Learn To Play Ballerina Girl

Cover of Dancing on Ceiling

 If you haven't heard by now... I'm a huge fan of Lionel Richie. You can find the chords to Jesus Is Love that I posted awhile back. There's another cool song written by this artist in 1986, Ballerina Girl . It's from the Dancing on the Ceiling album. It's a moderate tempo in the Key of C.

Chord Progression

Lionel Richie Anthology (Book in my music library of Lionel Richie songs, piano and guitar)

Intro

F  Am  G (2 times)

                 F
Ballerina Girl
C               F/C  G/C  Dm/C
You are so lovely
 C                          
With you standing there
F            G
I'm so aware
                                      Cmaj7  Dm/C
Of how much I care for you
C                            F
You are more than now
G                F/C  G/C  Dm/C
You are for always
 C
I can see in you
 F                          G
My dreams come true
                              Cmaj7  F/C  Cmaj7
Don't you ever go away


  Fmaj7           Em7
You make me feel like
            Dm7                 C  F/C  G/C
There's nothing I can't do
 Fmaj7         Em7
And when I hold you
  Dm7              Gsus4
I only want to say
  C/G    Dm/G
I love you


                F
Ballerina Girl
       G           F/C  G/C  Dm/C
The joy you bring me
 C
Every day and night
 F                  G
Holding you tight
                                         Cmaj7  F/C  Cmaj7
How I've waited for your love

 Fmaj7                Em7
Sometimes I've wondered
              Dm7              C  F/C  G/C
If you'd ever come my way
 Fmaj7           Em7
Now that I've finally found you
 Dm7                     F/G         Em/G  F/G
This is where my heart will stay


C/G  Dm/G  Em/G  C  F  G
F/C  G/C  Dm/C  C  F  G
Cmaj7  F/C  Cmaj7  Dm9

      Fmaj7       G                   Dm9
I'm never gonna break your heart
 Fmaj9       G             Dm9
Never will we drift apart
           Fmaj7          G
'Cause all I wanna do
         Am               F             G
Is share my whole life with you
Fmaj7                         Em7
'Cause you make me feel like
             Dm7                C  F/C  G/C
There's nothing I can't do
Fmaj7                 Em7
I guess I finally realized
Dm7                                F/G     Em/G
There's nothing else like loving you




F/G  C/G  Dm/G  Em/G

C             F
Ballerina Girl
G               F/C  G/C  Dm/C
You are so lovely
 C               F
I can see in you
                             G
My dreams come true
                               Cmaj7 F/C  Cmaj7  (F  Am  G 2 xs)
Don't you ever go away
               F
Ballerina Girl

Dancing On the Ceiling

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How To Play King of Glory: Jesus Culture

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I'm home now. I am refreshed and encouraged by the youth of America, seeing young people worship at Jesus Culture. It was an amazing time for so many! I wanted to introduce a fairly easy song to play, along with the harmonizing of the melody with vocals. The intro starts out with a straight forward beat and then the pattern of the rhythm changes with the verse. You will be recycling the chorus pattern over and over.

If you're not familiar with the song, here it is on YouTube.

Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter. Who is the King of glory? The LORD of Heaven's Armies--he is the King of glory. Psalm 24:9-10, NLT

 

King of Glory (Jesus Culture)

INTRO:

Am D2 Am Em 
Am D2 X4      (on keyboard, check other tabs for Guitar intro)


VERSE 1:
     Am                            F
Your face outshines the brightest sun
                C                   Em
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious
      Am                           F
With eyes that blaze like burning fire
                C                   Em
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious

Am F D2 Am F G Em 


Repeat Verse 1, Then:


CHORUS: (X2)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jesus-culture/280840.html ]
Am                    F
King of Glory, have Your glory
D2             Am    F    G Em    
King of Glory, have Your glory


VERSE 2:
      Am                        F
Your voice like rushing waters sounds
              C                    Em
Jesus You're powerful, You are so powerful
    Am                           F
And in Your Hands you hold the stars
              C                    Em
Jesus You're powerful, You are so powerful


CHORUS:

Am                    F
King of Glory, have Your glory
D2             Am    F    G Em
King of Glory, have Your gloryHold Chorus pattern until the end of the song, and end on Am.

I found the guitar and bass chords online:

Intro (repeat this part once more) (Guitar)
e -------12----------------10--------|
b -10------13-----8-10--------8------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 (count for timing, but slow)

Verse

Dm_________________Bb________
Your face outshines the brightest sun
________F__________Am____________
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious
__Dm_______________Bb_______
With eyes that blaze like burning fire
________F_________Am_____________
Jesus, You're glorious, You are so glorious

Chorus

Dm________Bb___________
King of Glory, have your glory
Dm/B______Dm__Bb__C/B_C_
King of Glory, have your glo - ry

Verse 2 (Play the same chords as first verse)

Your voice like rushing waters sounds
Jesus, You're powerful, You are so powerful
And in Your hands You hold the stars
Jesus, You're powerful, You are so powerful

The king referred to in Psalm 24 is repeatedly described as the King of glory. Glory means the state of being magnificent, splendid, extraordinary, and praiseworthy. Still, the psalmist does not name this King. Who is this King of glory?

You'll find Spanish words to the song, here.
Also, a slow version with tutorial of the song found here. 
If you need to change the key for your worship team and want an easy way to do it, see
Instant Transposer Software 

Chord Breakdown

Basically, your right hand is playing Dm (DFA), then change the chord to AM (CEA)
Then play, C/AM and back to D/DFA

D/ D,F,G,A (single r.h. notes)
Bb/ D,E,G,A
B/ D,E,G,A
D/ D,E, G, E, D

Now, if you want to invest in some software to learn about changing keys and modulating, this resource is for PC and MAC...It's called Instant Transposer Software and you can learn all about it.

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

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Summer Worship

 I'm heading out in a few minutes to experience a worship concert and seminar event in SoCal. Should be fun and very interesting. So, I'm taking a little time off from blogging and teaching... a much needed rest.  I'll be back to tell you all about it. You know, what I found out and learned.

In the meantime, I have received emails from so many of my readers expressing needs in these areas:

1. reading music notes on the staff
2. understanding chord charts
3. more riffs and turnarounds
4. color chords
5. pattern playing

See you next week and we'll cover some of these topics. If you're interested in pentatonic scales, check out my other blog posts at http://pianodiana.blogspot.com

Happy summer, dear readers!





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