1 1 00:00:00,661 --> 00:00:03,416 Strauss, The Blue Danube. 2 2 00:00:03,416 --> 00:00:06,434 I'm sure everyone will recognize this waltz. 3 3 00:00:06,434 --> 00:00:09,778 Practice both hands separately first of all for 4 4 00:00:09,778 --> 00:00:12,794 a long time before you try hands together. 5 5 00:00:12,794 --> 00:00:17,658 And there's a few tricks that will help you learn the song. 6 6 00:00:17,658 --> 00:00:20,768 Chord tones, so, let's play the melody. 7 7 00:00:20,768 --> 00:00:29,451 [MUSIC] 8 8 00:00:29,451 --> 00:00:30,427 We all know that. 9 9 00:00:30,427 --> 00:00:33,693 The right hand goes up the broken C chord first of all, 10 10 00:00:33,693 --> 00:00:37,265 then the whole hand position moves so you can do an octave. 11 11 00:00:37,265 --> 00:00:38,449 So if you watch it closely. 12 12 00:00:38,449 --> 00:00:49,071 [MUSIC] 13 13 00:00:49,071 --> 00:00:50,397 Again, bounce the whole hand. 14 14 00:00:50,397 --> 00:00:59,359 [MUSIC] 15 15 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:01,914 So it's very important, your hand position is very important. 16 16 00:01:01,914 --> 00:01:06,691 The left hand uses a lot of split chords and it's very repetitive so 17 17 00:01:06,691 --> 00:01:08,578 it's not too difficult. 18 18 00:01:08,578 --> 00:01:14,540 So [SOUND] it's a waltz rhythm, remember one, two, three, one, two, three. 19 19 00:01:14,540 --> 00:01:23,016 [MUSIC] 20 20 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:25,116 And that looks like it's D, but it's actually 21 21 00:01:25,116 --> 00:01:29,981 [MUSIC] 22 22 00:01:29,981 --> 00:01:35,136 So, it's the top part of the, [SOUND] G, okay? 23 23 00:01:35,136 --> 00:01:40,117 There's G, it's using the fifth with the seventh and the root. 24 24 00:01:40,117 --> 00:01:45,352 [MUSIC] 25 25 00:01:45,352 --> 00:01:50,774 Now, you're back to bar 14, you're back to C and so on. 26 26 00:01:50,774 --> 00:01:53,595 And then you go up to C backwards. 27 27 00:01:53,595 --> 00:01:58,274 [MUSIC] 28 28 00:01:58,274 --> 00:02:01,211 Up again to D minor backwards. 29 29 00:02:01,211 --> 00:02:03,394 [MUSIC] 30 30 00:02:03,394 --> 00:02:04,356 Then you're back to that. 31 31 00:02:04,356 --> 00:02:14,356 [MUSIC] 32 32 00:02:17,896 --> 00:02:27,896 [MUSIC] 33 33 00:02:41,645 --> 00:02:45,009 And so on, and hopefully that will give you some idea of how it goes.