A Song For You Ray Charles A Song For You Words & Music by Leon Russell q=56 μ G7 3fr Cm G7/B 3fr 3 I’ve been so ma- ny pla -ces in my life and time. Cm/Bb Cm/A 3fr 4fr 5 I’ve sung a lot of songs, I’ve made some bad rhymes. Male Vocals Grade 8 Grade Vocals Male 6 © Copyright 1970 Skyhill Publishing Company Incorporated, USA. Rondor Music (London) Limited. All rights in Germany administered by Rondor Musikverlag GmbH. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Apologize OneRepublic Apologize Words & Music by Ryan Tedder q = 122 Cm C7sus4/Ab Eb C7sus4/D 3fr 3fr 6fr 3fr Cm C7sus4/Ab Eb C7sus4/D 3fr 3fr 6fr 3fr Cm Csus4/Ab Eb C7sus4/D 3fr 3fr 6fr 3fr Cm Csus4/Ab Eb C7sus4/D 3fr 3fr 6fr 3fr 1. I’m Male Vocals Grade 8 Grade Vocals Male 14 © Copyright 2005 Sony/ATV Tunes LLC/Velvet Hammer Music/Midnite Miracle Music. Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Technical Exercises Group E: Stylistic Studies You will need to choose one stylistic technical study from the group listed below. Your choice will determine the style of the Quick Study Piece. If you choose the jazz and blues stylistic study, for example, the examiner will give you a QSP from the jazz and blues group. ■ Pop and musical theatre ■ Soul and R’n’B ■ Jazz and blues ■ Rock and indie Stylistic Study | Pop and Musical Theatre Dramatic dynamics and inflections / Sustains with vibrato 70 Music Theatre q = D Bm F π 3 # œ œ œ œ ~~~~~~j & # 4 œ œ ‰ œ œ Onœ my jour - ney home I’llœ pack my tearsœ andœ hideœ myœ pride.œ œ I’llœ walk the Em A D 3 3 F œ ## r œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰. œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ J ‰ œ œ œ ‰ J lone - ly av - e - nues, and pick my way be - tween the sta - tues of my life. I will be - come the man my 7 5 Bm G G#m b œ œ œ F f # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & # ‰ J œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ bœ œ œ ‰ J fa - ther will be proud of. I’ll face up to my des - ti - ny, re - gain my for - mer dig - ni - ty and A G A ƒ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # ~~~~~~~~~~~~ œ~.~~~~~~~~~~~ œ œ~~~~~~~~~ j œ œ œ ˙. & # œ. œ ‰ œ Œ rise Ja - bove theJ fear that plagued my life. Stylistic Study | Soul and R’n’B Long melisma / Register flips 70 Soul q =Am7/G F6 G6 Am7/G G6 Am7/G & 4 j ‰ j ‰ Œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ It’s been so long since you went œa - way.˙ Ooh.œ 6 6 7 6 6 6 F G Am Cm /Eb F G œ œ . r œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . r œ œ & œ œ œ Œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ I, I’ll ne - ver for - get you I swear. I want you to be Am7/G G6 Am7/G F6 G6 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ ‰ J Œ near. Woh. 7 6 6 7 Am Cm /Eb F Em Am œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & J ‰ œ ˙. Œ Male Vocals Grade 8 Grade Vocals Male Now I know that you’ll ne - ver come back. Now I know that since you went a - way. 56 Quick Study Piece | Soul and R’n’B Example test 80 RnB q = Bm E ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ## 4 j & 4 ∑ ‰ œ œ Œ w Whatœ youœ see, Em Bm E Em7 Bm ## ‰ ‰ j ‰ œ œ Œ & nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ think of what it could œbe. œ I amœ watch - ingœ you and you’re watch - ing me too. Bm E Em Bm E Em7 Bm ## & ’[Vary melody’ – 4 bars]’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ Em Bm E Em Bm ## & ’[Improvise freely’ – 4 bars]’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ Quick Study Piece | Jazz and Blues Example test 3 = 120 Jazz j q = q q q q 7 Bb Bdim b 4 ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ & b 4 ∑ ‰ j ˙ w Stopœ rightœ there, 7 7 5 7 7 Cm G # Cm 3 F b & b œ œ #œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó don’tœ youœ move, I’mœ thinkœ -ingœ that I’m in love. 7 7 7 5 7 7 Bb Bdim Cm G # Cm F bb & ’[Vary melody’ – 4 bars]’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ 7 7 7 7 D Gm Cm F Bb bb & ’[Improvise freely’ – 4 bars]’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ Quick Study Piece | Rock and Indie Example test 120 Rock q = . Cm Eb b ¿. ¿. ¿. ¿. & b 128 w. ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ly - ing a - wake andJ won - der - ing when I’mJ F Ab Cm Eb F Ab b œ œ œ œ œ & b œ Œ ‰ œ œ J œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Œ œ J œ. J gon - na feel al - right, say - ing good-bye Jis mak - ing me die andJ J JI see the light. Cm Eb F Ab Cm Eb F Ab bb . & [Vary’ melody’ – 4 bars]’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ Eb F Ab Cm Eb F Ab Bb Cm bb . 8 Grade Vocals Male & [Improvise’ freely’ – 4 bars]’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ 59.