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The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby
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Lesson Run Time: 111 minutes / Release Date: 04/30/2011
In this lesson I will show you how to play the sections of the song and also teach you some Hornsby licks for improvisation. We will also discuss how to make this song your own by creating your own interpretation through different pentatonic lines.
Other Chapters in this Piano Lesson:
Song Introduction
Introduction and Analysis
Song Introduction m6
Chorus variations
Pentatonic scale exercise
Pentatonic groupings pt 1
Pentatonic groupings pt 2
Hornsby Lick #1
Hornsby Lick #2
Pentatonic double-stops
Change lick starting beat
Putting the song together
Advanced techniques
Beginner/Intermediate techniques pt 1
Beginner/Intermediate techniques pt 2