favorite (with lyrics and chord symbols)-Isabel LaRosa

Hi, I am Rita. I transcribe piano sheet music since 2007. All my sheet music are accurate but simple, beginner-level transcriptions with lyrics (singing is good for health). Please, request any popular song in any genre and language.

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Remember that the notation system was not intended to represent the sound of modern pop music with its layered vocal, computer-generated sounds, and inflections of modern electronic instruments. My piano sheet music can only show you the score within the boundaries of the twelve-note scale and a metered rhythm; alas, the pitch and rhythm have little to do with the aesthetic value of the track. Listen to the song before practicing to fully imitate the beauty of the song: its *timbre, phrasing, inflections.* Play the song, not sheet music. Sing a phrase before playing it on your keyboard.

Imitate the whispering vocal delivery by Isabel LaRosa or it won't sound as the song. All notes should be played very quietly, even in the chorus.

The melodic line is built on repetition of one note. The composition lacks intervalic saturation thus its artistic meaning and expression suffer. It might be boring to play on piano without proper phrasing. Practice your soft dynamics rise from P to mP, for example, to make the performance interesting.

A predominant vocal style is *staccato*. Try the pearly touch although it's easier said than done.

_"Favorite"_ is played with a straight rhythm in common time. It is easy to count for beginners; accent strong beats to maintain a steady pulse. Practice slowly along with the recording.

To keep listeners attention, the *chorus* of _"Favorite"_ was made to be the biggest part of the song. Play every part differently, as expressively as possible. If some notes are too difficult to play, omit them focusing on emotions instead of sightreading.

It is a rare song, a song with a counterpoint, albeit a very repetitive one. _"Favorite"_ has a semi-improvised, loosely organized and wandering melody and heterophonic arrengement: the instrumental part provides not only a harmony to support the vocal but also its own melody (a riff in the left hand). It distinguish musical texture from other radio songs without being overwhelming.

"Favorite" is written in A Sharp Minor, which contains seven sharps. To make sightreading easier, I transcribed the score in the enharmonically equivalent B Flat Major *key* with basic major and minor chords *G♭ E♭m B♭m* till the end without any change.

Notice the ellipsis (an omitted chord) in the bar 19.

The aesthetic value of a melodic line is achieved through the use of repetition.

Of course I consider filling your *requests* of sheet music except for not popular tracks.

Composition:

00:08 Verse I

00:54 Verse II

01:34 Verse III