History and evolution

1. 2Step -  Ed Sheeran
2. A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
3. Ain’t Nobody - Jasmine Thompson
4. Anyone  - Justin Bieber
5. As It Was - Harry Styles
6. Back In Your Head - Tegan & Sara
7. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
8. Better Now - Post Malone
9. Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish
10. Breaking The Habit - Linkin Park
11. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
12. Chemical  - Post Malone
13. Closer - Chainsmokers
14. Complicated - Avril Lavigne
15. Dance The Night - Dua Lipa
16. Dancing With a Stranger - Sam Smith & Normani
17. The Days - Avicii
18. Deep In Your Love - Alok & Bebe Rexha
19. Die With A Smile - Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga
20. Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
21. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
22. Easy On Me - Adele
23. Electricity - Dua Lipa
24. Escape - Kx5 ft. Hayla
25. Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
26. Everything Is Boring - The Beaches
27. Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith
28. Flowers - Miley Cyrus
29. Flowers Need Rain - Preston Pablo, Banx & Ranx
30. Ghost - Justin Bieber
31. The Girl - City & Colour
32. Girls Like You - Maroon 5
33. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
34. Happier - Marshmello
35. Heaven - Avicii
36. High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco
37. Hockey Song - Stompin Tom Connors
38. Hold Me Closer - Elton John & Britney
39. Hotline Bling - Drake
40. Houdini - Dua Lipa
41. I Ain’t Worried - OneRepublic
42. I Had Some Help - Post Malone & Morgan Wallen
43. I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
44. I Want You To Know - Selena Gomez & Zedd
45. If I Can’t Have You  - Shawn Mendes
46. In My Blood - Shawn Mendes
47. Into You  - Ariana Grande
48. Is It Over Now - Taylor Swift
49. Just Like Fire - Pink!
50. Kids Wanna Rock - Bryan Adams
51. Late Night Talking - Harry Styles
52. Left And Right - Charlie Puth
53. Less Than Zero - The Weeknd
54. Let Me Love You  - Justin Bieber
55. Levitating - Dua Lipa
56. Lifetimes - Katy Perry
57. Love We Lost - Armin Van Buuren
58. No Tears Left To Cry - Ariana Grande
59. Ocean Eyes - Billie Eilish
60. One Kiss - Dua Lipa
61. One Last Time - Ariana Grande
62. Only Human - Jonas Brothers
63. Passionfruit - Drake
64. Pirates Of The Caribbean 
65. Pray For Me - The Weeknd / Kendrick Lamar
66. Regulate - Warren G
67. Rockabye - Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul
68. Sacrifice - The Weeknd
69. Save Your Tears - The Weeknd
70. Scars To Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara
71. Senorita - Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello
72. Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
73. Something Just Like This - Chainsmokers / Coldplay
74. Stargazing - Myles Smith
75. Star Walkin’ - Lil Nas X
76. Stay - Alessia Cara / Zedd
77. Summer - Calvin Harris
78. Sunflower - Post Malone
79. Talk - Khalid
80. Tell Me Something - Tanika Charles
81. The Days - Avicii
82. The Girl - City & Colour
83. The Middle - Zedd
84. The Nights - Avicii
85. There’s Nothing Holding Me Back - Shawn Mendes
86. This Feeling - Chainsmokers
87. Thousand Miles - The Kid Laroi
88. Tik Tok - Ke$ha
89. Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes
90. Wait - Maroon 5
91. Waiting For Love - Avicii
92. We Can't Be Friends - Ariana Grande
93. Wellerman - Nathan Evans
94. What I Wouldn’t Do - Serena Ryder
95. What Lovers Do - Maroon 5
96. What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish
97. When The Night Feels My Song - Bedouin Soundclash
98. When You’re Gone - Shawn Mendes
99. Without You - Avicii
100. Wonder - Shawn Mendes
101. Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
102. Wrapped Around Your Finger - Post Malone
103. You’re Welcome - Maui (Moana)
104. You Got Me Like - Paul Damixie

If you’re a total beginner, start with the bass line.

Any music teacher with any level of experience can benefit from these charts.  If you can count to four and keep a steady beat you’ll be good to go.

Start with the BASS line.   Teach it to everyone.  Once you have mastered that section, move on to the easiest-looking section of a MELODY line.

The MELODY line is what the singer sings.  Rhythms are not notated.  Notes are spaced for legibility and phrasing.  Listen to the vocal line to determine the MELODY rhythms. This is a great way for students to strengthen their ear training. 

The numbers in brackets are rests.  Rest are counted, but not played. Chords are held for the indicated length.

The numbers under the name of the song part (eg. MELODY VERSE 12341) are the beats counting in, before you play. Some parts do not begin on beat 1. 

||:   :||   means repeat.            ||:   :|| X4   means play 4 times in total

Start at the top of the chart.

Charts are typically organized in pop music sections:

INTRO / MONEY LINE

VERSE 1

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

(POST CHORUS OR MONEY LINE)

VERSE 2

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

BRIDGE

CHORUS

Listen to the song. Each one is unique.  This is a great way to train your ears!

The BeatCave Music Charts provide all the pitches and rests.

You must explicitly teach the rhythms.

Have lower pitched instruments play the bass part, and mid to high pitched instruments play the melody lines.  The MELODY line is the vocal line. You play what the singer sings. You should listen to the song together and ask “How would you notate what the singer is singing”? 

Students as young as 5 can usually play most simple bass parts. 

Students can play as much as they are able.  There are parts for every age and every level.  The best use is with 9 years old and up, but some charts can be played well by students as young as 4.

YES! Most charts are not transposed, so you can play the notes on the chart, while the song is playing.  If there is a song with MORE than one accidental, you can still play it!  Just don’t play the note you don’t have (For example, if you're using xylophones you will likely not have a C#.  You DO have an F#, so you can still play the song). If you have keyboard players they can play those notes and "fill in the gaps".  If a song is Transposed you cannot play along with the original. 

Play a CLEAN lyric video, as some songs have an occasional bad word.   95 percent of these songs have easy-to-find, clean lyric videos on YouTube. You must preview the video before showing it in class.  Sometimes a video is mistakenly labeled as Clean.