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‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

SONG TITLE: ‘I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE’ Electric Piano ALBUM: IN THE GROOVE 5 RELEASED: 1968 118 Soul E5/D D LABEL: TAMLA q = Dm GENRE: SOUL/R&B œ nœ œ WRITTEN BY: NORMAN WHITFIELD/ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? 4 œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ J J PRODUCED BY: NORMAN WHITFIELD b 4 œ UK CHART PEAK: 1 J

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7 7 G/D Dm Dm7 E5/D Dm 7 D5 ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ was written Marvin Gaye was an AmericanD singer,m for Motown Records in 1966 by songwriting duo and who helped form the iconic Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was sound that is Motown. He began hisœ career with the œ œ œ nœ j j originally released by Gladys Knight & the Pips in label œin .the early 1960s as aœ session musician, laterœ œ œ œ œ & œ œ. œ nœ œ 1967, it achieved modest success in the UK (where ? going on. to release solo hitsœ for themœ such as ‘Ain’tœ œ œ J œ œ. œ œ œ it peaked at number 47 in the singles chart) but was bthat Peculiar’,œ ‘How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You), œ œ. œ significantly better received in the US where it peaked ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’J and ‘What’s Going at number 2. Marvin Gaye’s version of the song was On’. Throughout the 1970s he continued to release released in 1968, featuring as an album track on his chart hits and became one of the first Motown artists eighth studio release In the Groove. The track caught to break away from the ties of a production company. the attention of several radio DJs and so went on to ? œ œ œ œ œ be released as an official single later that year. On its œ œ œ œ œ [3] b œ œ œ œ œ œ single release the song topped both the UK and US Beforeœ his untimely departure in 1984 he becameœ œ œ œ charts and for a time became the most successful widelyœ known as bothœ the ‘ of Motown’œ and the Motown hit single. ‘Prince of Soul’. Posthumously, several honours and awards have been bequeathed to the inspiring singer, m7 Gaye’s adaption of “Grapevine” has since been such as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and 7 G/C G/C D 7 G/D Dm # hailed a soul classic and in 2004 it was placed 80th induction into the Rhythm and BluesG/ MusicD Hall of Dm on the Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘The 500 Greatest Fame, the Hall of Fame and the Rock and Songs of All Time’ list. His version of the song has Roll Hall of Fame. j j actually been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame j j j œ œ nœ œ œ for its “historical, artistic and significant” value. The nœ œ œ œ. œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ single was so successful that his album In the Groove b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ was actually rebranded as I Heard It Through the & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ Grapevine and on its re-release peaked at number œ œ œ 63 on the US Billboard Album chart, Gaye’s highest charting solo album to that point. ‰ j ? œ œ œ œ œ [6] b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ 3 Grade Keys œ œ œ œ 17 7 m7 A 7 G/F D A G/F Dm j j j œ œ œ nœ œ œœ b œ. œ nœ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œ #œ & œ. œ œ œœ œ j œ œ œ ‰ ? ‰ œ œ ‰ œ Œ œ œ [9] b J œ J

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= œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ 118 Soul D œ œ œ œ # m ‰ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ j j n G D A œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ / œ œ œ œ m D j œ J œ œ œ œ 7 j # ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ n G D n n œ œ G œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ / 5 7 F œ D œ œ J œ œ œ m j 7 ‰ Words &Music by Norman WhitfieldBarrett & Strong œ œ œ œ All Rights Reserved. International RightsAll Reserved. Copyright Secured. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ . . . . © Copyright 1966Stone Agate Music, USA. D œ œ œ œ m EMI Music Publishing Limited. œ 7 n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j D n G œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ m œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ j / 7 D œ E n 5 œ œ œ œ œ / œ D œ œ œ œ D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ m & 7 D D n œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ m m œ œ j j 7 7 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 n G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ / ‰ j F œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ Keys D œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j j j œ œ œ œ m G n 7 E œ œ œ œ n n / n G G C j 5 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ / / / j D Marvin Gaye Marvin F D # G œ œ œ œ ‰ / C ‰ # œ œ D ‰ D œ œ œ œ œ m # œ œ œ œ m A D œ œ œ œ 7 œ œ œ J D 7 7 œ j j 5 œ œ œ œ m j j 7 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. C harmonic minor scale 5 be looking for the speed of your response and will also give credit for the level of your musicality. Please see the syllabus 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 guide for details on the marking criteria. œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ bb nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Candidates can choose to play either natural minor or harmonic minor scales. Major, natural and harmonic minor scales & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ and arpeggios need to be played hands together, in straight or swung feel, ascending and descending, in the keys, octaves œ œ œ œ and tempos shown. Pentatonic scales are right hand only. The melodic minor scale needs to be played hands separately, and œ ? b œ œ œ œ nœ œ ? œ œ œ the chromatic scale on A needs to be played hands together. You may use your book for Group A and Group B. Group C œ 1 3 2 1 & 2 1 nœ œ œ b œ 4 3 œ œ œ œ œ b 4 3 2 œ œ 2 1 œ œ exercises must be played from memory. 5 œ 3 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. 6. F harmonic minor scale 3 # 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 3 1 2 #œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ## œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Group A: Scales & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The tempo for this group is q = 80 bpm. œ œ #œ œ œ ? # # œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ 1. E major scale 2 1 3 2 1 4 & 3 2 œ1 3 2 œ b 2 3 # 4 3 œ œ 2 1 œ œ 4 1 œ œ 2 3 2 3 œ 3 1 3 1 4 1 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ 7. Eb major pentatonic scale | right hand b œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 b œ œ 4 1 & œ œ œ œ 1 2 4 œ œ 3 1 2 1 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 2 1 3 & 2 1 4 œ3 œ b œ œ œ œ b 2 1 4 œ œ 1 3 œ œ & b œ œ b 3 œ 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

2. A major scale 8. A major pentatonic scale | right hand 5 2 3 4 1 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 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 œ œ œ œ œ ? # # œ œ œ œ ? œ 5 4 3 œ2 & 3 2 1 œ 9. C minor pentatonic scale | right hand # œ œ 1 3 2 1 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 5 œ œ œ 2 œ œ 1 3 1 2 3 1 4 1 œ 3. C natural minor scale œ œ œ œ 5 b œ œ œ œ 2 3 4 1 3 4 œ œ 1 2 b b œ œ 2 3 & œ œ œ œ 1 2 3 1 œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 10. F# minor pentatonic scale | right hand 2 1 2 1 2 œ 2 1 2 3 3 1 ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ œ œ 1 3 2 1 & 2 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ # b b 4 3 œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ 5 4 3 2 œ œ 3 2 1 œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4. F natural minor scale 3 œ œ # 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 11. C melodic minor scale | right hand 3 3 4 3 1 2 œ œ œ 5 œ œ œ œ 2 3 4 1 3 4 œ œ œ œ 1 2 # # œ œ œ œ 1 2 3 1 2 3 # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ bœ 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 bœ œ œ œ œ œ Keys Grade 3 Grade Keys # œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ ? # œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 œ3 œ2 1 3 2 1 2 œ œ œ 38 œ œ Ear Tests

Ear Tests

In this section, there are two ear tests: ■■Melodic Recall ■■Chord Recognition

You will find one example of each type of test printed below and you will need to perform both of them in the exam.

Test 1: Melodic Recall The examiner will play you a two bar diatonic melody in the key of C major with a range up to a fifth. The first note will be the root note. You will hear the test twice, each time with a one bar count-in, then you will hear a further one bar count-in after which you will need to play the melody to the click. The tempo is [crotchet] = 95.

It is acceptable to play over the track as it is being played as well as practising after the second playthrough. The length of time available after the second playthrough is pre-recorded on the audio track so the count-in may begin while you are still practising.

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Please note: The test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam.

Test 2: Chord Recognition The examiner will play you a sequence of chords, each with a C root note. You will hear the chord sequence twice, each time with a one bar count-in. You will then be asked to identify the chord quality of each chord, from a choice of major, minor, diminished, augmented, dominant 7th and major 7th. The tempo is q = 95 bpm.

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Please note: The test shown is an example. The examiner will give you a different version in the exam. Keys Grade 3 Grade Keys 45