Carnival (Accurate easy version with lyrics) - Kanye West

The chorus and the harmony that is used throughout the track. An easy piano transcription made by request.

Lyrics are always included in my sheet music, singing is good for health. I also *doubled note values* to make sightreading easier for beginners. The track isn't recorded in the 2/2 time.

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 vocal delivery of the choir or it won't sound as the song. The vocal part is rhythmic, relatively rigid and precisely timed, but it produces not much of a melody for the right hand. The melodic line is built on repetition of one note. The composition lacks intervallic saturation thus its artistic meaning and expression suffer.

The chorus is of an indefinite pitch. I notated it as chanting on the tonic note.

A predominant vocal style is *staccato*.

"Carnival" 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.

"Carnival" is transcribed in the original *key,* F Minor, and uses three power chords based on *Fm G♭ and D♭.* Power chords sound simultaneously minor and major because they lack the third degree.

A chord change creates a meaningful harmonic progression.

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.

00:06 Chorus I

00:19 Verse I

00:32 Chorus II

00:45 Verse II