Lesson 21 - Two handed examples with sharps; flats; eighth notes; and rests. Video Lecture | Piano Tutorials Course: Beginners to Advance - Class 6

time for lesson 22
quite simply today we're going to be
playing for two-handed examples so kind
of a longer one I think these examples
will involved using the rests that we've
talked about eighth notes sharps and
flats and we'll I'll probably continue
to put out especially on the wiki some
additional examples to help you out so
anyway I'll see you in a second for the
lesson ok back the keyboard once again
for lesson 22 of course today we have a
tall order we're going to do four
examples here somebody left a comment
asking when we were going to do
two-handed examples using eighth notes
sharps flats and the rest that we've
been talking about and the answer that
question is today so here we have the
lesson 22 two-handed example number one
take a look at that okay so this one is
with sharps if you notice there is only
a couple sharps in here I count three I
believe yes so I want to point out a
rule that I may have neglected to tell
you I don't quite remember but it's
probably good that we go over it anyway
the rule is whenever you have a note
that sharped in a measure that note is
sharp for the rest of the measure even
if it doesn't have a sharp in front of
it so let's look at measure number two
so we have with the right hand so we
have F sharp D F and G well do to the
rule I just told you not only is that
first F sharp but that the second F the
third beat is also sharp but the D and
the G are not sharp so it only applies
to when the note letter is the same so
say we had a it's not here but say we
had a de charpentier unless it said
otherwise that D will also be sharp so
with that said let's get started we'll
do the right hand first
we have 4/4 time
signature maybe we should do a couple
with a different time st. chair to show
you what that's like but today these are
all for four because the focus is on
sharps flats rests and eighth notes so
this one
no eighth notes but we do have some
sharps so the first measure we have C
with finger one ie with finger three G
with finger five and E with finger three
again pretty simple the next measure we
have F sharp with finger four do you
finger one F sharp again remember the
rule with finger four and G with five
now because we're in a new measure that
f we see there at the second beat of the
third measure is in F natural it just
regular old F is what I mean by that
because after the measure is over that
rule no longer applies so simply we have
G with five F with four q3d with two and
then the last measure we have C with one
i whole note
so once you can play it smoothly from
beginning the end it should look and
sound like this
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so there you go there's the right hand
of example one here is the left hand
part so we have C with five uh with
three and then the next measure it D
with four
f sharp with to the USG with one which
is our thumb on the third measure you a
three and then our last measure here we
have C with five C sharp with four then
notice that we have the symbol I don't
know if I've told you about this before
but that symbol there on the very last
note is a natural so if you had a C
sharp earlier in the measure like we
have and you wanted to make that a
regular C you would use that symbol
there is it natural which makes it just
the regular note again so once you can
play that forward beginning end fluidly
it should sound like this
so together now we're going to play it
Oh
again I'll slow it down a little bit
this time
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there we have it so that's example one
let's get example two up on the screen
there we have it so this one should look
a lot like the last one we did except a
few few differences instead of sharps
now we have some flats there quite a few
in this one remember the rule we talked
about last time so that the first
measure with the right-hand treble clef
there we have C E flat G and what's the
last note there remember E flat because
the rule applies when we have E flat
earlier in the measure the next key is
also flat unless we have the natural
sign in front of it
can't see anywhere else that happens I
may be overlooking it but pretty
straightforward very similar to the last
one we did I just switched around a
little bit to include some flats so
let's just go over the right-hand so at
first measure we have C with one e-flat
with 3G with five b-flat with three and
then the next measure we have F with
four-d with one F with two so we're kind
of switching the fingers here to give us
self some room Babji with three and then
the third measure a flat
um F with one so we're kind of doing a
crossover here and then we have E flat
with three teeth too
and lastly we have C with one
so once you can play it fluidly and
effectively from beginning the end it
should sound like this
so the last two measures again
so again this time without any mistakes
there you go so that's our right hand
left hand we have C with five first
measure their flat three
the next measure is going to be for with
D 2 with F
a flag with one 503 and then fly with
sin
if I would see
so a little bit faster
so uh hands together very slowly
you
there you have it now a little bit
faster
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so there you go obviously when you
practice these you want to start out as
slow as you can while getting all the
notes then you want to play it again and
again and speed it up as you go along so
you should be reading through each of
these maybe four or five times maybe
over a couple of days I would play them
until you almost perfect them so let's
take a look at the next example so
lesson 22 two-handed example number
three with eighth notes so if you notice
here ivan the numbers are a little bit
different than you're used to
with the right hand the finger numbers
are on the bottom now there are numbers
on the top and that's for us to house
for me to help you count these out
because we're using eighth notes now if
you're not familiar with this please
watch my video on counting eighth notes
that should help you out a great deal so
looking at this first measure here we're
only looking at the top numbers don't
worry about the finger numbers quite yet
we'll do that in a minute so if you look
here we have four four four beats in a
measure and the first beat we need to
split up into two and the reason is
because we have eighth notes and eighth
notes are worth half a beat so we need
to split that first beat up into two we
use that using the term and again
discussed in the video I put out before
so and then beats two three and four are
fine now looking at the top numbers
there because those are just straight
quarter notes so you're going to count
this first measure like this again
looking at the second measure we need to
split up beats 2 or 1 & 2 into 2 parts
Beach 3 & 4 or 5 because we have quarter
notes there and another thing I should
mention is when you have 4 eighth notes
in a row they beam them all across like
that there's no break in between the the
beaming in case you're wondering about
that so those are indeed still eighth
notes you know it looks a little bit
different so you're going to count this
one again the third measures the
counting is going to be the same with
different notes the count is going to be
the same as the first measure so it's
going to go
next-to-last measure is going to be the
same county as measure 2 it's going to
go and the last measure is very easy
just holding it go 1 2 3 4 so counting
it out going through it again it's going
to go
Oh
to
one two three four so going over just
the fingers first measure right hand we
have C and D with fingers one and two
then you have a with finger three before
and then the next measure Y of Y you 3d
with two and just note I'm not playing
the correct rhythm right now we're just
going over the finger numbers the third
measure there is going to be C with one
give to you a three and now we're going
to cross under I'm gonna hit that G with
one we knew that so we can hit this C
with five and we don't run out of
fingers and then you kind of put your
pinkie down here so you go
with the with the last two men are so
cheap five-four-three-two-one
- now your I will post this up to the
wiki and then you can fill out the note
names if you need to I don't recommend
you do that anymore unless you really
have to I suggest you try to get so good
at reading the notes that you no longer
need to do that that will help you out a
great deal since a lot of music doesn't
write don't write in the notes for you
so looking at the left hand left hand
simpler so you notice how we have the
fingerings now like kinda in a column
the the top number corresponds to the
top note of the chord middle corresponds
to metal and the lowest number
corresponds with the lowest
the key word so we have some triads here
they are made out of three notes as you
know I hope so we have C major chord in
the first measure the second measure
don't worry about the chord names but
I'm gonna tell you anyway you have a
second inversion a minor chord by the
fingers one two and five so five
third measure we have an F major chord
in second inversion go look but I can
look at the chord videos I think that's
one of the theory videos if you're
confused on what the the chords are and
what I'm talking about but anyway you
have C with boolean F with two and A
with one third measure their next to
last measure we're going to move our
fingers up one so we have D with 5 and B
with one
and then the last measure we shift up
again except we're only gonna hit with
five and go3
like that so when you can play it for
the backwards it sound like this just
plain whole notes so pretty simple on
the rhythm
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there you go so we're going to put these
together the counting may be something
you need to work on especially with that
right hand there but just know don't
freak yourself out about the counting
between both hands especially on this
one because the only time you change
left hand notes is once a measure at the
beginning of the measure because we have
the whole notes there so once you can
play it I'll play it slow first it
should sound like this
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and I'll play it again if you need to
you can play it even slower than that
but I'm going to play it a little bit
faster
there you go so that's a example three
with the eighth note so let's go look at
the next one
here's example four with eighth notes
and rests again I've written the
counting up top for you finger numbers
are on the bottom same finger numbers as
last time this is a very very similar
one to the one we just did the only
difference is that we've added some
quarter arrests you know quarter rest
gets how many beats hopefully you said
one because that is the answer so let's
look at the right hand it's just the
counting of it we'll work on the finger
numbers in a minute
so notice that we have to split up beat
one into one and because we have eighth
notes they're each worth half a beat
like we talked about before just know
that on beat two you're going to be
resting for one beat so it's still
important that you count out at least in
your head to avoid skipping that rest or
short changing it or holding it too long
same thing beat three of measure two as
a rest last beat of measure three I
meant yeah the third beat of measure two
has a rest the last beat of measure 3
has a rest beat three of the next two
last measure has a rest that's a lot to
say and then the the last measure is
just a whole note so you're going to
count it like this
or two
three four now you don't have to pop
your hand up every time you have a rest
I was just kind of showing you of
physically where this rests are so so we
have the first measure right hand treble
clef so we have C with one two this is
actually the same fingering as the last
one but we're going to go over to anyway
I guess uh c1 rest you know what to put
your finger there G with fine before
going in the second measure we have E
with three to rest do you do um and then
we have third measure there if someone
give to your three we're gonna cross
under because we need to actually you
don't want to do that in this one you
did in the last one because we had to
see at the end of the measure but
because we have a rest you could still
use one that's fine let's just do that
because it's written there and then you
want to go on the next slash measure you
go g-53 youth to rest again
and so
left hand pretty simple actually the
left hand I believe is identical to the
last one so we don't need to go a rat so
you can look at that last example for
that let's try to play it shall we
there we go once again
so there you have it all four examples
we did um beginning to end uh and there
you have it so kind of a longer lesson
but somebody did ask me when we were
doing this and I thought sooner better
than later so I kind of put these all
into the same lesson anyway as always
I'm going to post these up to the wiki
and I'll see you guys and girls in a
minute for the outro okay so that
concludes lesson 22 all we did today was
play some two-handed examples we played
four of them they included sharps flats
rests and eighth notes and that was it
so next time I have no idea what we're
talking about but I'm sure it will be
interesting so I'll see you then Thanks