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Now let's review all the parts you've learned so far and organize them into our song form.

First we had our intro which went C, and then the shape moves up two frets to D, then E minor that gets to ring for 2 bars. All that repeats, then after the 2nd E minor chord we do the 8th note build on our D-chord.

The verse used the new strumming pattern and the chord progression with G, C, A7 and D7.

The chorus was E minor for 2 bars, D with pinky, D without pinky, C, C major 7, D with pinky, D without pinky.

Then we're back to our verse again. See if you can strum a little more gently for this section, since it's supposed to feel like a step down dynamically from the chorus! And onto the 2nd chorus. Make it more intense again!

After the 2nd chorus we'll reuse our intro as the outro. And then instead of doing the build on D at the end, we'll just end on the last strum of the E minor chord.

Instructor Anders Mouridsen
Tutorial:
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Questions & Answers

1 year ago
Hello! Could you please explain the meaning of 1. sim. 2. Da Coda 3. D.S al Coda 4.the target symbol at Em on Chorus? Thank you!!
Mike Olekshy 1 year ago

Hello - thanks so much for your questions - I'll answer them a bit out of order to better reflect the flow of the arrangement: 1. sim. means "in a similar way" - in this instance, it refers to the up and downstroke markings from the previous measure, and it means to play the remaining bars in the section with these strokes. 4. the target symbol is a "Coda" symbol. This marks a specific section in the arrangement - in this case - the Chorus. 3. D.S. al Coda means to go back to the "sign" and play until the Coda symbol. In this case, the "sign" is located at the top of the verse. 2. Da Coda - means to jump ahead to the Coda. So let's put this all together into the arrangement: Play the Intro, Verse, and Chorus --- then follow the D.S. al Coda instruction - go back and play from the top of the verse, and then look out for an instruction to take you to the Coda. That instruction is at the end of measure 13. So you'll then skip ahead to the Coda sign (top of the chorus) and play through the rest of the song from there. Hope this helps!