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Pull marine – I. Adjani – Info page
Isabelle Adjani had already sang Gainsbourg lyrics, Rocking chair, in 1974. 8 years later, she worked on a full album. On 11 tracks, they have co-written 7 of them and Gainsbourg wrote all the music.
Pull marine is the first track of this album. It was a very big tube in 1984, more than 1.000.000 discs have been sold.
Lyrics:
J'ai touché le fond de la piscine Dans le petit pull marine Tout déchiré aux coudes Qu'j'ai pas voulu recoudre Que tu m'avais donné J'me sens tellement abandonnée Y'a pas qu'au fond de la piscine Que mes yeux sont bleu marine Tu les avais repérés Sans qu'il y ait un regard Et t'avais rappliqué Maintenant je paie l'effet retard Avant de toucher le fond Je descend à reculons Sans trop savoir ce qui se passait dans le fond C'est plein de chlore au fond de la piscine J'ai bu la tasse tchin tchin Comme c'est pour toi je m'en fous Je suis vraiment prête à tout T'avaler que m'importe Si on me retrouve à moitié morte Noyée au fond d'la piscine Personne ne te voyait Sous mon petit pull marine M'enlacer j't'embrassais Jusqu'au point de non retour Plutôt limite de notre amour Avant de toucher le fond Je descends à reculons Sans trop savoir ce qui se passait dans le fond Viens vite au fond de la piscine Repêcher ta petite sardine L'empêcher de se noyer Au fond de toi la garder Petite sœur traqueuse De l'air de ton air amoureuse Si nous deux c'est au fond dans la piscine La deux des magazines Se chargera de notre cas Et je n'aurai plus qu'à Mettre des verres fumés Pour montrer tout ce que je veux cacher Retrouve-moi au fond d'la piscine Avant qu'ça m'assassine De continuer sans toi Tu peux compter sur moi J'te referai plus l'plan d'la star Qui a toujours ses coups de cafard J'ai touché le fond de la piscine Dans ton petit pull marine
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Posted on 16 feb. 2017
Work et progression steps on Nocturne 1 op.9 – Chopin
A classic piece learning steps :
Well ok, I’ve got 2 or 3 years of piano lessons when I was a very little girl but the last 30 years I didn’t play a lot, maybe once a month and I was able to play 2 or 3 easy songs.
In 2009, as I stopped to work, I decided to spend more time playing piano. I’ve started to learn with some Youtube piano tutorials but very fast, I felt a mess of technique.
So, I took back some lessons (with Elie Drai through Skype) and restarted from almost the beginning to correct all my bad habits and hand positions. After learning the piano basics through “Lucie” , a song by Pascal Obispo, I made some exercices to soften my hands and then I’ve started to learn this Chopin’s Nocturne.
Here below, I’ve uploaded some very old videos to show how much work we need to learn a such piece and what can be the progresses.
15 oct. 2009
Day 1: work on left hand. First time that i need to stretch so far my hands. I though i will never be able to play a such piece, it's pretty hard, but finally after 2 hours working like crazy, the left hand starts to be memorised
16 oct. 2009
Day 2: My teacher gave me some advises and i need to work my left more slowly and relax. See the difference on my hand position and movement since the day before. Like this, the pain left.
17 oct. 2009
Day 3: ok, now i can start to learn the right hand
20 oct. 2009
DAY 4, 5 & 6: Now the difficulty is to synchronise both hands. And it's not easy at all to play 11 notes with the right hand while you have to play 6 notes with the left hand. The best way to do it, is to let play the left by automatism, and think only to the right hand melody, without counting, just follow the music you have in the head.
8 dec. 2009
6 weeks later, working at least 4hours/day, (I'm crazy I know), I can finally play the complete piece. It's still far to be perfect, there are a lot of mistakes, but i never tough i can play it so far.
26 mar. 2011
Unfortunately a such piece is forgotten faster than the time it takes to study it. The only way to not forget it is to play it at least once a week.
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Updated on: 11/2/2017
L’hymne à l’amour – E. Piaf – Full Page
Hymne à l’amour (Hymn to love) is a popular French song originally performed by Édith Piaf.
The music is from Marguerite Monnot, but it can be composed by Edith Piaf who didn’t know music theory and didn’t declare it at the SACEM.
Piaf first sang this song at the Cabaret Versailles in New York City on September 14, 1949. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan. On October 28, 1949, Cerdan was killed in a plane crash on his way from Paris to New York to come to see her. She recorded the song on May 2, 1950.
Lyrics:
Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s'effondrer Et la terre peut bien s'écrouler Peu m'importe si tu m'aimes Je me fous du monde entier Tant qu'l'amour inond'ra mes matins Tant que mon corps frémira sous tes mains Peu m'importe les problèmes Mon amour puisque tu m'aimes J'irais jusqu'au bout du monde Je me ferais teindre en blonde Si tu me le demandais J'irais décrocher la lune J'irais voler la fortune Si tu me le demandais Je renierais ma patrie Je renierais mes amis Si tu me le demandais On peut bien rire de moi Je ferais n'importe quoi Si tu me le demandais Si un jour la vie t'arrache à moi Si tu meurs que tu sois loin de moi Peu m'importe si tu m'aimes Car moi je mourrais aussi Nous aurons pour nous l'éternité Dans le bleu de toute l'immensité Dans le ciel plus de problèmes Mon amour crois-tu qu'on s'aime Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment
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Updated on 9/2/2017
Schindler’s List – John Williams – Full page
Schindler’s List is the main theme of the Steven Spielberg movie ‘Schindler’s List”.
The music was composed by John Williams with the participation of the violinist Itzhak Perlman.
I bought the original score in New-York when I was young but was never able to play it. It’s only when I start to play by ear that I was able to play the piece.
This music is really emotive and finally not so hard, but will please to all your auditors.
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Remarque: The score is extremely simplified to be easy to read, you have to add your own rythme and emotions like you feel it (legato).
Last update: 8/2/2017
It’s a sin – Pet Shop Boys – Piano Cover
Lost Theme – Full info page
Lost is an American television drama series that originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes, created by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber.
I was captivated since the first episode.
The music was composed by Michael Giacchino, incorporating many recurring themes for subjects, such as events, locations, and characters like “Life and Death” that we can hear in many episodes. The melody is really simple and relaxing. This piece is easy to play even for beginners.
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Last update: 8/2/2017
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica – Full info page
And then I never played that song until recently. I had to relearn everything from scratch. But this time I get to play the verses. I especially wanted to see if since 2009, I learned a bit faster and if I had made progress.
In the intro, I could actually learn it in no time and without difficulty. As for the verse where I blocked, I finally got it with a little bit of work.
There is also a huge step forward in terms of recording quality. But the big difference lies in the interpretation. And that, I owe to my husband who taught me to listen to music differently.
And comparing the 2009 version to the 2014 version, I am aware that a false note goes unnoticed if the interpretation is good, but by-against misplaced intonation or a cut to the rhythm (hesitation) is more disturbing.
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Last update: 8/2/2017
You are not alone – M. Jackson – Page complète
You Are Not Alone is a Michael Jackson song released on the album HIStory on June 20, 1995, and released as a single on August 15 of the same year.
This was the first and only single to make his first appearance directly at number 1 of the Billboard Hot 100.
R. Kelly would have written the song after the loss of loved ones.
Plagiarism
On 4 September 2007, the Brussels Court of Appeal finally ruled that this song was a plagiarism of a work written in 1993 by the twin brothers Danny and Eddy van Passel entitled if we can start all over. According to this same judgment, all copyright wrongly paid to R. Kelly will have to be returned to van Passel. Since this judgment (only recognized in Belgium), the song is banned from Belgian radio and television
Tutorial
Below you will find 2 different tutorials. There is a 3-part tutorial that explains in detail how to play the song and another tutorial in which I made a quick explanation of the method I use to play ear
As on the one hand I was asked if I could do a tutorial on this piece and on the other hand, a lot of people think that playing by ear is difficult, it needs to be gifted, which it’s not the case, I wanted to make a live video of my procedure.
I had not played this song for a very long time and I had completely forgotten it. I had to look for melody notes and left-hand chords. So I turned on my webcam and started analyzing the song. I tried to say loudly what was going on in my head but it’s not obvious at all. Worse, I quote notes and I play others.
I hesitated for a long time between publishing this video or remake another one more pro. And finally I say to myself that a well-crafted video would bring nothing more, but against the Reality TV side of my first catch more reflects my way of doing things and my ideas sometimes a bit confusing. My goal is not to teach a course to learn to play ear, but rather to show how I do.
This is a start for those who would like to play by ear but also for the most experts who can give me their advice so that I can continue to progress.
Once again, the purpose of this video is to show you how it’s easy and fast to play a song by ear once you know some tips and tricks. (you will find these tricks and tips in the “play by ear” part of my blog.
Don’t forget to active the English subtitles.
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