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-Hey, guys.

-Today, we're doing a song called...

-Living The Dream.

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We really like this one because we have definitely more of

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a pop/indie feel with more of an alternative feel,

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so it adds a little bit something different.

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-And this one's for you guys.

-Yeah. Hope you like it.

-Yeah.

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# I can give you what you want

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# Even when it hurts

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# I can sing another song

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# I can find the words

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# And it's true that I can be somebody

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# But right now, I don't know who

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# So when all the world's a stage

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# And the curtain's drawn

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# You gotta bear everything

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# And come a little undone

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# Cos it's true

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# If you want to be somebody

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# You better have nothing to lose

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# How did it get to be so complicated?

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# Sometimes it gets me down

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# Sometimes I'm spinnin' round

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# But I won't disappear

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# You'll see me standing here

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# Just holding down the dream

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# So when all the lights go down

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# And the music's done

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# I am here and left without Everybody's gone

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# And it's true that I can be somebody

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# But right now, I don't know who

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# How did I get to be

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# So hard and jaded?

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# Sometimes it gets me down

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# Sometimes I'm spinnin' round

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# But I won't disappear

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# You'll see me standing here

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# Just holding down the dream

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-BOTH:

-# Holding down

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# The dream. #

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-Hey, guys, welcome to Lessons In The Lounge.

-Hey, hey.

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Today, we're going to talk about our rendition of Living The Dream.

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So what are we talking about exactly?

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We're going to talk about how to use

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a sustain pedal when you're playing the piano.

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Now, that is the pedal that's on the ground underneath a piano,

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and its purpose is to lengthen the sound of the notes you're

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playing so that when you're switching between chords,

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there's no awkward pauses in between,

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-there's no silence, it just really...gives it a flow.

-Mm-hm.

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So, I can take you over to the keyboard

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and show you a little example.

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-Fo' sho'!

-Fo' sho'!

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-And this is the sustain pedal right here.

-Yes.

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-If I was playing a little bit of our song from earlier...

-Mm-hm.

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And I wasn't using the sustain pedal,

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it would sound something like this.

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And the musical term for how precise and how clean and knit and tight

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that is is called staccato, which means it is very fast and very...

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-Abrupt.

-It all closes and ends... Yes, abrupt.

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-Yes.

-Abrupt is a very good word.

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OK, so this time, I'm going to use the pedal,

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-and it's going to sound a lot more flowy.

-Mm-hm.

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Do you always keep your foot on the pedal or do you take it...?

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Like, when do you take your foot off of the pedal?

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-Usually, you hold it while you're playing the chord.

-Yep

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And then you hold it through until you switch chords,

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but once you hit that next chord,

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you want to take your foot off and put it back on because

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sometimes the first chord and the second chord can clash...

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-Right.

-..and not sound too great together.

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-And it's not very clean.

-Yeah.

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So I like to take it off and put it back on every time I change chords.

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-Yeah.

-So that's basically what a sustain pedal is.

-Yeah.

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Awesome. We hope you guys learned a little thing or two from our lessons

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today and join us next time.

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-Yeah. See you guys.

-Take care.

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