Not Over You: Piano/Vocal/Chords

This collection gathers 18 songs across DeGraw's first four albums, including tracks never before available in print. For pianists and guitarists studying contemporary songwriting, these arrangements offer direct access to how a working composer balances harmonic sophistication with commercial clarity, making it an honest resource for understanding modern pop composition.

These songs balance introspection with infectious melodies, grounded in piano work that feels both deliberate and conversational. The harmonic language is accessible but never simplistic, creating arrangements that reward careful listening whether you're performing or accompanying.

Pianists and guitarists who connect with DeGraw's catalog and want to perform or study his arrangements directly from the source. This collection also serves singers developing their interpretive voice through contemporary pop songwriting that values both technical precision and emotional authenticity.

• Study the vocal melody against the piano part to understand how DeGraw layers emotional inflection over harmonic movement; this interplay is central to the arrangement's character.
• If playing these as instrumental piano pieces, listen closely to where the original recordings emphasize particular chord extensions or rhythmic displacement; the sheet notation may need interpretive choices about dynamics and articulation.
• For guitar and voice performance, pay attention to key relationships across the collection and consider how transposition might serve your range or the ensemble you're working with.

Program individual selections in student or faculty recitals focused on contemporary songwriting, or use this as a study resource in jazz piano or songwriting courses where understanding modern harmonic practice matters. The breadth across four albums makes it useful for themed concerts exploring DeGraw's stylistic evolution.

• Reading and performing pop/rock piano voicings and chord extensions
• Balancing melody-driven and accompaniment-based playing across ensemble settings
• Interpreting contemporary songwriting where harmonic sophistication serves emotional expression
• Transposing and adapting arrangements for different vocal ranges or instrumental combinations