History and evolution

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

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.