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& ? B B 44 44 Œœœb Œœœ Œœ Œœ F Hit Tunes | Keys Arrangements ‘Happy’ Pharrell Williams Happy SONG TITLE: HAPPY ALBUM: GIRL LABEL: BACK LOT MUSIC / Electric Piano I AM OTHER / COLUMBIA GENRE: SOUL / NEO SOUL A 160 Pop WRITTEN BY: q = PHARRELL WILLIAMS F7 PRODUCER: PHARRELL WILLIAMS UK CHART PEAK: 1 b 4 & bœœ œœ œœ œœ F 4 œ œ œ œ ? b 4 œ œ œ œ Written, produced, and performed by American singer-songwriter and record producer Pharrell Pharrell Williams is an American singer- F A B C7 B Williams, ‘Happy’ was the lead single from Williams’ songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Williams and b b b second studio album Girl, released in 2014. his friend Chad Hugo met in high school and went on to form the record production duo The Neptunes. j ‘Happy’ is a mid-tempo neo soul track on which They have. since gone on to produce contemporary j hitsb that. span the soul, hipŒ hop andÓ R&B genres. ∑ . Williams uses his distinct falsetto, which is often & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ compared to the sound of Curtis Mayfield by a variety Williams is alsoœ the lead vocalist and drummer of the œ œ. œ ˙ of music critics. The song’s success was astronomical, rock-funk hip hop band N*E*R*D, formed with Hugo reaching number 1 status in the US, UK, Canada, and other childhood friend, Shay Haley. N*E*R*D had commercial success in the UK in 2004 with their . Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other countries œ bœ œ. œ œ œ ˙ worldwide. It reached number 1 in the UK on three ?single ‘She. Wantsœ to Move’,Œ peakingÓ at number 5. ∑ œ J J separate occasions, which had never previously been [2] Sinceb then,. Williams has featured on 4 number 1 UK achieved, and it soon became the most downloaded singles. These include a lead performance on ‘Happy’ song of all time. and collaborations with Daft Punk, Robin Thicke and several others. Williams originally wrote the song for the singer CeeLo Green and felt Green’s recording of the song was the better version. However, Green’s record F7 F A B C7 B label (Elektra) decided against it as he was on the b b b verge of releasing his Christmas album, CeeLo’s Magic Moment. j j & b Œ Ó ∑ œ. bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? œ Œ Ó ∑ œ bœ J J [6] b Keys Grade 2 7 7 7 F F Ab Bb C Bb j b Œ Ó ∑ . j & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ œ bœ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? œ Œ Ó ∑ œ J J [10] b 7 7 F F Ab Bb C Bb j b Œ Ó ∑ . j & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ bœ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? œ Œ Ó ∑ œ J J [14] b Happy Keys Arrangement Pharrell Williams Electric Piano A 160 Pop q = F7 b 4 & 4 bœœ œœ œœ œœ F œ œ œ œ ? b 4 œ œ œ œ 7 F Ab Bb C Bb j b . Œ Ó ∑ . j & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? . œ Œ Ó ∑ œ bœ J J [2] b . 7 7 F F Ab Bb C Bb j b Œ Ó ∑ . j & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? œ Œ Ó ∑ œ bœ J J [6] b 7 7 F F Ab Bb C Bb j b Œ Ó ∑ . j & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? œ Œ Ó ∑ œ bœ J J [10] b 7 7 F F Ab Bb C Bb j b Œ Ó ∑ . j & bœœ œ bœœ œ. nœ œ. œ ˙ œ. œ œ. œ ˙ ? œ Œ Ó ∑ œ bœ J J [14] b Keys Grade 2 Grade Keys Words & Music by Pharrell Williams © Copyright 2013 EMI April Music Inc/More Water From Nazareth Publishing Inc/Universal Pictures Global Music. 8 EMI Music Publishing Limited/Universal/MCA Music Limited. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Technical Exercises Scales, Arpeggios & Chord Voicings Technical Exercises In this section you will be required to play a selection of exercises drawn from each of the groups below. The examiner will 5. G harmonic minor scale be looking for the speed of your response and will also give credit for the level of your musicality. Please see the syllabus 5 4 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 guide for details on the marking criteria. œ bb œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ Major scales, minor scales and arpeggios need to be played hands together, in straight feel, ascending and descending, & œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ in the keys, octaves and tempos shown. Candidates can choose to play either natural minor or harmonic minor scales in œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ the exam. Pentatonic scales are right hand only, and the C blues scale needs to be performed hands separately. You may œ ? use your book for Group A and Group B. Group C exercises must be played from memory. ? b œ #œ 5 4 3 œ2 œ & 3 2 1 œ œ b œ œ 3 2 1 1 #œ œ œ œ œ œ 1 3 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ4 œ œ œ œ œ Note that Groups A, B and C need to be played to a click and any fingerings shown are suggestions only. œ œ œ 6. B harmonic minor scale 5 Group A: Scales 4 1 4 2 3 2 3 The tempo for this group is q = 66 bpm. 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 # œ #œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Bb major scale & œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ 2 3 4 3 œ œ œ œ 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # œ œ œ #œ ? œ œ b œ œ œ œ # 4 œ3 œ2 1 3 2 1 & 4 3 #œ2 œ1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? ? b œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ 7. B major pentatonic scale | right hand b œ3 œ2 1 4 3 2 1 3 4 3 œ2 œ1 3 œ œ œ œ b 2 œ1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 œ œ 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 3 1 2 b œ œ œ œ œ 2. D major scale b œ œ œ œ œ œ 5 & œ œ 3 4 œ œ 1 2 œ œ 3 1 3 œ œ œ œ 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ## œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 8. D major pentatonic scale | right hand œ œ 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 œ œ 2 1 2 ? # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ 1 3 2 1 & 4 3 2 œ1 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 3 2 œ œ 2 1 œ œ # œ œ œ œ 5 œ 3 œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3. G natural minor scale 5 9. G minor pentatonic scale | right hand 4 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 3 1 4 5 œ 1 3 1 2 2 bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? b œ œ œ ? œ œ 5 4 3 œ2 œ & 3 2 1 œ œ b œ œ 3 2 1 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ 1 3 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 10. B minor pentatonic scale | right hand 1 2 3 4. B natural minor scale 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 5 3 4 1 4 œ œ œ 2 2 3 # œ œ 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 œ œ œ œ œ & # œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Keys Grade 2 Grade Keys œ œ œ ? ? # œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ 32 # œ4 œ3 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 4 œ3 œ2 1 œ œ œ œ 3 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Supporting Tests Sight Reading Sight Reading In the exam, you have a choice between either a Sight Reading test or an Improvisation & Interpretation test. The examiner will ask you which one you wish to choose before commencing.
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