Sudnow Dot Songs isty T The Dot Song is nottionl system tht depicts voiced chords in wy where the non-music reder cn find these firly redily. But the Dot Song is not intended be red, not s sight reder reds piece of music. The min dvntge of these Dot Songs is tht they force you look t the keybord - on the pge nd down beneth you or t eye level if you re little person. And seeing the keybord S n importnt prt of lerning ply tunes without reding stndrd nottion, seeing it for working out your own rrngements of tunes. Dvid Sudnow C201 THE SUDNOW ETHOD, LLC - ALL RHTS RESERVED v1.2
PLEASE NOTE: The Dot Songs re intended be trnsitionl formt, leding your bility use led sheets like the one shown the right. See the etting Strted pge for informtion on how buy legl fke books. To tht end, the keybord digrms in the following pges hve t the p of ech pge the section of this led sheet which the digrmmed chords correspond - chord in the dots is chord on the led sheet. You cn use this sheet help you get n overll look t the entire song but it s not importnt for you understnd it t this point. f you hve not yet listened the Weekend Seminr section regrding doing your own voicing, some of this including the frction nottion on the digrms my not be cler. You cn ply the dot songs without using this sheet or thinking bout the voicings but this does help you gin the more efficient skill of reding led sheets. Note tht ll of the lyrics re not included in this formt. Johnny Burke 1 4 2. tree ner. Look cn't wnt you Abm7 Cm7 un der stnd, t & do, " nd,, me get feel mist You cn sy tht you're 'm y like isty s 'm just don't you ' help hold Abm7 led ing no cling ' ing To Cod 1. tice less ing your me on, how s hnd. C Am7 hope less kit D cloud, but it's just wht ly ten, D 'm Erroll rner up Wlk my lost, ' - ', STY usic by ERROLL ARNER, Lyrics by Johnny Burke 14, 1 Copyrights Renewed OCTAVE USC PUBLSHN CORP. This Arrngement 201 OCTAVE USC PUBLSHN CORP. All Rights Reserved Used by Permission of ALFRED USC 1! 1 Am7 tht's why % D 'm fol low ing m7 you. C D.S. l Cod On my love. 2
T 1 2 4 isty Note tht the web-bsed lesson on plying isty tlks bout counting out the melody. The triplets the groups of notes shown bove with the bove them cn mke this chllenging. t s usully best just tp your foot or nod your hed nd let yourself feel where new mesures strt. The specific time vlue of individul notes is not tht importnt in this context. See lso, on the Student Resources pge, the section on Using fke books. Feel free dd your own notes in this section - nd refer the recorded lesson on the web site - or check the forums- if things re not cler. 1 2 B b Eb rrnged by Dvid Sudnow Root 11 Root b 1 Root 7 Look Bb t me D m Bb s C 4 b Root b help- Db less C s C C Strike root first E b kit- -ten up C Bb Eb Root b 1
T 7 8 10 isty Ab 7 7 Abm7 b Root 7 tree nd feel like m cling- -ing C A C Eb Bb Bb Bb Ab Root b 8 D b Root b cloud Bb Ab Eb cn t un- -der Ab Bb Root 10 Cm7 -stnd get Eb F Root b 4
T 11 12 1 14 isty 11 b Root b b mist- Ab -y C just C 12 B b hold- -ing your D Eb F Root b 1 1 7 1 Root 1 8 hnd 14 C7 b 8 Root 8 b The second time through, fter chord 12, skip chord 17 see next pge.
T 1 1 17 18 isty 1 b 1 B 1 Root b Wlk my Bb Root b 1 After chord 1 the song goes bck chord nd repets bck chord 12 previous pge. The second time through you ll skip from chord 12 previous pge the chords below the second ending followed by the bridge. 17 Eb ner. Eb Root 8 18 Abm7 b Root b
T 1 20 21 22 2 isty 1 Eb 20 b Root 8 Root b b Strike left hnd form first, then right. You Eb cn F sy tht Bb you re C led- -ing me Db Db Db 21 E b Root b on, Db 22 b LH first but Db it s Eb Root b b 2 E 1 just wht E Eb Db Root 11 1 b 7
T 24 2 2 27 28 isty 24 Ab 7 Root 7 wnt you C C C 2 b Root b do, C 2 Ab 7 Root 7 don t you no- -tice how Eb F Ab Bb C 27 Am7 28 D7 1 Root 11 Root 1 8 hope- -less -ly m lost, D D D C D 8
D.S. l Cod Bck beginning T 2 0 1 2 isty t s interesting tht Suds voiced 0 s D7, since the melody note F is the b of the D scle. This my be chord you come bck lter experiment with. see wht the sounds like, leving out the D. -dmh 2 Am7 0 D7 tht s D why D m C Root 11 fol- F -low D -ing C Root 8 b 1 m7 b Root b b you. Bb 2 C7 b Root b
D.S. l Cod Bck beginning T 4 isty think the orgniztion of the song is esier see by looking t the chord chrt. You don t need completely understnd the led sheet the chord chrt in order lern isty. Once you strt the work on voicing, you ll lso strt lern how use these led sheets nd things like the frctions in the dot song will begin hve more mening. 4 B 1 Root 11 Root 1 8 On my Bb You ll probbly come bck here isty more thn once help clrify the frctions nd voicing process. As lwys, it s best lern in the context of plying songs. Once you lern isty s it s depicted here, you re lwys free try out your own chnges or ltertions - but not before. At this point, the D.S. l Cod tells you go bck the sign the odd looking S t the beginning the Eb chord -, then ply the cod symbol the O with the lines t the end of chord 12, then jump the the cod below end the song with the Eb chord. NOTE: On my, strts the lyrics the second verse, which re not shown on this prticulr chord chrt. ost importntly - hve fun! Eb Root 8 love. Eb this is the ending the third verse. 10
love. STY usic by ERROLL ARNER, Lyrics by Johnny Burke 14, 1 Copyrights Renewed OCTAVE USC PUBLSHN CORP. This Arrngement 201 OCTAVE USC PUBLSHN CORP. All Rights Reserved Used by Permission of ALFRED USC 1 %! Text tht's why 'm fol low ing you. On my 1 Am7 D m7 C Text D.S. l Cod wnt you do, don't you no tice how hope less ly 'm lost, 1 Am7 D ner. You cn sy tht you're led ing me on, but it's just wht ' 2. Abm7 ' - ' cn't un der stnd, get mist y just hold ing your hnd. Wlk my Cm7 1., C To Cod tree nd feel like 'm cling ing cloud, &, Abm7 D Look t me 'm s help less s kit ten up 4,, ' " Johnny Burke isty Erroll rner