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Topic: I need a REALLY jazzy happy birthday rendition  (Read 1913 times)

Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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I need a REALLY jazzy happy birthday rendition
on: October 13, 2015, 11:24:28 PM
It's my teachers birthday on Friday and I gotta play happy birthday for him.

Just the chords are fine thanks
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Re: I need a REALLY jazzy happy birthday rendition
Reply #1 on: October 13, 2015, 11:47:08 PM
More Birthday variations than you could possibly want--all free

https://www.thebirthdaycd.com/LearnSheetMusic.htm

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Offline lhb_

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Re: I need a REALLY jazzy happy birthday rendition
Reply #3 on: October 17, 2015, 02:46:29 AM
Look for Micheal Habermann's version of it. Also, you can always just improvise extremely chromatic chords over the melody.

Offline dcstudio

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Re: I need a REALLY jazzy happy birthday rendition
Reply #4 on: October 17, 2015, 04:37:28 PM

improvise... your teacher will love it.
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