Learn to Play Piano - Lesson 26 - Playing songs in the key of G Major 2 Video Lecture | Piano Tutorials Course: Beginners to Advance - Class 6

back again ladies and gentlemen for
lesson 26 so today all we're doing is
we're playing two more examples in the
key of G major so how many sharps is a
question for you how many sharps are in
the key of G major think about it think
back to last lesson if you haven't been
watching them go back and watch those
hopefully you said F sharp that is the
correct answer to the key of G has one
sharp and that's F sharp I went over
that in more detail during the theory
lessons for the circle of fifths so
anyway thanks for watching as always and
here comes the lesson alright at the
piano again lots to talk about today
well not lots to talk about but these
examples are a little more involved than
before so let's just get started we have
a an example here as one sharp that
sharp is f sharp now what key are we in
think about this for a second pause the
video if you need to we are in the key
of G which has one sharp G major we are
in 4/4 time signature means four beats
in a measure quarter note gets one beat
of course we got some dynamic stuff
going on but we'll worry about that a
little bit later so let's just get
started with the right hand we're gonna
be over G for this one because we're in
the key of G left hands a little
different I'll explain that in a second
but anyway here we go at the right hand
so you've got so we've got two sets of
numbers here and they correspond with
the two notes that are written in the
right hand the top number corresponds
with the top note the bottom number
corresponds at the bottom note so we got
one with G which is the bottom row and
then we got three with B so we play
those
and they move on to the next one you got
to assay for receipt and now what you
want to do is you want to shift for the
next two notes to be able to hit one
with B and three with D yeah exactly and
then you move down with four with C and
two with a again and they move down
again but that's basically to where we
started which was one with GE three with
B and now we are at the end of you want
to shift again and be able to hit
remember it's not F but F sharp because
we have that key signature there and
then you got 402 on that F sharp and
four on a so once again the first two
measures a little sound like this and
then once you got that down the next to
the third measure with the right hand
you will have one team today
do they again and you got three with B
to a and here you're gonna kind of move
your shift pivot rather your fingers to
hit two with that F sharp and then you
got two of that
today and what with G so this one the
right hands not too bad but know that we
have two notes at a time for the first
two measures so it's a little different
it's a little more it's a little
different of an exercise so we've got
this is a little sound like with the
right hand once you got it all done now
I'm going to play it with the dynamics
added in so we have piano going to Forte
and then we have another day crescendo
back down the piano so it should sound
like this there you go
now the left hand we have three sets of
numbers each corresponding with each of
the notes so he had the top number
corresponds with the top note
middle number corresponds the middle
note and the bottom number corresponds
with the bottom now so here's our first
chord so we've got five with D 2 with G
and one with be counting from the bottom
up and then the next chord we've got
five with D now three is gonna hit which
note think about this thinking about
long and hard because it's not F but F
sharp how to remember that key signature
that's probably gonna throw you off for
a little while until you get used to it
and then you got one with B so you hit
the same time
pretty and then you've got back to the
first quarter we did that's the
beginning of measure 2 is the same chord
and then we've got a new chord we've got
5 with e3 with g2 with earth
you have a three og and one with be
sorry had all those at the same time
should sound like some pretty and then
you got the first chord and measure 3 is
actually the first chord again that we
did so that will actually be D with 5 G
with 2 and B with 1 and then we've got a
new chord here we've got fun we're
talking about the third measure second
second half of the third measure you got
three with don't say F but F sharp there
you go I'll remind you about that F
sharp there and you got one with a the
same time she sounds pretty and then you
got the last chord which is the first
girl
so once you can play the left hand by
itself I suggest you do this one hand
separate and then you do it hands
together very very very slowly note by
note really making sure you got all the
notes right along the way once you do
that and you can play both hands pretty
solid add in the dynamics don't add the
dynamics in right away because I think
that's just too much to think about when
you're first worried about the notes so
that's how I would approach it so you
got this first board you got the next
one you got the first chord in the
second measure
and then you got the next court on to
the next one first chord in the third
measure Saint Gordon third measure
so I will just play these hands together
now now that we got it all together I'll
try to add in the dynamics along with it
so here we go I'm going to start out by
playing it slow and then I'll play it a
little bit faster so
so that was kind of rough it wasn't too
bad though let me try it one more time
start at piano actually so there we go
there's example one on your example -
this should make it easy this is kind of
how it's going to work from now on for
each lesson at least anyone that
involves playing examples there's gonna
be two playing examples one playing
example is going to be like kind of the
easier one and then there's going to be
another playing example that's like the
first one but with some changes to make
it a little more difficult the changes
in this one we have two main changes the
right hand is exactly the same let me
make sure that's correct yeah right hand
is exactly the same the dynamics are
different the dynamics you start out
fortissimo so playing almost as loud as
you can
and then you get softer and softer and
softer until the end you get to piano
with that de crescendo there or what's
the other name for it think about it
diminuendo that's right so we've got our
left hand is totally different if you
realize if you've seen it if you're
taking a look at it so that's what we're
gonna focus on first is the left hand
the right hand we already talked about
if you want to go over that again you
can rewind earlier in the video but
we've basically already talked about it
so we got our left hand let's get our
left hand position oh no this one's not
in regular G position actually on the
last example it wasn't either know that
once you get more advanced with the
piano and I've mentioned this before the
the positions aren't as important
they're really like more for beginners
just to kind of show you where your hand
should be you know given a given a key
of music usually if you have a key of C
you're gonna be around C but not
necessarily so it does change in this
song in this long particular does so the
most important thing you got to remember
is hitting the right note
the right finger so we've got G with
finger - that's the first note in the
left hand they have for us so you put
your fingers like that make sure you can
play the next couple notes with your
fingers that you have place and yeah
that works out so remember you want to
first start out by putting the right
finger all right now the rest of your
fingers across and that should put you
in the right position should you might
have to switch positions
if the fingering dictates so so here we
go we got G with to D with fire G with
10 now for the second half of measure
one you got D with fire B with one D
sharp with three don't forget about that
dish
or not G if I'm sorry D with five and
now we got the beginning of measure two
he got change to be one do you live and
then you got D with five sorry B with
one F sharp a three and he got D with
fire now we're on the next to last
measure that third measure there you got
youth to see with 1b with three
her a mother is sorry got my tongue tied
this morning and he got B of 2 and he
got
and now you want to switch even though
you're hitting the same note you want to
switch from b2 to with b2 1 and that
will give you enough fingers just to
finish the piece so you wake up you one
again and then you play D with 5 and
then you kind of kind of screech your
hand up just a tiny bit to hit G with
one that gives you enough room to hit
the G below it with 5
so once you can play it from beginning
to end it should sound like this
so there you go I try to do the dynamics
I realize I got a little louder there at
the very end so it's just something
you'll have to practice a few times over
to just really nail that that dynamic
change there and bitin and dynamics I'm
talking about how loud you're playing so
let's try it hands together very slowly
see how we do
so not too bad I'll play through it
again make it a little more solid
see so so I just noticed I'm messing up
the fingering right there so I'm gonna
go through that part just nice and slow
just kind of showing you how I approach
it when I have a little trouble you
always want to whenever you're in
trouble something don't play the entire
thing over and over again you want to
concentrate on the part you're having
trouble with so here I'm on the third
measure the next last one slow down a
little bit so you get that fingering
there we go
so again there's last two measures just
to make sure we got it it wasn't by luck
there we go so once again the whole song
there you go and and you know obviously
we don't have all day to go over this
lesson but I'd keep playing it again and
again until it was almost perfect that
time was pretty good but that's usually
how you do things you kind of break it
down note by note first you learn the
notes hands separate obviously put them
together slowly hands together and then
once you perfect that you add in the
little details like dynamics and things
like that so there you go that concludes
26 the two examples we wanted to do
today and I'll see you guys and girls
for the outro thanks for watching okay
so that wraps up yet another lesson 26
out of the way already so we've played
two more examples in the key of G
remember that the key of G has how many
sharps one sharp that's right
so if you didn't know that go back and
watch my previous videos especially the
theory ones where I go over the circle
of fifths I think it was like a three or
four part theory lesson and I might do a
wrap-up of that later on but anyway more
lessons on the way I know some some
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