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Too Much Heaven
Visualize and hear intro
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Recall about the intro chords
The F is minor, not minor7
The Bb minor is top 5 strings only
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V & H verse chords
C#maj7 - Fmin7 - F# - C# - Ab11
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In verse, how many beats on Aflat11?
4
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The chorus starts and ends with….
4 bars of the intro chord
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V & H the chorus middle chords
Cmaj7 - Cmaj7 - Cmaj7 - F# - Fmin7 - Bbmin7
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Structure
Intro
VC
VC
V
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V & H Intro
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How many progs in Intro?
4
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Progs in each verse?
8 except outro
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Signpost for first chorus
“When you require streetcar desire for higher heights”
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Chorus changes
Abm7 / Bbm7 / the 4 chromatics
Abm7 / Bbm7 / Ebm7
Abm7 / Bbm7 / rhythm hook
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Structure after Intro?
V - C - V - breakdown - V - C - V outro
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What’s unique about the verse after the breakdown?
The first half is a sax solo.
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Start position
8
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VH the main riff
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When does Ab - C7 - C# - Bbmin occur in the choruses?
Only the first progression.
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VH the chorus chords
Ab - C7 - C# - Bbmin OR
Ab - Eb - C# - Bbmin
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Marker for both choruses
“….your love takes me to paradise….”
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What happens after the 6.5 choruses progs?
Repeat the intro, end on Fmin hard stop
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How many progressions in first chorus
2.5
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In the 2nd (long) chorus, # of progs
5, 1 soft, 1/2 to finish
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Signpost for the breakdown
“….South, to Key Largo, love for sale”
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Signpost for the last chorus
“….We shadow box and double cross
Yet need the chase”
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VH breakdown. How many progs?
2
What note does the We Are One sequence start on?
D
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In the 2nd (long) chorus, # of progs
5, 1 soft, 1/2 to finish
