May 2020 Live Lesson - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (Patreon)

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Aloha Patrons!  

I'll see you Thursday, May 14 at 5:30pm Pacific Time for our monthly Live Lesson. If you click on the video above, you’ll see a countdown for your time zone. (Find all Patron events on our Patron Google calendar). 

Tune in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlvUUbGxcfE 

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This month, I'll teach "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", the Whitney Houston classic with a very long name (watch the original music video here for reference).  We'll be playing this song for our 80s Jam this Saturday, and I've been having fun working on this arrangement.  Whitney does the song in the key of F#, and I've lowered it to the key of F.  

I shared my arrangement of this song in my 5@5 Live show last night - and Instagram has finally made it possible for me to post the 5@5 for easy playback (hurrah!).  You can click here to watch my 5@5 live show, I play "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" just after the 14-minute mark.

Fun fact - this song was written by the couple of the band Boy Meets Girl, who also wrote Whitney's "How Will I Know?", and had their own one-hit wonder in the 80s with "Waiting for a Star to Fall."  You can hear songwriting and production similarities among these songs.  

A note about our monthly Live Lessons

My goal is to teach and arrange a lesson that is interesting for all levels.  I will walk through the lesson by starting with beginner-level strumming, and gradually layer on more challenging options for advanced players.

I encourage you to play at your level, and embrace your own pace of incrementally leveling up. You can re-watch the lesson as many times as you like.  Grasp the basics on the first go-round, and each time you review, you'll pick up new tips and techniques.  You can use this method to become a better student and better learner - by building more awareness and more patience. :)

How to Watch Live

1. Click on this direct link to the lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlvUUbGxcfE
For those who are new, please note this is a private link.

2. Log in to YouTube to join the live chat, and please say hello!  I can't see that you're watching unless you chat.  If you have trouble using chat on a mobile device/ tablet, you may want to try on a desktop or laptop browser.  

3. Feel free to post your questions to me, or to the community.

How to Watch Later

1. Watch the video linked above (it's the same as the live link).

2. Feel free to post your comments and questions below.

Download the Chord Chart

Please look for the orange PDF link below - the PDF should download immediately when you click on it. 

Warming up with last month's Live Lesson: 

We'll play through last month's Live Lesson songs (there were two!) at the start of our time together. Watch the April 2020 Live Lesson on "Bad Guy" and "Proud Mary" if you’d like to review.

Is this your first Live Lesson?  Check out these Tips for Live Lessons from Patron Mark Pierce: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-guest-for-23871916 

Thanks. I look forward to seeing you online!

xo cynthia

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