minor back. C two, three, four, e minor, two, three, four, D two. Now you can hear of the song, right? And then you have C major again. A minor, two, three, four, A two, d two, C, two, three, four, A minor, two, three, four, two, three, four. So that was the verse. Good job, if you We will come back to that when we do verse two. It is the same pattern. So the course is a lot more fun, I feel. It has the same actually four chords. We're going from G to d A minor and C. So G to G b d, and then D major, F sharp A D. A minor. A C. Is that? C chord C. Now that's those chords. We're going to repeat those before we go on to the next pattern. So here we go. Let's add the base cleft, so it sounds a little bit more. So we have left hand g. Left hand D. Left hand, A, and then C. So let's take it slow. We can add both hands together. We have G, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, I'm going to go for the lower C. That's a lot worse. Es G, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, a minor, two, three, four C, two, then it repeats again, G, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, That's that part. That's kind of fun. Is that in four times. This is a new progression after instill? Is but it's at the end. So G, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, So that huh Is that A major? I C major. We're gonna do it G, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, A, two. C four. Again, two, three, four, D, two, four, A two, two. Now, see me in hindsight, tangled up with you all night. Dg Bridge again. So G two, three, four, d, two, three, four, not a major, but a minor this time. A minor, no C sharp for the minor to the C c. This we peach four times. G, two, three, four, d two, three, four, A minor. Two back, G, two, three, four, D, 24 A minor C. And last time, G, two, three, four. Good job, D, two, three, four, A minor two, C four. Now, goes back. Is four beats, and then it goes right back in of Chorus, two, three, four, D, two B four, A, two, three, four, C, two, repeat that it, G, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, A minor three. Three, four, C, two, three, four, now, here comes that other part where it goes G, D, which includes C sharp, and then CGG, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, A, two, C, two, one last time, two, three, four, D, two, three, four, A two, C two, and here comes the out. Actually, very similar to the inter butt, we go C two, three, or A two, or d24. Now, before I get to In the course, there's a lot of electronic beats that are happening throughout the song, but I've noticed some predominantly within the course. So we're going to add those with our left hand of those octaves we talked about earlier. Now that we know that meat and potatoes is a song. Let's kind of go over a little bit of things you can do to kind of make the song pop a little bit more if you're playing it by yourself. So in that course, we're going G, four beats, D, four beats, A minor four beats, and then C four beats. So what we're going to do the base, and let's go one, two, three, four D, one, two, three, four, A minus 23, four to s. Now, if you can't play an octave, an octave is from the seat, higher seat. You'll play one time with the right hand. But what does that sound like? This is what, two, three, four, three, four, one, two, three, four. Repeat. A minor two, three, four, and C. And then three, four d, two, three, four, A, two, C, two, two, three, four, D, two, slowing down, just gets to the end. And then you can with those Otro of the same chord you started with. It's a great job. That's wildest dream. Thanks so much for joining me. 9. Swiftie Class 9: Fortnight: Hi, welcome to the next class in the series of Taylor Swift songs. We are looking at her new album that just came out, and we're going to talk about fortnight with Post Malone. So as we kind of look at this song, I just want to highly, highly recommend that a lot of the patterns that you see throughout the verse, the chorus, or the bridge, they will repeat. So feel free to back up this class, rewatch sections if you're making notes. Check out the piano role below, and also over here to kind of help you kind of look at notes, and if you're doing tablet at the same time, this might help as well. So let's talk about what's happening in the song. Throughout this song, it is in the KFC, but there is some movement as well. Let's go over the chords. Starting with C chord, but in an inversion again of GC and E. Going to D major. I go to this F sharp A D. It is the easiest to move to, but also the change from here to here, a little bit more fluid. And then we're going to go to a B minor. Believe it or not, you're changing one note, the A in the middle here. It's going to come to the B. And that is your B minor. So it shows over there. So from the B minor, we go back to E minor to C. Major G E minor. So when we hear this song, it's actually going in a little bit slower at a pace. There's a lot of synthesizers that are playing the pads in this song. So feel free to listen to it. I always pretty much love doing that myself before I engage in playing. I want to hear it to kind of get as close in my playing to the song as possible. So let's do it together. Let's go over the bass clef as well. But it's such a slower song. I think we can do it all together. Feel free to let me know later if But I'm going to choose a lower base than we've been actually playing throughout the series. I've been mostly playing closer to middle C with my base notes and kind of going as low as I think it is here. But we're going to go to this low C. The D major right above it with the D to B minor back to minor. Then C. They forgot to come in minor. This repeats. C chord again. Two, three, four, B minor, two, four E minor, two, three, four, C chord, two, three, four, D major, two, three, four, G, two, three, four E minor, two. And four a fortnight. When she hits that word fortnight is when you're in the chorus. There is that pickup of words going from to the chorus. 'cause there's no pre chorus going into that chorus. It's actually just first chorus. So for a fortnight, back to C chord for four beats, D, two, three, four, minor, two, three, four A minor, two, four, C, two, three, four, D major, two, three, four, three, two, three, four, minor, two, three, four. Then we're going to verse two. Now, Before we move on in the chorus section, I find that there is that sounds like a Mg base. It's happening where you hear system kind of as. Kind of like a heart happening on actually the 12. So let's just add that and see what that sounds like for the chorus, and we get one, two, two, two minor 24e minor two S don't feel you have to add this two. I just want to add some more texture as we kind of learning. Play, showing what else. You can kind of add to the song as you're learning it. Now, verse two, here we go. So in verse two, we have C major, two, three, four, d minor two. This is just the verse, B minor, two, three, four, E minor, two, four, C two, four, d, major, two, three, four, two, three, four, minor, two, three, For Chorus. This is Chorus number two. There's going to be overlapping choruses where Post Malone actually comes in to. But let's talk about what's happening in that. Again, we're adding that base just to kind of differentiate between the verse and chorus. So here we go. We're going c to d e minor C G. So let's do it same speed word. So C C two, three, four, D, two, three, four, e minor. Same D, two, three, four, C. We're going to go really low on that, but E minor, two, three, four, and I hold it two, three, four, now, post Blow actually comes in. This is the ors again. So we're going C two, three, four, d, two, three, four, B minor, two, really low, I minor, 23, four, C, two, three, four, d, two, three, four, three, two, three, four, minor, 23, four course again, C, two, three, four, D. I'm going to do both hands now. B minor, doing the same thing, D minor, two, three, four scar. D, two, three, four, two, three, four, E minor. And that repeats back to C to D. E minor. Good job, if you're staying with me and e minor B to C. Here we go. C two, three, four to D, coming up on G. G, two, three, four minor. Here comes the bridge. So one, two, we're holding whole notes, D two, three, B minor, two, three, four, E minor, two, three, four, C, two, three, four, d, two, three, four, g. Till touch. Till touch. That's this part and ending on That's it. Great job learning fortnight. Lot of repeating patterns in this song. Let me know if you had difficulty or you had questions regarding this song. We can go over everything again. Glad you're here. Keep following this program. We're going to be doing a couple more songs within this series. So thanks for joining me. 10. Swiftie Class 10: LOML!: Hi, welcome back to the Taylor Swift Artist series on the Piano. We're talking about her different songs. And they were doing Love of my life. Loss of my life, L O L. And we are going through the song one chord at a time. So let's look exactly what's happening. This song is different. We're not playing lock chords anymore. And I feel like there was a different kind of I don't know, instrumentation that was happening too, but predominantly, we hear piano. And so in this song, I thought it'd be a great time to actually highlight of the artistic talent that happens with bridge in the Otro section because it can be part of the course and also a. Talk about it that. Let's look at the intro doing this beautiful progression. It's So when we go into the verse, it's doing actually the same pattern. I hear it actually throughout the whole song, except in the bridge, I hear a lot of whole notes. So now, a lot of the notes in the bridge going one to two so for. So in the verse, we're doing the same pattern. I'm going to take my left end and I'm actually going to move it down. I like the actual base in this sound to be so we're going to look at it. We're not doing the block chords anymore. We're doing inversion our peggio. Here we go. M G. Back to C going down to G. Now we're going to F A minor. G. G. This repeats back to F. A minor inversion that time. G. G again. Now, cos C. A minor. G. G. S po to C. A minor. G F minor, is that version again? G. Back to F, A minor, G, G again, C A minor. G G. At this point, we're going to go back to the verse, which is the same pattern. We're doing that C to A minor to G. G again. That repeats C. A minor. Get it, you're doing good. G again. F A minor. G. Now, we go to the Oh, here we go. Piece. G. Now, F, A minor, G, G again. Now we're going to go into the bridge. So this is where we hold the whole notes, and so we have D minor two, three, four, C two, three, four, F, two, three, four, g, two, three, four, D minor, three, two, three, f, two, three, four, G, two, three, four, two, three, four. Now, this is what I was talking about earlier, is it goes into the section where it's s Outro. So it's all kind of combined, but it's such a beautiful thing. So we're going to go through it together. Same tempo a little bit kind of slower than the song or even maybe on top of that song on tempo, but the chords are all the same that we've reviewed. They're just kind of like mixed around section. So let's go through it. You have a minor. G. G again. We're going to go to the bottom C. A minor. G, G again, F now a minor GG again to F, a minor g, g again, F A minor g g F, A minor, G, G to F again. A little bit slower, getting to the end, g cord, and last g chord. Great job. That is it. That is Love of my life loss of my life. So thank you so much for joining me. This was so much fun to do this class. And I hope you had a great time. Feel free to write a review or to comment. I look forward to seeing the different projects that you're going to work on the different songs you're going to use all these chords in and maybe picking out songs we didn't even cover and showing me a clip of that. So I look forward to all that. Thank you again. Have a good night. 11. So Long Swifties!: Hi, everyone. Great job, making your way through the whole course, doing all the songs. Maybe you finding some songs that you wanted to learn of Taylor Swift and learning how to play them, and then submitting a project to this course. Great job. You've made it all the way through. I do have other courses here that you can kind of grasp and learn different concepts and grow in your musical journey and grow as a musician on the piano or the keyboard. It was so great to be your teacher. I look forward to many days ahead of learning together. I am going to continue doing the artist series, picking different artists as we go along. So feel free to reach out to me if you have been artist, you're like, Man, how come you haven't, covered these songs or we haven't talked about these songs. There's always such a huge, huge genre of music we can kind of explore together, and I look forward to that. You can also find me on social media throughout on YouTube, under Margo Margot's Music. And then there's also I am under Margot's Music on Instagram. And I look forward to talking with you, to going over your projects and to progressing together. And we're all in this together, so thanks for joining me and have a great rest of your class.