From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play

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Intervals: 7ths and octaves

Intervals: 7ths and octaves

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Intervals: 7ths and octaves

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- [Narrator] When you skip five white keys, the interval is a 7th. On the staff, a 7th is written from a line to a line, or a space to a space. When you skip six white keys, the interval is an octave. On the staff, an octave is written from a line to a space, or a space to a line. Now you're ready to play melodic and harmonic intervals in right hand and left hand from seconds through octaves. Right hand melodic intervals: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, octave. Right hand harmonic intervals: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, octave. Left hand melodic intervals: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, octave. And left hand harmonic intervals: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, octave. In Cafe Vienna, be sure to observe the right hand fingering carefully. One, two, three. (gentle piano melody) Now we have a new dynamic sign, "mp" which means mezzo piano, moderately soft. You'll use this dynamic in the Brahms' Lullaby. Let's look at the first and second endings before we play. You see the repeat sign at the…

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