Chords for Hillsong United - Hosanna **Tutorial**

Hey everyone Steve here.
We're gonna be taking a look at Hosanna by Hillsong.
The intro goes like this _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Now to simplify that [G] it sounds like this _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ kick pattern and
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_ The snare just hits on the two and four _ _ _
_ together _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Now the drummer actually plays that for [Db] the intro and the verses as [G] well that same kind of beat
Except in verse two he moves to the hi-hat like this _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now what really matters for [N] that beat is the kick and snare again
So try to keep it simple if you want to make it sound good if you're more advanced then
Add those ghost notes on the snare
throughout the song
Okay, so moving on to the chorus.
It's a very straight simple beat.
Here's how it sounds like
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ The kick pattern goes like this _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The snare again is on the two and four _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The [Bm] right hand is doing eighth notes [C] on the right cymbal
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_ _ _ _ _ Okay, so moving on to the bridge
The drummer plays kind of a similar beat to the chorus except he's playing open hi-hat to give more power more drive
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_ Okay, and then even louder later in the song
He plays the crash cymbal [G] really crashing that cymbal like so _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] Okay, so a simple change of elements just makes the beat feel completely different
Now some fill ideas
He does a lot of eighth note buildups a little bit 16th note buildups something like this
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_ maybe into the chorus [Bbm] or
in the middle of a chorus
[A] Another one would be this _ _ _ _ _
_ There's kind of a 16th note [C] buildup at the end of that or building up on the ride cymbal
Almost like in the middle of a beat
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_ _ [Bb] It's a good one too or something [G] like this
You all _ [C] _ _ _ _
those kind of build up the crescendo into this kind of
Last note kind of a pounding drive hit
_ _ _ [B] _ [Bb] To really solidify that beat
And trend and [Db] transition into wherever you want to go _
so
To sum it all up the beats are [D] actually very similar
but just the change [Bm] in going from a cymbal to the hi [B]-hat or
Opening up the hi-hat or going to the rim just really defines the song
_ [C] Also, keep in mind.
You don't always want to be loud [Gm] so mind your dynamics and also
[Db] These are nice just kind of accenting on the symbols.
He does that towards the end of the song transitioning [A] kind of like this _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ So there you have it the basic elements for Hosanna.
Thanks for watching have fun
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