0:00:10 > 0:00:15- Hey, guys.- Today, we're doing a song called...- Living The Dream.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19We really like this one because we have definitely more of
0:00:19 > 0:00:22a pop/indie feel with more of an alternative feel,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24so it adds a little bit something different.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- And this one's for you guys. - Yeah. Hope you like it.- Yeah.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# I can give you what you want
0:00:43 > 0:00:45# Even when it hurts
0:00:45 > 0:00:48# I can sing another song
0:00:48 > 0:00:50# I can find the words
0:00:50 > 0:00:54# And it's true that I can be somebody
0:00:54 > 0:00:57# But right now, I don't know who
0:01:00 > 0:01:03# So when all the world's a stage
0:01:03 > 0:01:05# And the curtain's drawn
0:01:05 > 0:01:08# You gotta bear everything
0:01:08 > 0:01:09# And come a little undone
0:01:09 > 0:01:11# Cos it's true
0:01:11 > 0:01:13# If you want to be somebody
0:01:13 > 0:01:16# You better have nothing to lose
0:01:20 > 0:01:25# How did it get to be so complicated?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28# Sometimes it gets me down
0:01:28 > 0:01:30# Sometimes I'm spinnin' round
0:01:30 > 0:01:33# But I won't disappear
0:01:33 > 0:01:35# You'll see me standing here
0:01:35 > 0:01:40# Just holding down the dream
0:01:53 > 0:01:56# So when all the lights go down
0:01:56 > 0:01:59# And the music's done
0:01:59 > 0:02:03# I am here and left without Everybody's gone
0:02:03 > 0:02:06# And it's true that I can be somebody
0:02:06 > 0:02:10# But right now, I don't know who
0:02:13 > 0:02:16# How did I get to be
0:02:16 > 0:02:19# So hard and jaded?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21# Sometimes it gets me down
0:02:21 > 0:02:24# Sometimes I'm spinnin' round
0:02:24 > 0:02:26# But I won't disappear
0:02:26 > 0:02:29# You'll see me standing here
0:02:29 > 0:02:33# Just holding down the dream
0:02:34 > 0:02:40- BOTH:- # Holding down
0:02:40 > 0:02:47# The dream. #
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Hey, guys, welcome to Lessons In The Lounge.- Hey, hey.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Today, we're going to talk about our rendition of Living The Dream.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09So what are we talking about exactly?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11We're going to talk about how to use
0:03:11 > 0:03:13a sustain pedal when you're playing the piano.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Now, that is the pedal that's on the ground underneath a piano,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21and its purpose is to lengthen the sound of the notes you're
0:03:21 > 0:03:24playing so that when you're switching between chords,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26there's no awkward pauses in between,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- there's no silence, it just really...gives it a flow.- Mm-hm.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32So, I can take you over to the keyboard
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and show you a little example.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- Fo' sho'!- Fo' sho'!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- And this is the sustain pedal right here.- Yes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- If I was playing a little bit of our song from earlier...- Mm-hm.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48And I wasn't using the sustain pedal,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50it would sound something like this.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02And the musical term for how precise and how clean and knit and tight
0:04:02 > 0:04:06that is is called staccato, which means it is very fast and very...
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Abrupt.- It all closes and ends... Yes, abrupt.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Yes.- Abrupt is a very good word.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13OK, so this time, I'm going to use the pedal,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- and it's going to sound a lot more flowy.- Mm-hm.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Do you always keep your foot on the pedal or do you take it...?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Like, when do you take your foot off of the pedal?
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- Usually, you hold it while you're playing the chord.- Yep
0:04:36 > 0:04:39And then you hold it through until you switch chords,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41but once you hit that next chord,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44you want to take your foot off and put it back on because
0:04:44 > 0:04:47sometimes the first chord and the second chord can clash...
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Right.- ..and not sound too great together.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50- And it's not very clean.- Yeah.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55So I like to take it off and put it back on every time I change chords.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59- Yeah.- So that's basically what a sustain pedal is.- Yeah.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Awesome. We hope you guys learned a little thing or two from our lessons
0:05:02 > 0:05:05today and join us next time.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Yeah. See you guys.- Take care.