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. ∑ . 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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.