Norah Jones: Nearness of You

Norah Jones performing on Good Morning America on June 11th, 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Awhile back I posted a video and a blog post on a Norah Jones song, Nearness of You. Some have asked for more specific notes to the chords, so I thought I would fill in what I know. You can get some of her songs in itunes.

Above Ground
Be My Somebody
 



Cmaj7 Cmaj9 Gm7 C9 Fmaj7 Fdim

Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me,

Cmaj9 = CE/GBE

Gm7 = FBb/D

C9 = CGE/GBbDE

 Fmaj7 = FC/AC

 Fdim7 = FD/AbB

Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 G13(b9) Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 F/G G13(b9)
oh no Its just the nearness of you

Em7 = ED/GB

A7b9 = A/GBbC#

Dm7 = DA/FC

G7b9 = GF/AbD

Em7 =  GBDG

A7b9 = A/BbC#

Dm7 = DA/AC

G7 = GDF/B

G13b9 = GFD/AbB

Cmaj7 Cmaj9 Gm7 C9 Fmaj7 Fdim
It isnt your sweet conversation That brings this sensation,

C6 = C/ EGC

Gm7 = G/BbDA

 C9 = C/BbDE

Fmaj9 = F/CEG

Fdim7 = FF/AbB

Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 G13(b9) B/C C C
oh no Its just the nearness of you

Em7 = EB/GBD

A7b9 = AG/ABbC#

B/C = CG/DD#F#B

C6 = CG/EGAC

Fm G+7(#9) Cmaj9 C9

When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me

Fm6/G = G/FAbCD

G7#5(#9) = GG/BEbFBb

 Cmaj9 = CGE/BE

C9 = CGC/BbD

Fmaj7 Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 C/E F F#dim F/G G13(b9)
All my wildest dreams come true

Fmaj7 = FC/C

Em7 = BEGB/DG

A7b9 = AG/BbC#EA

Dm7 = DD/FCEb

C/E = EE/GC

G9sus = GF/AC

G13b9 =  G/FAbBE

Cmaj7 Dm7 D#m7 Em7 Gm7 C9

I need no soft lights to enchant me

Cmaj7 = C/BEA

Dm7 = D/FC
 

Ebdim7 = Eb/F#C

C/E = E/GC

Gm7 =  GDBb/DFC

C7 = CG/BbDE

Fmaj7 Fdim Em7 A7 Dm7

If you'll only grant me the right

Fmaj7 = FC/ACG

Fdim7 = FF/AbBD

 Em7 = EB/BDG

A7 = AG/C#EA

Dm7 = D/CFA

G7 Em7 A7(b9)
To hold you ever so tight

G7 = GDF/BD

Em7 = EBG/B

A7b9 = AEG/ABbC#E

Dm7 C/E F F#dim F/G G13(b9) B/C C B/C C

And to feel in the night the nearness of you

Dm7 = DAF/CA

C/E = EE/GG

F = FF/AC

F#dim = F#/A

G9sus = GF/FAC

G13b9 = GG/FAbBE

B/C = CG/CD#F#B

C6 = EGAC/EGC

B/C = CG/CDA#F#B

C6/9 = EGAC/DEGC

B/C = CG/CD#F#B

C6/9 = EGAC/DEGC

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Blessings,






"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

Soloing Techniques

Another one of my favorite keyboard players is Jamal Hartwell. Listen to his instruction on soloing. You will learn lots just by watching this clip. Jamal covers the G Blues Scale... G, Bb, C, Db, D, F, G (sometimes A) I've added a bit more here:

"The first key we're going to start with is the key of G and you're going to do a G blues. So we are going to start right on G and play our G seven scale. The blues is compressed with all seven scales so all the scales we're going to learn is our seven scales. We start on G two, three, four, five, six, seven, one. Notice all the way notes very easy and we're just going to go for a bass line. One, three, five, seven, right, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, that way we can know what notes we're actually playing when I say one, three, five, seven. Also when we go to the four chord we are playing the forth scale so our C is our four chord and our five chord will be our D. So there is your scale, we are also going to learn the blue scale out of G which is (playing). So you have G and B flat C D flat D and then the F at the top (playing). That's blues works over all of our three chords and all of our three minor chords as well, it's a pretty universal chord that we are going to use throughout the whole piece. We are going to start by playing a one, three, five, seven and G and doing a little blues with my right. (playing) That's your G blues one chord, G."

http://www.ehow.com/video_4393461_playing-1st-chord-g-major.html

* Song: 107 degrees in the shade by Alex Bugnon



Swiss-born keyboardist and composer Alex Bugnon has played in New York and Europe.

“After exploring all of the sophisticated and progressive funk that helped me find my sound, I knew I needed to get back to a sound that was more laid back and straight to the point, where the songs, rather than fancy
production, are the focus,” he says. “With the success of artists like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, it’s clear to me that, like myself, people are tired of the overproduced, heavy machine-oriented music that excited them in the past. These are complicated times we live in, and it’s inspiring to see a trend towards making life simpler and focusing on the more important things.”

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* Preview Song 107 Degrees in the Shade

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* Reviews on Amazon:

"Alex Bugnon exhibits a high level of creativity and playfulness throughout this work, plenty of suggestive and smooth pieces, but signed with a very personal style. 107 in the shade, for instance, initiates with an exotic melody played in accordion. His French roots are shown in the first two tracks. Elegance and brightness would be the most appropriate terms to describe this notorious CD.

So if you additionally consider there is not minor track, the recommendation is almost an invitation to acquire this interesting album plenty of joyful inspiration and creative rapture.

This is really my first incursion around this young talent, but keeping in mind the rest of good positive reviews, we are in front of another brilliant finding."

"this is sunday morning,read the paper in bed, snuggle up and just plain mellow out! Best of a great artist".


* From a Gm9--> Am9--> D7b5#9


Piano Lessons - Soloing Techniques and Freestyle - LearnGospelByEar.com



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~ LadyD



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Norah Jones- Come Away With Me

"Norah Jones is a multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and singer-songwriter whose career was launched with her successful 2002 debut album Come Away With Me, a jazz piano album with a soul/folk tinge, that sold 18 million copies worldwide and received 8 Grammy awards." Read more

http://www.8notess.com/norah_jones.asp
A great song Come Away With Me, from the album (2002)with the same name, is sung by Norah Jones (lovely voice) and accompanied by the same artist. I love Norah's voice and this song is easy to play for beginners. It's easy, slow and simple. Have a listen

http://www.imeem.com/erakid/music/mvMTmrFL/norah_jones_come_away_with_me
Norah Jones performing 'Come Away with Me' live at Top of the Pops, broadcast on March 14, 2003.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZXpdZEioEE
Norah Jones - Come away with me (live in Amsterdam)
Did you know Norah plays the guitar? Take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GheTxJlF-mw
Come Away With Me Lyrics
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows
knee-high
So won't you try to come
Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=PcTySLo6nGs
C Am7 C Am7
Come away with me in the night
C Am7
Come away with me
Em F C G
And I will write you a song
C Am7 C Am7
Come away with me on a bus
C Am7 Em F
Come away where they can't tempt us
C (x2)
With their lies
G F
I want to walk with you
C (x2)
On a cloudy day
G F C
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
G C
So won't you try to come
C Am7 C
Come away with me and we'll kiss
Am7
On a mountaintop
C Am7
Come away with me
Em F C
And I'll never stop loving you
Instrumental Verse (x2)
G F C
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
G F C
While I'm safe there in your arms
G C
So all I ask is for you
Am7 C Am7
To come away with me in the night
C G C
Come away with me
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - Free Sheet Music Riff
The accompaniment throughout the verse on this track is a chromatic scale down from the 7th to the 3rd of the scale.
Underneath this we find a bass line that moves in fifths
* D - fifth down to
* G - fifth down to
* C - fifth down to
* F - fifth down to
* Bb

http://www.8notes.com/school/riffs/piano/norah.asp
Some great photos of Norah that you can use on your blog or site can be found

http://www.groovy-layouts.com/Images/Female_Celebrities/Norah_Jones
I have this songbook and highly recommend it for Norah Jones fans!

Come Away With Me By Norah Jones. Songbook for voice, piano and guitar chords. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.306495) See more info...

Until next time,
~ LadyD

Norah Jones- The Nearness of You

Jones first album, Come Away With Me, became a multiple Grammy winner and multi-platinum seller, and it opened the door for her to perform around the world with her band. How do you like the sound of my old upright?lol
I'm playing one of my favorite songs, Nearness of You.



O.k. Here's the chord chart. Give it a try!
Cmaj7 Cmaj9 Gm7 C9 Fmaj7 Fdim

Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me,



Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 G13(b9) Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 F/G G13(b9)
oh no Its just the nearness of you



Cmaj7 Cmaj9 Gm7 C9 Fmaj7 Fdim
It isnt your sweet conversation That brings this sensation,



Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 G13(b9) B/C C C
oh no Its just the nearness of you



Fm G+7(#9) Cmaj9 C9

When youre in my arms and I feel you so close to me



Fmaj7 Em7 A7(b9) Dm7 C/E F F#dim F/G G13(b9)
All my wildest dreams come true



Cmaj7 Dm7 D#m7 Em7 Gm7 C9

I need no soft lights to enchant me



Fmaj7 Fdim Em7 A7 Dm7

If youll only grant me the right



G7 Em7 A7(b9)
To hold you ever so tight




Dm7 C/E F F#dim F/G G13(b9) B/C C B/C C

And to feel in the night the nearness of you



(Fmaj7)

Singer, composer and pianist Norah Jones was born on March 30, 1979, in New York City. But her musical life began in Grapevine, Tex. It was during her time there that she began singing in church choirs and taking piano lessons, even trying out the alto saxophone. Her earliest influences came from her mother's extensive LP collection and a Dallas oldies station. While listening to her mom's records, Jones fell in love with jazz by way of the Billie Holiday albums she'd play over and over again.

When she was 15, Jones moved to Dallas with her mother. She became a student at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Inspired by an Etta James recording of "I'll Be Seeing You," she performed her version at age 16 in a local coffeehouse during open-mic night. It was her first solo gig. While in high school, she played with a jazz-rock band and earned her first awards: the 1996 Downbeat Student Music Awards for "Best Jazz Vocalist" and "Best Original Composition." She won the Downbeat SMA for "Best Jazz Vocalist" again in 1997, and she later majored in jazz piano at the University of North Texas.

http://www.norahjones.com/

For more background reading, check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norah_Jones








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Hoagy Carmichael- The Nearness of You

Love this song, Nearness of You! I still have a long ways to go, especially trying to figure out camera angles! The above music resources helped me to play these chords w/ my own style!
You'll have access to common licks but also techniques to help you create your own musical ideas so that you can eventually develop your own style as a musician playing favorite jazz tunes!

Jazz 101 AUDIO http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/441295/jazz
Jazz 101 DVD http://sell.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/441295/jazz.html
Jazz 201 DVD http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/441295/jazz201special.html


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