THE JOURNEY

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Quill carries the whole tune. Thump only fills the gaps, so nothing has to be coordinated yet.
• Five white keys under five fingers, and the hand never moves.
• Quarter and eighth notes, one meter, no surprises.

• 1Hold Back The RiverJames BayNEW: the birds take turnsNEW: eighth notes, two per beatNEW: tied notes held across the barbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 2Wildest DreamsTaylor Swiftbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 3UnconditionallyKaty PerryNEW: dotted rhythm, long then shortbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 4Feather Theme (Main Title from Forrest Gump)Alan SilvestriNEW: the first black keyNEW: a key signature: one sharpbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 5Hello, GoodbyeGlee CastNEW: syncopation, landing off the beatNEW: a short bar slips into the songbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Thump answers in the gaps Quill leaves. The hands still never sound together.
• The first black key, and the first key signature to read instead of assume.
• Triplets: three notes in the time of two.

• 6Beauty And The BeastAlan MenkenNEW: the hand moves out of its five-finger homebirds take turnsLH: one key2 hand moves
• 7Circle Of Life (from The Lion King)Elton JohnNEW: triplets, three notes in one beatbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 8Wrecking BallMiley Cyrusbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 9BudapestGeorge EzraNEW: a flat in the key signature, key of Fbirds take turnsLH: one key2 hand moves
• 10Don't Stop5 Seconds of Summerbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 11HappyPharrell Williamsbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 12Let It BeThe BeatlesNEW: left hand plays two keys at once, a first tastebirds take turnsLH: 2 keys5-finger, no move

WHAT YOU LEARN

• The coordination moment: both hands strike the same instant.
• It opens on a song of nothing but quarter notes, so landing together is the only new thing.
• The left hand stays one key, holding while the melody moves.

• 13All I Want For Christmas Is YouMariah CareyNEW: both birds fly at oncebirds togetherLH: one key7 hand moves
• 14Night ChangesOne Directionbirds togetherLH: one key3 hand moves
• 15Super TrouperABBAbirds togetherLH: one key3 hand moves
• 16Let Go For TonightFoxesbirds togetherLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 17Let Her GoPassengerbirds togetherLH: one key4 hand moves
• 18The Grand Old Duke Of YorkTraditional Nursery Rhymebirds togetherLH: one key4 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• The melody outgrows five keys, so the hand learns to move and arrive on time.
• Keys with two sharps or two flats.
• Reading past the five-finger box without looking down.

• 19Always On My MindElvis Presleybirds togetherLH: one key5 hand moves
• 20RudeMAGIC!birds togetherLH: one key8 hand moves
• 21These Foolish ThingsRod Stewartbirds togetherLH: one key6 hand moves
• 22Mad World (from Donnie Darko)Gary Jules & Michael Andrewsbirds togetherLH: one key8 hand moves
• 23What About Us (feat. Sean Paul)The SaturdaysNEW: a key signature with two sharps, key of Dbirds togetherLH: one key2 hand moves
• 24Marry YouBruno Marsbirds togetherLH: one key12 hand moves
• 25I Knew You Were TroubleTaylor SwiftNEW: the hand travels all over the keyboardbirds togetherLH: one key15 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• 3/4 and 6/8, after four worlds of nothing but four.
• Minuet In G: the left hand stops accompanying and sings a tune of its own.
• Feeling the strong beat come round every three, not every four.

• 26Oranges And LemonsTraditional Nursery RhymeNEW: 3/4 time, counting in threesNEW: a leap of an octavebirds togetherLH: one key2 hand moves
• 27Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera)Doris Daybirds togetherLH: one key10 hand moves
• 28Happy Birthday To YouMildred & Patty Hillbirds togetherLH: 2 keys4 hand moves
• 29Minuet In GJohann Sebastian BachNEW: the left hand sings its own tunebirds take turnsLH: 2 keys5-finger, no move
• 30Here We Go Round The Mulberry BushTraditional Nursery RhymeNEW: 6/8 time, the rocking meterbirds togetherLH: one key3 hand moves
• 31What A Wonderful WorldLouis Armstrongbirds togetherLH: one key5 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Sixteenth notes, in songs that are easy in every other way.
• Reading a beamed group as one gesture instead of four separate notes.

• 32HumanChristina PerriNEW: sixteenth notes, four per beatbirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 33RoyalsLordebirds take turnsLH: one key5-finger, no move
• 34Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z)RihannaNEW: a pick-up bar, starting before beat onebirds take turnsLH: one key1 hand move
• 35Rule The World (from Stardust)Take Thatbirds togetherLH: one key5 hand moves
• 36Hakuna Matata (from The Lion King)Elton Johnbirds togetherLH: one key1 hand move
• 37I Have A DreamABBAbirds togetherLH: one key5 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Fifths and octaves underneath the tune: the sound of a real accompaniment.
• Holding a two-note shape steady while the right hand keeps moving.

• 38Lean On MeGlee CastNEW: left hand holds two keys under the tunebirds togetherLH: 2 keys5-finger, no move
• 39Don't Stop Believin'Journeybirds togetherLH: 2 keys5 hand moves
• 40FlatlineMutya Keisha Siobhanbirds togetherLH: 2 keys4 hand moves
• 41Sesame Street ThemeJoe Raposobirds togetherLH: 2 keys4 hand moves
• 42PompeiiBastillebirds togetherLH: 2 keys4 hand moves
• 43Chasing CarsSnow Patrolbirds togetherLH: 2 keys7 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Dotted rhythms, swing, and notes that arrive where the beat is not.
• Holding an even pulse while the tune deliberately misses it.

• 44The Candy Man (from Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory)Leslie BricusseNEW: swing, dotted pairs all song longbirds togetherLH: one key2 hand moves
• 45I'm Not The Only OneSam Smithbirds togetherLH: one key9 hand moves
• 46Pack UpEliza Doolittlebirds togetherLH: one key10 hand moves
• 47RoarKaty Perrybirds togetherLH: one key6 hand moves
• 48Thinking Out LoudEd Sheeranbirds togetherLH: 2 keys11 hand moves
• 49FoundationsKate NashNEW: real pop syncopation, all the way throughbirds togetherLH: 2 keys5-finger, no move

WHAT YOU LEARN

• 2/4 and cut time, where the same notes are counted in two.
• Tempo confidence: playing quickly without rushing.

• 50Bobby ShaftoTraditional Nursery RhymeNEW: 2/4 time, little two-beat barsbirds togetherLH: one key11 hand moves
• 51CorrinaTraditionalNEW: 2/2 time, cut time, two big beatsbirds tradeLH: one key8 hand moves
• 52Matty GrovesEnglish Folksongbirds togetherLH: 2 keys3 hand moves
• 53Linus And LucyVince Guaraldibirds tradeLH: one key2 hand moves
• 54The Chicken DanceWerner Thomasbirds tradeLH: one key14 hand moves
• 55California King BedRihannabirds togetherLH: one key13 hand moves
• 56Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (from Song Of The South)James Baskettbirds tradeLH: one key9 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Two notes under one hand in the melody, which no earlier world has asked for.
• Keeping the top note singing while the one beneath it holds.

• 57Long, Long AgoThomas BaylyNEW: right hand plays two keys at oncebirds togetherLH: 2 keys6 hand moves
• 58Little Brown JugJoseph E. Winnerbirds togetherLH: one key7 hand moves
• 59This Land Is Your LandWoody Guthriebirds tradeLH: 2 keys6 hand moves
• 60Largo From Symphony No. 9 ("New World")Antonín Dvorákbirds togetherLH: 2 keys6 hand moves
• 61When Johnny Comes Marching HomePatrick Sarsfield Gilmorebirds togetherLH: 2 keys4 hand moves
• 62Puff The Magic DragonPeter, Paul & Marybirds togetherLH: 2 keys6 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Fast triplets, chromatic runs, and both hands moving at once.
• The classical repertoire a first year builds towards, at the point it becomes playable.

• 63Over The RainbowE.Y. "Yip" Harburgbirds tradeLH: one key10 hand moves
• 64ImagineJohn Lennonbirds tradeLH: one key12 hand moves
• 65Star Wars (Main Theme)John WilliamsNEW: triplet runs at speedbirds tradeLH: 2 keys16 hand moves
• 66The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)John WilliamsNEW: five black keys, chromatic coloursbirds tradeLH: 2 keys12 hand moves
• 67YesterdayThe Beatlesbirds togetherLH: 2 keys10 hand moves
• 68Fur EliseLudwig Van BeethovenNEW: both hands travel togetherbirds tradeLH: one key24 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Sixteenths at song tempo across a whole arrangement.
• Two of the songs here are ones you already played simply, now as written.

• 69Beauty And The BeastCeline Dion & Peabo BrysonNEW: encore: Beauty And The Beast from World 2, now full sizebirds tradeLH: 2 keys16 hand moves
• 70Hey JudeThe Beatlesbirds tradeLH: one key19 hand moves
• 71Let It BeThe BeatlesNEW: encore: Let It Be from World 2, now full sizebirds togetherLH: 2 keys13 hand moves
• 72Shut Up And DanceWalk The Moonbirds tradeLH: one key24 hand moves
• 73Call Me MaybeCarly Rae Jepsenbirds tradeLH: 2 keys26 hand moves
• 74He's A Pirate (from Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)Klaus Badeltbirds togetherLH: 2 keys19 hand moves
• 75Feel It StillPortugal. The Man.NEW: a full-length song, staminabirds tradeLH: 2 keys23 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Real triads under the melody, held and changed in time.
• Reading a stack, not a note.

• 76When The Saints Go Marching InJames M. BlackNEW: left hand plays a three-note chordbirds tradeLH: chords6 hand moves
• 77Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2Friedrich Burgmullerbirds tradeLH: chords14 hand moves
• 78Clair de LuneClaude Debussybirds tradeLH: chords18 hand moves
• 79Morning (from Peer Gynt)Edvard Griegbirds togetherLH: chords14 hand moves
• 80Ho HeyThe Lumineersbirds togetherLH: chords23 hand moves
• 81Sweet Home AlabamaLynyrd Skynyrdbirds tradeLH: chords33 hand moves

WHAT YOU LEARN

• Forty to a hundred and ten bars of the biggest songs in the catalogue.
• Key changes, meter changes, and stamina.
• Everything at once, which is what playing a song actually is.

• 82BlackbirdThe BeatlesNEW: the meter changes bar to barbirds togetherLH: 2 keys8 hand moves
• 83HelloAdelebirds togetherLH: 2 keys15 hand moves
• 84(They Long To Be) Close To YouCarpentersbirds tradeLH: 2 keys33 hand moves
• 85BelieverImagine Dragonsbirds tradeLH: 2 keys31 hand moves
• 86HappyPharrell WilliamsNEW: encore: Happy from World 2, now 83 barsbirds tradeLH: 2 keys31 hand moves
• 87My ImmortalEvanescencebirds togetherLH: 2 keys39 hand moves
• 88I'm YoursJason Mrazbirds tradeLH: 2 keys43 hand moves
• 89Total Eclipse Of The HeartBonnie TylerNEW: the key changes mid-songbirds togetherLH: 2 keys26 hand moves
• 90Let It Go (from Frozen)Idina Menzelbirds tradeLH: 2 keys49 hand moves