From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
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Melodic intervals: 4ths
From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
Melodic intervals: 4ths
- When you skip two white keys, the interval is a fourth. On the staff, a fourth is written from a line to a space, or a space to a line. Let's play some fourths on the keyboard, first with your right hand, and then with your left hand. Place your right hand thumb on middle C, (piano notes play) up a fourth, repeat, down a fourth, now play D, up a fourth, repeat, and down a fourth. Now place your left hand fifth finger on the C below middle C. (piano notes play) Up a fourth, and down a fourth. D, and down a fourth. Play a Fourth uses fourths. One, two, three, four. (piano notes play) Rhythm Man uses fourths also. There's a new symbol here as well, the 8va sign. You'll find it in the very last measure of the piece. When an 8va sign is placed over the staff, it means to play those notes one octave higher than where they are written. Remember that one octave is eight notes. You're in C position for this piece, and on the last line, you'll move your right hand thumb from middle C, up to…
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