  ...Gw VII. Progressions...
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Melodies are mini songs such as 'Happy Birthday' and 'Jingle Bells', these songs are not included in our "Songs Database" and are most times considered 'kid songs'. Most are very simple and some should be songs you already know (in your head that is), These songs are referenced by the starting tone and any 'extra' tones that may be in them. The extra tones are often referenced as 'accidentals' but these are more like scale extensions, Common scale extensions are the differing tones from the neighboring keys...
If you are trying to figure out "Mary had a little lamb" on the piano then you will run into black keys if you don't start out with E A or B, If you start out with E A or B then all of the tones that you use will be on the white keys. I can't stress the fact enough that the song must be in your head before you can play it, In music school they may teach you that you should be able to play something 'without' hearing it first but this is not that great of an idea for various reasons...
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| Melody | Starting word |
Starting Tone |
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| Down by the Bay | 'down' |
V. (G) |
VII.b (Bb) |
| Old McDonald | 'old' |
I. (C) |
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| Wheels on the Bus | 'the' |
I. (C) |
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| Tiny TIm | V. (G) |
VII.b (Bb) |
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| London Bridges | 'london' |
II. (D) |
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| John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt | 'john' |
III. (E) |
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| Row row row your boat | 'row' |
I. (C) |
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| Ants go marching | 'oh' |
III. (E) |
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| FUN (Spongebob) | 'F' |
I. (C) |
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| ABC song | 'A' |
V. (G) |
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| Itsy Bitsy Spider | 'the' |
V. (G) |
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| Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer | 'rudolf' |
V. (G) |
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| Silent Night | 'silent' |
V. (G) |
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| We wish you a merry Christmas | 'we' |
V. (G) |
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| Happy Birthday | 'happy' |
V. (G) |
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| The Wedding March |
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V. (G) |
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| This Old Man | 'this' |
V. (G) |
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| Popeye the Sailor Man | 'Im' |
III. (E) |
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| The Star Spangled Banner | 'oh' |
I. (C) |
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| Take me out to the Ball Game | 'take' |
III. (E) |
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| Mary had a Little Lamb | 'mary' |
VI.(A) - VI.(B) - III.(E) |
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| Lullaby Song | III. (E) |
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| Oscar Mayer Bologna song | 'my' |
II. (D) |
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| Yankee Doodle | 'yankee' |
I. (C) |
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| Twinkle Twinkle little Star | 'twinkle' |
I. (C) |
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If you can't play "Happy birthday to you" on an instrument then it is reasonable to say that you may spend five hours before you can play the song easily (maybe even ten), This '15 second' song should be broken down second by second and since it is in your head then its easy to play it over and over, This process of second by second and one note at a time is the oldest and best way to learn a song. We always use the the key of C because it uses only the 'white' keys on the piano, On your guitar the key of C looks like this:
The tones we have colored in are only the tones used in the Key of C, The tones not colored in are duplicates of the other tones and can be ignored unless you want to learn the melodies in the upper positions, The 'empty' spots where no circle is are tones that are NOT in the key of C. The very first 'block' of tones you see should be something burned in your brain, The pattern it creates is used in every key...
It may be easier for you to see the transcription of the melody and then try to play it but having the 'skill' of figuring it out on your own is crucial, Learning to play every silly melody you know will be the best thing you can do.
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