SO YOU WANT TO BE

A POP STAR?
A guided experience on how to play a basic chord
progression
How awesome would it be to make
music like these famous celebrities?
It’s easy to learn! All you need is this!

A Piano!

At this time, you’ll need to seat yourself at a piano so you can

follow along!
C D E F G A B C Ç
Lowdown on the piano keys…
For this lesson, you will only need to use the white keys.
They white keys will be labelled above.
Next, we need to Hey, Soul Sister by
Train

learn the “Pop

Music Chord
Progression”
The most common chord progression of
today’s popular music is

I - V - vi - IV - I
Once you know and understand this
progression, you can apply it to any key you’d
like!

You can click the hyperlink to go to the page

with the full lead sheet to see what to rest of
the song looks like!
JUST A FRIENDLY
REMINDER…
In the Key of C Major there are no accidentals. Which means
you will not need to use any black keys in this presentation!
The Chords in C Major

■ On this slide you will click the picture

and watch a short video on the
different chords in C Major.
Now we have to
discuss the
Chord
Progression…
We are in the key of C

I is a C chords I - IV - V - vi - I
IV is an F chord

V is a G chord

vi is an A minor chord

and I is back to a C chord.

Chord Cheat Sheet!
(I) C Major (V) G Major

The red keys

are the ones
(IV) F Major you will press (vi) A Minor
down
 AT THIS TIME… PLEASE
KEEP PRACTICING YOUR
CHORDS
You can do it! If you have any questions refer to the Cheat Sheet. If you
still have questions ask your teacher for help!

Cheat
Sheet
Lets go back to Hey, Soul Sister

■ Click the picture to go to YouTube

and listen to the full song
■ Instead of listening to the words, try
to pick out the instrumental music in
the background
■ The instrumental music is obviously
not the sound a piano makes
 NOW IT’S YOUR
TURN!
Click “the link below” to go to the webpage for Hey, Soul
Sister and play the chords while singing the song!

The link below