From the course: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play

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A new style of bass

A new style of bass

- Here's a new style of broken chord bass. Playing this will prepare you for our next piece. (piano notes play) One and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and Before you play O Sole Mio, I'd like for you to look at the last line. In the second measure, you'll see a chord with a wavy line in front of it. This is an indication to play an arpeggiated chord, which means to start with the lowest note first, and quickly add the next higher note, one at a time, until you reach the top of the chord. (piano notes play) This piece begins with an incomplete measure as well, and there are fermatas on each one of the notes in that measure. One, two, three, four, one. (piano notes play) The left hand warmup will prepare you to play The Entertainer. The four measures contain everything that's new, that you'll need to know for the left hand of this piece. (piano notes play) Now you're ready to play The…

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