Learning notes on strings - part 1
Love me tender
Love me tender
In this lesson we learn a classic ballad called “Love me tender” performed by many famous artists and musicians, to name a few by Johnny Hallyday, Elvis Presley who adapted the melody for Aura lee.
Content of the lesson
Song description
Compositional analysis
Music sheet
Song playthrough
Backing track
Reference links
Song description
The song is a wonderful example of a simple melody written in C major scale as a folk ballad during the civil war music period. Later adapted, rewritten and performed by Elvis Presley.
a ballad is a song where the melody drives the tempo, rhythm and dynamics of the song. often a narrative is set to the music.
Compositional analysis
The song is in the key of C major. The melody line is entirely played in C major whereas certain chords (such as D7) is borrowed from the G major acting as a pivot chord to provide a more dominant flavor to the song, the Em i.e. the 3rd chord in C major is played as E7 to give a touch of the harmonic minor scale, which we will be learning in the further modules.
Music sheet
Song playthrough
Backing track
References
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