‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine SONG TITLE: ‘I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE’ ALBUM: IN THE GROOVE Electric Piano RELEASED: 1968 LABEL: TAMLA MOTOWN 118 Soul q = GENRE: SOUL/R&B Dm E5/D D5 WRITTEN BY: NORMAN WHITFIELD/ BARRETT STRONG œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ PRODUCED BY: NORMAN WHITFIELD ? 4 œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ UK CHART PEAK: b 4 1 J J J ? 4 b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ was written 7 5 7 5 7 7 for Motown Records in 1966 by songwriting duo Marvin Gaye was an AmericanD singer,m songwriterD Dm E /D Dm G/D Dm Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was and record producer who helped form the iconic originally released by Gladys Knight & the Pips in sound that is Motown. He began his career with the 1967, it achieved modest success in the UK (where label œin the. early 1960s as aœ session musician,œ laterœ œ œ œ œ nœ j j it peaked at number 47 in the singles chart) but was ? goingœ on. to release solo hitsœ for themœ such as ‘Ain’tœ œ œ œ œ œ & nœ significantly better received in the US where it peaked bthat Peculiar’, ‘How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You), J œ œ. œ œ œ at number 2. Marvin Gaye’s version of the song was ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’J and ‘What’s Going œ œ. œ œ œ released in 1968, featuring as an album track on his On’. Throughout the 1970s he continued to release chart hits and became one of the first Motown artists eighth studio release In the Groove. The track caught the attention of several radio DJs and so went on to to break away from the ties of a production company. be released as an official single later that year. On its ? single release the song topped both the UK and US [3] b charts and for a time became the most successful Beforeœ his untimelyœ departure in 1984œ he becameœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Motown hit single. widelyœ known as bothœ the ‘Prince of Motown’œ and theœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‘Prince of Soul’. Posthumously, several honours and Gaye’s adaption of “Grapevine” has since been awards have been bequeathed to the inspiring singer, hailed a soul classic and in 2004 it was placed 80th such as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of on the Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘The 500 Greatest G/D Dm7 G/D Dm7 G/C G/C Dm7 Songs of All Time’ list. His version of the song has Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and # actually been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Roll Hall of Fame. for its “historical, artistic and significant” value. The j j single was so successful that his album In the Groove j j j b nœ œ nœ nœ œ was actually rebranded as I Heard It Through the & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Grapevine and on its re-release peaked at number œ œ . œ œ œ 63 on the US Billboard Album chart, Gaye’s highest œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ charting solo album up to that point. ? ‰ [6] b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ Keys Grade 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ 17 A G/F Dm7 G/F Dm7 A7 j j j & b œ. œ nœ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œœ œ. œ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ #œ ? ‰ œ œ ‰ œ Œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j [9] b J œ J œ A G7 Dm7 G/F Dm7 j j j & b œœ. j œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ . œ nœ œ œ . #œ œ nœ œ nœ œ œ œ nœœ œœ. œœ œ œœ ? ‰ j ‰ j ‰ [11] b œ œ œ j #œ nœ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ I Heard It Through The Grapevine Keys Arrangement Marvin Gaye Electric Piano 118 Soul q = Dm E5/D D5 œ œ nœ ? 4 œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 4 J J J ? b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Dm7 D5 Dm7 E5/D Dm7 G/D Dm7 œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ j j ? œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ. œ nœ œ b J J œ œ. œ œ œ ? [3] b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 7 7 7 G/D Dm G/D Dm G/C G/C# Dm j j j j j b œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ. œ nœ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? ‰ [6] b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ A G/F Dm7 G/F Dm7 A7 j j j b œ. œ nœ œ œ œ œ nœ œ œœ & œ. œ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ #œ ? ‰ œ œ ‰ œ Œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j [9] b œ J J œ A G7 Dm7 G/F Dm7 j j j & b œœ. j œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ . œ nœ œ œ . #œ œ nœ œ nœ œ œ œ nœœ œœ. œœ œ œœ ? ‰ j ‰ j ‰ [11] b œ œ œ #œ nœ ˙. œ j œ Keys Grade 3 Grade Keys œ œ œ Words & Music by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong © Copyright 1966 Stone Agate Music, USA. 18 EMI Music Publishing 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. 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.