Chords for Piano Department at Berklee College of Music

_ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _ _ My [G]
grandfather [Ab] was the lead singer [D] of [G] a big jazz band [Ab] in my town.
[D] I grew up listening to him serenading [Gbm] my grandmother in [D] the middle of the night,
and [Fm] that's how I ended up playing piano. _
[A] _ _ [D] I started when I was five years [B] old in the Conservatory of Barcelona.
[A] I was very excited to be able to express my feelings,
to be free on [Am] the stage, to improvise, to [C] feel the energy with the other musicians.
It was [Em] like a different kind of [Fm] language.
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[F] _ _ [Dm] Berklee is a place where students [Am] come to really discover
[Fm] a satisfying way to make [Em] a living and be a musician.
[D] One thing that's, I think, [G] unique to our piano department
is that [Ab] we don't require students to [Gm] play any particular style [Ab] of music.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Funk, classical, _ jazz.
The phrase, to those whom much has been given, much is expected,
I kind of feel that way about the piano.
You can [D] be so many different things.
_ [Bb] I think it's an amazing thing to be able to play a diverse [F] set of styles.
The primary thing I'm trying to impart to my [Bb] students
is practical skills that they can use, that they can take with them,
[Eb] that are going to help them get gigs, help them get [F] work,
help them be sought-after [Eb] players.
Having that kind of foundation, _ [G] I [Eb] think, really puts you at [Bb] an advantage.
I'm able to bring up appropriate sounds, play right parts.
That has become kind of a calling card for me,
and Berklee blazed the [Cm] groundwork for that.
_ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ One of the [Ab] best things of being at Berklee
is that we're given the opportunity to perform with people [Fm] that were idols.
They're not just a [G] photo or [Fm] a sound from a [A] recording.
They're all of a sudden right in front of [Cm] you, [Fm] performing with you,
and you're learning from them. _
It's a great [E] place for students to [Abm] come study
because [Fm] people come from all over the world.
You [Db] get every kind of [D] language, every kind of culture,
[Db] and they mix [G] so easily.
Music just puts them [E] together. _
_ _ They are helping you [Dm] to find your own voice.
They are [Gm] going to give you [C] the tools, the knowledge,
and then you are going to [G] discover yourself.
[Dm] I mean, I am so in love [F] with the piano [G] department. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] If something inside them is telling them, maybe my notes,
maybe I [E] want to improvise something,
maybe I want to hear different kinds [Am] of music
and play with different people,
those are [D] the people that should come here.
_ [C] _ [Am] So what's exciting is to see [D] what all those people will bring
and how [Am] it will change music all over the world,
[A] because it's bound to.
[C] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ I've always wanted to be that female representation
[A] of what Quincy Jones is, [D] and he came out of this [F] school.
If [E] I were to close my eyes and dream [Dm] a little bit,
I see [C] myself directing a big jazz band,
but I also see myself at the piano.
[Am] I don't think any [D] other school provides as many chances
to expand [E] as a professional musician.
As a [D] musician, you have this honor
[E] to go deeper to your soul and to [A] express.
It doesn't matter if you are playing a wrong [F] note,
but it's [C] a very [E] huge mistake
[Dm] if you are not playing with your [C] soul.
How do you feel today?
[Em] So connect with [F] that and [B] play.
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