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Don’t know why

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“Don’t Know Why” is a song written and composed by Jesse Harris that originally appeared on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. A cover of the song was the debut single of American singer Norah Jones from her debut studio album, Come Away with Me (2002).

Jones’ version of “Don’t Know Why” was released on January 28, 2002, peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was a critical success. The single went on to win three Grammy Awards in 2003 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It remains Jones’s biggest hit single in the United States to date, and her only one to reach the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. “Don’t Know Why” was also a modest hit abroad, reaching number five in Australia, number 24 in New Zealand, and number 59 in the United Kingdom. The song was ranked number 459 in Blender magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born”.

Jones’ piano-playing has been compared to that of Floyd Cramer, having a “style and grace, a musical maturity not found in many keyboard players today.”

Your fretting hand is what you know, your picking hand is who you are

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2026-03-19T14:54:27-04:00
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how to play pink houses part 1

how to play pink houses.

Little Pink Houses John Mellencamp. F,C and G. This is just the first part.

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” -Author unknown

2026-03-17T08:43:42-04:00
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Angel Eyes

Angel-eyes chart

“Angel Eyes” is a jazz standard which has inspired many interpretations. Many singers have recorded versions of the song, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, June Christy with Stan Kenton, Chet Baker, Shirley Bassey, Neil Sedaka, Willie Nelson with Ray Charles, and Sting. Ella Fitzgerald, who recorded “Angel Eyes” at least four times, named it her favorite song.

Instrumental versions were recorded not as often as vocal takes, by the likes of Benny Carter, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Dave Brubeck, Kenny Burrell, Joe Albany, and more recently by McCoy Tyner, Gary Thomas and Joe Lovano.

“I’m not saying a guy shouldn’t take lessons … but if you want to play like the artists, you have to go and get what they’re putting on records and take it from there … “ – Grant Green

2026-03-10T07:14:34-04:00
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How to play “Sloop John B” for solo guitar

How to play “Sloop John B” for solo guitar

Lyrics and chords

Tab, lyrics and notation
How to play “Sloop John B” for solo guitar 

Some of the chord shapes here you can see are different voicings for the same chord. The chord patterns in the lead sheet here will help you see some alternate voicings for your chords.

“Sloop John B” (originally published as “The John B. Sails”) is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription by Richard Le Gallienne was published in 1916, and a version was included in Carl Sandburg’s The American Songbag in 1927. Since the early 1950s there have been many recordings of the song with variant titles including “I Want to Go Home” and “Wreck of the John B”.

The 1966 folk rock adaptation by the Beach Boys was produced and arranged by bandleader Brian Wilson and served as the lead single from their 11th studio album, Pet Sounds. The song peaked at number three in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, number two in the UK, and number one in several other countries. It remains one of the group’s most successful recordings of their mid-1960s period, containing an elaborate a cappella vocal section not found in other pop music of the era.

In 2011, the Beach Boys’ version of “Sloop John B” […]

2026-03-17T10:28:46-04:00
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Little Wing changes

“Little Wing” is one of Hendrix’s most popular songs and has become a standard, with interpretations recorded by musicians in a variety of styles. It is ranked number 188 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

How to play blues patterns over “little wing” changes. Once you have the chord changes under your hand and some sense of the blues/penta patterns in a couple of positions, the next hump to get over is your phrasing. I like students to start simply with just two or three note phrases that respond to the chord and resolve back to the target note. If this sounds interesting, just reach out- the first online lesson is free!

“To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. ” -Stravinsky

2026-03-17T11:19:54-04:00
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Come Rain Or Come Shine”

“Come Rain or Come Shine” is a popular music song, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was written for the Broadway musical St. Louis Woman, which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances.

It became a modest hit during the show’s run, making the pop charts with a Margaret Whiting (Paul Weston and His Orchestra) recording rising to number seventeen, and, shortly after, a Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes recording rising to number twenty-three.

Lead sheet with lyrics and chords

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” – Confucius

2026-03-20T18:21:33-04:00
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How to play Someone to Watch Over Me

someone to watch over me. A great tune to play fingerstyle and not too hard to get under your hand.

Lead sheet with chords and lyrics for “Someone to Watch Over Me”.

Someone to Watch Over Me from “Nice ‘N Easy” July 1960

“Someone to Watch Over Me” was composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin in 1926 for the Broadway musical Oh, Kay. First recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1946 for his first album the Voice of Frank Sinatra and in 1954 for the film Young at heart.

Sinatra’s popular recordings of the song helped cement the standard slow style, and was notably covered by Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Rickie Lee Jones, Elton John and Amy Winehouse.

Nelson Riddle arranged two lush orchestral versions, one backing Keely Smith (sang with and married to Louis Prima) and the other for Linda Ronstadt which won a Grammy Award. The song was also used prominently in the film Mr. Holland’s Opus

“The song tells me what to play.” – Joe Walsh

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2026-03-10T07:15:26-04:00
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