Say Don’t Go (lyrics/chords) - Taylor Swift
Performance Video
Difficulty: Normal
5 Pages
Key Information
- Instrument 1
- Piano
- Pages
- 5
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Type
- 1 Staff
- Instrumentation
- Ensemble
- Lyrics
- Included
- Chord
- Included
$6.01
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Artist Taylor Swift
Genre Pop
"Say ‘Don’t Go Piano Sheet Music"
Please, notice that Taylor sang the first verse very low so it is written using a treble clef with the numeral 8 below it (a so-called suboctave clef). This indicates that the pitches sound an octave lower. Play the right hand one octave lower than written. I do it to avoid using ledger lines that slower sightreading.
_"Say ‘Don’t Go’"_ is played with a straight rhythm in common time. It is easy to count for beginners but be sure not to play in a mechanical way. Strive for a loose and bouncing feel accenting strong beats. Take care to maintain a steady pulse and play along with the recording if you find that the memory eludes you. Practice _"Say Don’t Go"_ slowly.
To keep listeners attention, the *chorus* was made to be the biggest part of a song. I colored it *blue* for your convenience: it is easier to learn a piece of music when you have a mental scheme of it. Play every part differently, as expressively as possible. If some notes are too difficult to play, omit them focusing on emotions instead of sightreading.
_"Say ‘Don’t Go’"_ is a song with a homophonic arrengement: the instrumental part provides a harmony to support the vocal but lacks its own melody.
The vocal part is relatively rigid and precisely timed, so it produces not much of a melody for the right hand. The melodic line is built on repetition of one note. The composition lacks intervalic saturation thus its artistic meaning and expression suffer. A predominant vocal style is *semi staccato*.
It is a rare occasion for Taylor Swift to record a song not in C Major. Thanks to the co-wrtier, Diane Warren, _"Say ‘Don’t Go’"_ is in E Major, and uses basic major and minor chords *E C#m A B.* A chord change marks time and musical structure rather than creates a meaningful harmonic pull.
The melodic line has very little aesthetic value due its lack of movement and development. It just raises up for 1-2 notes and then goes down, the same trick repeated on and on for 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I guess it was the reason for the song not being included in the album.
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