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Topic: WHo can help me what notes are played in this silent night version?  (Read 1676 times)

Offline boie

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I need help with this speciel version of silent night, I can play some of it by ear but not all, is there someone who can help???
I really want to learn this and it's not too difficult but i'm a beginner so I'm not so good at playing by ear yet.

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Offline boie

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Is the really no one who can help me???

Offline sucom

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Hi
The chords are really nice in this version aren't they?  I'm assuming you aren't sure about the line 'sleep in heavenly peace'.  The chords here move away from the normal version.  You start 'sleep' with a G in the bass and the broken chord notes of G major, GBD.  When the line moves to 'heavenly' the bass moves from G to G sharp, with chord notes containing B, D and F above (not necessarily in this order).  This then moves to an A minor chord on the word 'peace' - ACE.  Still on the word 'peace' the bass then moves down from A, through G and then to F sharp with the notes ACE above.  When the phrase is repeated, a C chord (EG) in second inversion (G in bass) begins with the word 'sleep' and then moves to GBD on 'heavenly'. 

The bass line is the most important feature of this progression and the right hand should contain some of the notes of the chords below the melody.

I hope this helps :)

Offline boie

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I LOVE this version! Thank you so much for helping you are right thats exactly the part I have problems with. Can you helo me with the right hand also? Maybe I cn email you the notes that I wrote down so far in Sibelius program which I have and you could check it out for me? I can also make it as a pdf file.
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