Tyler Austenfeld

Isn't She Lovely - Chord Melody/Fingerstyle - Stevie Wonder (Patreon)

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2020-11-25 17:38:56

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2024-03

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70s Chord Melody Intermediate Soul Stevie Wonder

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Today we are going to learn how to play "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder in the chord melody style. If you just want to strum and sing along here is a link to that tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xG2...

This classic song is so much fun to play, opening up the melody with a nice half step movement up and down from to the 4th interval than it lazily descends the scale right past the root all the way to the 5th and then jumps right back up a 6th to the 3rd repeating that meandering movement down the scale. After that we work our way up to the 6th hang around in a higher register before moving back to down to our original motif. Nothing to fancy but the half step up and down really sets the tone for a nice, beautiful, simple melody, with interesting harmony. As the motif repeats itself it harmonizes itself differently. The first time the 1 chord, hitting a lot of chord to the 6 chord, harmonizing with the 11th interval. Dense, dark, cool. That is a very memorable sound that when you play will remind you of the song. The next time through it is an A major, a non diatonic chord as the ii chord of G should be an A minor, pushing the C to a C#, or a b5th interval, as the A chord becomes an A add 9, and then C it briefly implies the A minor before returning to the Add9 on its way to a D, that enjoy some time as a Dsus4 before resolving back to a D. Yes, music theory is COOL!

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G Major Scale Knowledge

Non-Diatonic Chords

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Hammer Ons

Pull Offs

8th note triplets

Dominant 9 chords

Major 9 chords

Add 9 Chords

Lots of 9s!

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Isn't She Lovely - Chord Melody/Fingerstyle - Stevie Wonder Ukulele Tutorial with Tabs

New Ukulele Tutorials every Wednesday and Saturday, subscribe and learn! Today we are going to learn how to play "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder in the chord melody style. If you just want to strum and sing along here is a link to that tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xG2UWFaBo This classic song is so much fun to play, opening up the melody with a nice half step movement up and down from to the 4th interval than it lazily descends the scale right past the root all the way to the 5th and then jumps right back up a 6th to the 3rd repeating that meandering movement down the scale. After that we work our way up to the 6th hang around in a higher register before moving back to down to our original motif. Nothing to fancy but the half step up and down really sets the tone for a nice, beautiful, simple melody, with interesting harmony. As the motif repeats itself it harmonizes itself differently. The first time the 1 chord, hitting a lot of chord to the 6 chord, harmonizing with the 11th interval. Dense, dark, cool. That is a very memorable sound that when you play will remind you of the song. The next time through it is an A major, a non diatonic chord as the ii chord of G should be an A minor, pushing the C to a C#, or a b5th interval, as the A chord becomes an A add 9, and then C it briefly implies the A minor before returning to the Add9 on its way to a D, that enjoy some time as a Dsus4 before resolving back to a D. Yes, music theory is COOL! Enjoy learning how to play Isn't She Lovely in the chord melody fingerstyle Ukulele tutorial. Let's see you play it! https://www.instagram.com/tenthumbspro/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenthumbspro... Website: https://www.tenthumbspro.com/ Private Lessons Inquiries: email tenthumbsproductions@gmail.com T-Shirts: https://www.etsy.com/shop/tenthumbspro #Tenthumbs #Ukulele #UkuleleTutorial Isn't She Lovely - Chord Melody/Fingerstyle Stevie Wonder Ukulele Tutorial