Chords for How to play CALIFORNIA GIRLS - BEACH BOYS (easy piano tutorial lesson)

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B

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E

D#

F#

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How to play CALIFORNIA GIRLS - BEACH BOYS (easy piano tutorial lesson) chords
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Hello!
I'm Rick Barclay and I'm with Piano Clubhouse.
And today we're going to learn a classic song by the Beach Boys
called the California Girls.
It's in the key of B.
And the key of B is this.
B, C sharp, D sharp, [D#m] E, F sharp, G [A#] sharp, A sharp, B.
[G#]
[C#] Okay?
Basically a [D#] lot of black keys there.
Five black keys and the rest of them are white.
So you're going to notice that when we're [N] doing this,
I'm going to be up in the middle area of the keyboard, not back here.
So we'll try to talk about that whenever we get to those places.
Okay?
How we're going to approach this is not basically learning the melody,
but we're going to learn the classic parts from a keyboard standpoint of view.
And also to do the original opening, we'll be infusing the guitar part
and the bass part together in some different locations.
So let's just dive in.
It starts off with the guitar.
And I'll [B] just play the right hand.
It's a two-bar phrase.
And then we'll talk about the notes.
[E]
[B] [D#] Okay?
So those [E] notes are B, E to D sharp, [B] B to D sharp, F sharp,
B [C#m] to C sharp, E, [D#] D [B] sharp, [C#] B, C sharp.
[D] Okay?
So it's a two-bar phrase.
That's the phrase.
And the [B] rhythm is one, two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, [C#] four.
Now the left hand [G#] comes in the second time.
And it's almost kind of mimicking in [D] a way what's happening in the top part
[N] of the right hand as well as the toggle in the thumb.
So the left [B] hand is this.
B, [G#] G sharp, B, F sharp, [E] B, E,
[D#] D [B] sharp, B, [C#] C sharp.
[B] And the rhythm is one, two, and three, and four, [E] and one, and two, [B] and three, [C#] four.
So when you put them together, one, two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three.
[C#] Okay?
So you notice how [G#] top part, [B] okay?
And then they went down together.
[D#m]
[F#] Top part, down [E] together.
Top part, and [D#] then [C#] they did the same thing.
So again, [N] it starts off by itself in the right hand.
Then it adds the left hand.
And it does that basically three times
with the left hand.
And then we're going to shift down a [B] step.
So here we go.
[E] One, two, and three, [B] and four, and one, and two, and three.
Add the left hand.
One
[B]
more time.
[E] [B]
[C#] Now we're going to step [A] down to A.
So the right hand is this.
[D] A, D, F sharp, [C#m] A, C sharp, B, [D] A, D, D natural, not D sharp, [C#] C sharp, [F#m] A, C sharp.
Left [A] hand, A, [F#] F sharp, [E] A, E, A, D, [A] C sharp, E, C sharp.
I'm sorry, that was [C#] A down there, C sharp.
So we put them [A] together.
It's the same rhythm.
One, [F#] two, and three, [A] and four, and.
And then right here, [A] it does a slight [C#] retard.
[C] And now we're into the famous part of the keyboard organ [B] thing.
Okay?
So what that is, is D sharp, F sharp, B.
[D#] And the rhythm [A#] is based off of a triplet.
It's kind of a shuffle pattern.
We're [D#] doing the first and third notes of a [B] triplet.
One triplet, two triplet, three triplet, four triplet.
Or some people like to call it triplet, triplet, triplet.
So it's a [N] trip-le-let.
Triplet-le-let is what you're going to be doing.
And the left hand is, I'm going to do it way down [E] here.
If you want to keep them closer together, you can basically do [B] it up here.
But I like to play it way down here to get [D#m] those nice, good bass tonalities.
And it's [N] based on this Happy Trails bass part.
If you happen to have seen one of my other lessons, we did Happy Trails.
And this is the same exact [B] bass part.
I almost think like we're going, Happy Trails [F#m] to you.
[B] But it's [F#] B, F sharp, [G#] G sharp, [F#] and then back down to F [B] sharp.
And then repeat that pattern again.
And again, it's the same bass off of the triplet shuffle type thing.
So they're matching up.
Okay?
So it does that [F] twice.
That's the intro.
And then the verse comes in and does it two more times.
Now [A] what's going to happen is your right hand is going to shift down
to basically playing an A triad.
C sharp, E, A.
[E] Left hand [B] stays still.
B, F sharp, G sharp.
[G#]
Does that twice.
Now we're [F#] going to shift up to an [E] E.
So it's B, E, G sharp.
[C#] And then the Happy [E] Trails pattern.
E, B, [B] C sharp, and back down.
[E]
Does that twice.
[B] Now up a step [F#] to all black notes now.
A sharp, C sharp, F sharp, and then F sharp, [D#] C sharp, D sharp.
[F#]
Twice.
Now [B] back to the B.
One, two, A over B.
[E] E,
[F#] F sharp.
[D#] Now this time it doesn't do it [A] twice.
It only does it once.
And then the rhythm [F#] is this.
One, two, three.
Plays the same notes as what is the octave F sharps here.
[D#] Doesn't do any of these two notes right here.
Now we're ready for the chorus.
So [B] it's B, two, three, [C#] four, C sharp.
So [B] that B was octave B's.
B, D sharp, F sharp.
Now it's going to a C sharp [C#] minor.
C sharps in the bass.
G sharp, C sharp.
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Hello!
I'm Rick Barclay and I'm with Piano Clubhouse.
And today we're going to learn a classic song by the Beach Boys
called the California Girls.
It's in the key of B.
And the key of B is this.
B, C sharp, D sharp, [D#m] E, F sharp, G [A#] sharp, A sharp, B.
[G#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ Okay?
Basically a [D#] lot of black keys there.
Five black keys and the rest of them are white.
So you're going to notice that when we're [N] doing this,
I'm going to be up in the middle area of the keyboard, not back here.
So we'll try to talk about that whenever we get to those places.
_ Okay?
How we're going to approach this is not basically learning the melody,
but we're going to learn the classic parts from a keyboard standpoint of view.
And also to do the original opening, we'll be infusing the guitar part
and the bass part together in some different locations.
So let's just dive in.
It starts off with the guitar.
And I'll [B] just play the right hand.
It's a two-bar phrase.
And then we'll talk about the notes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D#] Okay?
So those [E] notes are B, _ E to D sharp, [B] B to D sharp, F sharp,
B [C#m] to C sharp, E, [D#] D [B] sharp, [C#] B, C sharp.
[D] Okay?
So it's a two-bar phrase.
That's the phrase.
And the [B] rhythm is one, two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, [C#] four.
Now the left hand [G#] comes in the second time.
And it's almost kind of mimicking in [D] a way what's happening in the top part
[N] of the right hand as well as the toggle in the thumb.
So the left [B] hand is this.
B, [G#] G sharp, B, F sharp, [E] B, E, _
[D#] D [B] sharp, B, [C#] C sharp.
[B] And the rhythm is one, two, and three, and four, [E] and one, and two, [B] and three, [C#] four.
So when you put them together, one, two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three.
[C#] Okay?
So you notice how [G#] top part, [B] okay?
And then they went down together.
[D#m] _
[F#] Top part, _ down [E] together.
Top part, and [D#] then [C#] they did the same thing.
So again, [N] it starts off by itself in the right hand.
Then it adds the left hand.
And it does that basically three times
with the left hand.
And then we're going to shift down a [B] step.
So here we go.
[E] One, two, and three, [B] and four, and one, and two, and three.
Add the left hand.
One _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
more time.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] Now we're going to step [A] down to A.
So the right hand is this.
[D] A, _ D, F sharp, [C#m] A, C sharp, B, [D] A, D, D natural, not D sharp, [C#] C sharp, [F#m] A, C sharp.
Left [A] hand, A, [F#] F sharp, [E] A, E, A, D, [A] C sharp, E, C sharp.
I'm sorry, that was [C#] A down there, C sharp.
So we put them [A] together.
It's the same rhythm.
One, [F#] two, and three, [A] and four, and.
And then right here, [A] it does a slight [C#] retard.
[C] And now we're into the famous part of the keyboard organ [B] thing.
_ Okay?
So what that is, is D sharp, F sharp, B.
[D#] And the rhythm [A#] is based off of a triplet.
It's kind of a shuffle pattern.
We're [D#] doing the first and third notes of a [B] triplet.
One triplet, two triplet, three triplet, four triplet.
Or some people like to call it triplet, triplet, triplet.
So it's a [N] trip-le-let.
Triplet-le-let is what you're going to be doing.
And the left hand is, I'm going to do it way down [E] here.
If you want to keep them closer together, you can basically do [B] it up here.
But I like to play it way down here to get [D#m] those nice, good bass tonalities.
And it's [N] based on this Happy Trails bass part.
If you happen to have seen one of my other lessons, we did Happy Trails.
And this is the same exact [B] bass part. _ _
_ I almost think like we're going, Happy Trails [F#m] to you. _
[B] But it's [F#] B, F sharp, [G#] G sharp, [F#] and then back down to F [B] sharp.
And then repeat that pattern again.
_ And again, it's the same bass off of the triplet shuffle type thing.
So they're matching up. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay?
So it does that [F] twice.
That's the intro.
And then the verse comes in and does it two more times. _ _
_ _ _ _ Now [A] what's going to happen is your right hand is going to shift down
to basically playing an A triad.
C sharp, E, A.
[E] Left hand [B] stays still.
B, F sharp, G sharp.
[G#] _ _
_ Does that twice.
Now we're [F#] going to shift up to an [E] E.
So it's B, E, G sharp.
[C#] And then the Happy [E] Trails pattern.
E, B, [B] C sharp, and back down.
[E] _
_ _ Does that twice.
[B] Now up a step [F#] to all black notes now.
A sharp, C sharp, F sharp, and then F sharp, [D#] C sharp, D sharp.
[F#] _ _ _
Twice.
_ _ Now [B] back to the B. _ _
_ One, two, A over B. _ _
_ _ _ [E] E, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] F sharp.
[D#] Now this time it doesn't do it [A] twice.
It only does it once.
And then the rhythm [F#] is this.
One, two, three.
Plays the same notes as what is the octave F sharps here.
[D#] Doesn't do any of these two notes right here.
Now we're ready for the chorus.
So [B] it's B, two, three, [C#] four, C sharp.
So [B] that B was octave B's.
B, D sharp, F sharp.
Now it's going to a C sharp [C#] minor.
C sharps in the bass.
G sharp, C sharp. _ _ _ _ _ _ _