Chords for Superstition Tutorial 'Nord on Nord' (best watched in HD)

_ _ _ _ _ In this video we're going to take a look at what is probably one of the most iconic clavinet riffs of all time from Stevie Wonder's Superstition.
In fact I [Eb] suppose you could argue this is one of the most well-known keyboard riffs [Gb] of all time.
[Eb] It's a great riff but it's actually really hard to play because the original track has more than one clavinet part playing at a time.
So [Db] we're going to have [C] a look at an arrangement of two of [Eb] the main parts.
I'm going to demonstrate them for you and then jam them out together.
So I'm going to show you the first part and I guess this is probably the main part, the main melodic riff which you hear when you listen to the track.
[Bb] Just worth noting this piece is in E flat [Gb] minor [Ab] so don't be intimidated by that because it's actually just based [Eb] around the minor pentatonic scale.
[Ebm] And that's all the black keys [Db] run from E flat.
So this entire [C] riff, my [Gb] part, is purely played on the black [C] keys.
[D] It's also worth noting as well, this [Ab] is really important, [D] that to get this to really [C] sound good and feel good [Ebm] you have to have a very [D] relaxed swung 16th feel.
[C] Now when [Db] I demonstrate this if you watch my thumb will often [Eb] poke in some E flats on the swung 16ths and it really helps it feel good and feel great.
So here's the first main [Ab] part for you. _ _ _
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_ _ [F] I'm going to show you an arrangement [Db] of the second hook that [Ebm] plays alongside the main hook.
With the clavinet [Db] you can create a very percussive feel [Ebm] if you play staccato.
And I want you to notice [D] how when I start playing I [Fm] play with a more legato feel [E] but then [Bb] as I carry on I [C] start to poke in some E [Eb] flats with my thumb [Db] and some chords in my right [Gm] hand and I play them very [C] very staccato to [Gb] create a percussive feel.
[Gb] So here's the second [Bb] part of the [Eb] Superstition hook. _
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_ _ _ Now I've shown you part two, we're going to see what [Db] both of the parts sound like together.
[Ebm] So the challenge in this [F] is trying to make both [Db] parts sit well together.
And what you want to do is to feel relaxed when you're playing this and try [Bb] not to push it and to play with an accurate swing.
[Bbm] So this is what part one and part two of the [N] Superstition hook sound like together. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Especially when you can play the two parts together jamming with someone else, it's really great [F] fun.
Great because you can work on your feel, trying [Eb] to get the two parts really relaxed so they sit together and complement each other perfectly.
To help you with this what we've done [Db] is put together some resources and backing [Eb] tracks which you can [Bb] get if you follow the link at the end of this video.
It'll take you [Eb] to the Nexus website where you can download [Db] the scores of the [C] two parts that we just played.
You [Eb] can also download backing tracks.
One is just the drums and the [Eb] bass.
So you could find a friend and have a [Bb] go at playing the two parts together.
[Ebm] But there's two other backing tracks as well, each [Bb] just with each respective [Bbm] part on it.
So you can have a go at playing both parts and the secondary part is there as well.
So do make the most of that, follow the link, go to the website, get those resources and really enjoy jamming out to Stevie Wonder's Superstition.
_ Thanks.
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