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Ballad style Oh Danny Boy.
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Now this is a great song to practice
a very basic ballad style because
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it doesn't really need
too much embellishment.
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Even if you just play a simple, clean,
straightforward left-hand pattern and
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the right hand melody note on it's own,
it'll still sound reasonably okay.
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So whatever you add in on
top of that will be a bonus.
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So just keep it very simple, and
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think about the expressiveness
of the melody line this time.
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You're not going to add too much in, so
what you're going to concentrate on this
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time is bringing expression
to the melody line.
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It's very important to learn that.
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So, instead of.
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Okay, even if you add in
wonderful lines underneath that,
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it's still going to sound very,
very regimented, okay?
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So, imagine somebody
playing it on a flute.
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They only have one note to
deal with each time, and
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they have to make it very expressive,
each note.
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So just change a few things, the liveness,
the attack of the note, the length
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of time you're playing it, come in a bit
early, just vary it very, very subtly.
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So keep both hands very simple and
clean, but
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this time you're going to practice
adding expression to the melody line.
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