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A Section: m. 1-4, hands together

A Section: m. 1-4, hands together

From the course: Piano Lessons: 3 Sight Reading & Classical Pieces

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A Section: m. 1-4, hands together

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- The left hand will be playing a lot of octaves. Remember what an octave is? An octave is a set of, a pair of notes that are eight notes apart. So, if you have one note that's a D, the octave below would also be a D, like so. Okay, this is going to be a very useful interval or distance for your hands to become comfortable with. This piece is full of octaves everywhere. So, let's take a look at, I'm gonna save you a little bit of reading time so you're not spending too much time counting ledger lines, the whole opening on the left hand's made up of octaves. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna just take a look at the top notes and then assume the octaves in the bottom. Okay, I'm gonna save you a little bit of time there. So, A, fall, down. First octave is a D octave. And I want you to practice this with the peddle right off the bat. Okay, so let's push your peddle down. Alright, play the D octave. Take a look, we now move down to a C and when you play it change your peddle. Okay? The…

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