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    Beginners’ piano course: Lesson 3 notes

    1. Some reminders...

    These notes are crotchets or quarter notes.


    In 4/4 time each one lasts for a single beat. A
    crotchet is represented by a solid black note-
    head and a simple stem, which usually points
    down if the note is above the B line and up if it
    is above it. If the note is a B, the note usually This stave is divided into four bars or measures,
    takes the same stem direction as the previous with a thick double bar line at the end, to show that
    stemmed note. the piece is finished (in longer pieces other types of
    double bar line are sometimes used before the end of
    the piece, but you won’t come across this for a while).

    4 ˙ ˙
    &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
    ˙ ˙

    This is a time signature.


    The upper number 4 tells us
    there are four beats in each
    bar, and each beat lasts These notes are minims or half notes. In 4/4
    for the length of a crotchet time each one lasts for two beats. A minim has a
    (represented by the the lower ‘hollow’ notehead. Like all stemmed notes, minims
    number 4). follow the same stemming rules as crotchets.

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    2. Exercises

    (a) This is the exercise we looked at in the tutorial. Remember andante means ‘at a walk-
    ing pace’ - but you have a fair amount of freedom to interpret what that means. Aim to
    play this, and the other exercises, evenly and smoothly against a steady beat.

    Andante

    4
    1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1

    &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙

    (b) Allegro is usually interpreted as something like ‘fast and lively’ - but not too fast, and
    certainly not as fast as possible. Try to play it noticeably quicker that exercise (a), while
    still being smooth and even. Don’t worry if you can’t go too quickly: it’s more important to
    play it well, and precisely against the beat.

    Allegro

    4
    1 3 5 3 1 3 5 3 4 2 4 2 2 1

    &4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙
    (c) Lento means ‘slowly’, but that doesn’t mean you should stop and start - this should be
    slower than the andante of exercise (a), but still regular. There’s some interesting finger-
    ing going on here. We’ll discuss this sort of thing more in the next couple of lessons, but for
    now follow the fingers carefully. Between the G at the end of bar 4 and the C at the start of
    bar 5 you have to jump (both use fifth finger). But when you get to the F with thumb in bar
    seven, don’t jump to get your third finger on the next note, the E. Instead, move your third
    finger over your thumb. Likewise with the thumb and second finger on the final C-B-C.

    Lento

    4 ˙
    &4 œ œ œ œ
    5 1 5 1 5 4 3 2 3 1 4 2 1 5

    œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
    œ œ
    5

    & œ œ œ œ
    5 1 5 1 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 1

    œ œ œ œ œ
    œ œ œ ˙ ˙

    (d) Moderato means ‘at a moderate speed’ - so not too fast, not too slow. As I said in the
    tutorial, this tune is a little different because it has three beats in the bar. We won’t discuss
    the implications of that now - just remember to count 1-2-3 rather than 1-2-3-4, and
    remember that the crotchets and minims still have the same values as they do in 4/4 time.
    So, for example, in the last bar the minim lasts for beats 1 and 2 and the crotchet is on the
    third beat.

    Moderato

    3œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
    5 3 1 5 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 5 5 4 3 4 3 2 1

    &4 œ

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