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April Ear Power - Week 2

Hey, Soul Sister
Train - Hey, Soul Sister - Single - Hey, Soul Sister
Artist: Train
Song: "Hey, Soul Sister"
Here's what we've learned about this song's Chorus:
- The chorus is 8 measures long.
- The starting vocal melody notes in the chorus are B G#
(B is the higher note, descending to G#)
- The chord progression in the chorus features only primary chords ( I, IV, V ). The progression is as follows:
| IV | V  I VIV | V  I VIV | V  I V | IV | V |
(in the second measure of the chorus, the V chord starts on beat 1, followed by a I chord on beat 3, and then back to the V chord on beat 4... the 4th and 6th measures are the same)
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This is our last week to work on this song, so here's a summary:

Key:  E Major

Introduction
| I  | V | vi | IV |

Verse
| I  | V | vi | IV | I  | V | vi | IV  V |

Chorus
(see above)


Song Form:
Intro.  V.  C.  Intro.  V.  C.  V.  C. C.
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Does it sound like I'm speaking a different language? I assure you the scribbles above are valid information. I'm endeavoring to integrate my students' music theory studies into these exercises (hence all the Roman numerals).

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