1 1 00:00:00,610 --> 00:00:04,586 Erik Satie, Gymnopedie No 1. 2 2 00:00:04,586 --> 00:00:07,128 I'm not sure whether that's the right pronouncement or not. 3 3 00:00:07,128 --> 00:00:15,628 This is a beautiful piece that uses a very repetitive left hand pattern for 16 bars. 4 4 00:00:15,628 --> 00:00:20,300 It's broken up into different sections, that's the easiest way to remember it. 5 5 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:23,440 So let's look at the first section with the left hand. 6 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,295 So play hands separately as usual. 7 7 00:00:26,295 --> 00:00:30,060 So it starts out with an F to an A minor chord. 8 8 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:32,503 And really what's happening there, there's the F. 9 9 00:00:32,503 --> 00:00:33,711 [MUSIC] 10 10 00:00:33,711 --> 00:00:36,711 It's an F major 7, but you're just leaving out the root. 11 11 00:00:36,711 --> 00:00:41,285 So you're getting an A minor in the right hand, then, 12 12 00:00:41,285 --> 00:00:43,880 it's going to a C to an E minor. 13 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,920 But really, it's a C major 7. 14 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,545 [MUSIC] 15 15 00:00:48,545 --> 00:00:50,128 But, you're leaving out the root in the right hand. 16 16 00:00:50,128 --> 00:00:50,961 Just observe that. 17 17 00:00:50,961 --> 00:00:53,909 So F, you're really on an F major 7, but 18 18 00:00:53,909 --> 00:00:57,378 you're leaving out the root, which is A minor. 19 19 00:00:57,378 --> 00:00:58,295 [MUSIC] 20 20 00:00:58,295 --> 00:01:01,711 You're really up to a C major 7, but leave it at the root, which is an E minor. 21 21 00:01:01,711 --> 00:01:03,295 So that's what the pattern is. 22 22 00:01:03,295 --> 00:01:13,295 [MUSIC] 23 23 00:01:19,461 --> 00:01:21,561 And that goes on for 16 bars, so 24 24 00:01:21,561 --> 00:01:25,086 when the melody comes in have your finger ready on the A. 25 25 00:01:25,086 --> 00:01:31,046 [MUSIC] 26 26 00:01:31,046 --> 00:01:32,711 You maybe heard that before. 27 27 00:01:32,711 --> 00:01:40,878 [MUSIC] 28 28 00:01:40,878 --> 00:01:42,050 Then that's repeated. 29 29 00:01:43,230 --> 00:01:48,128 In the next section, at bar 17, is where the left hand changes. 30 30 00:01:48,128 --> 00:01:51,545 So it goes from an E to an E minor, straightforward. 31 31 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:57,682 A up to an A minor, and D into a straightforward D minor, 32 32 00:01:57,682 --> 00:02:02,660 and again in C to C minor, G to G minor, okay? 33 33 00:02:04,110 --> 00:02:07,080 And that's, so that's straightforward chords. 34 34 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:12,545 Then bar 23, you're going to play 9 bars with the base note of C. 35 35 00:02:12,545 --> 00:02:15,687 So if you can break this song up into these different sections, 36 36 00:02:15,687 --> 00:02:18,840 it'll make it much easier for you to remember. 37 37 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:24,336 So, this section from 23, onwards, 9 bars, bass note C. 38 38 00:02:24,336 --> 00:02:27,920 The top chord changes, but so C to D minor. 39 39 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,300 So it's D minor over C. 40 40 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:34,461 Again, [SOUND] and then C vis C7. 41 41 00:02:34,461 --> 00:02:35,378 [MUSIC] 42 42 00:02:35,378 --> 00:02:39,128 All right, there's C7, so it's the third, seventh, and the root again. 43 43 00:02:39,128 --> 00:02:41,918 And again, C, 44 44 00:02:41,918 --> 00:02:46,857 E-flat in the right hand, 45 45 00:02:46,857 --> 00:02:52,670 C minor 7, G minor over C bass. 46 46 00:02:54,380 --> 00:02:58,630 C again, D minor chord in the right hand, D minor over C. 47 47 00:02:58,630 --> 00:03:02,462 C bass again and again. 48 48 00:03:02,462 --> 00:03:06,628 Let's start again at bar 23, so observe all the Cs. 49 49 00:03:06,628 --> 00:03:12,724 D minor over C, D minor over C, 50 50 00:03:12,724 --> 00:03:18,353 C7, C7, E-flat over C, 51 51 00:03:18,353 --> 00:03:25,170 G minor over C, D minor of C, C7. 52 52 00:03:25,170 --> 00:03:28,628 So that's a different section all on it's own. 53 53 00:03:28,628 --> 00:03:31,300 And then the last section, 54 54 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:36,420 you're back again to D minor, moving up, D minor. 55 55 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:42,170 A to A minor, back down to D, D minor, and again. 56 56 00:03:42,170 --> 00:03:47,321 And finally, there's a set of a ballad split-up, 57 57 00:03:47,321 --> 00:03:52,128 and then root 7th of G minor, and then octave C. 58 58 00:03:52,128 --> 00:03:55,723 [MUSIC] 59 59 00:03:55,723 --> 00:03:58,211 Another thing to remember is the pedal. 60 60 00:03:58,211 --> 00:04:01,420 So when you're playing each chord, pedal for each bar, then lift. 61 61 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:03,503 And then put it again for the next bar, and so on. 62 62 00:04:03,503 --> 00:04:05,836 I'll play it without the pedal first of all. 63 63 00:04:05,836 --> 00:04:13,211 [MUSIC] 64 64 00:04:13,211 --> 00:04:14,753 So you can hear it's just dead. 65 65 00:04:14,753 --> 00:04:16,420 So with the pedal. 66 66 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:18,420 [MUSIC] 67 67 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:21,628 So you're wanting that note to sustain right through to the next. 68 68 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:24,336 [MUSIC] 69 69 00:04:24,336 --> 00:04:26,128 Lift off quickly, put back on. 70 70 00:04:26,128 --> 00:04:29,378 You don't want it to get muddy, by leaving the pedal on too long. 71 71 00:04:29,378 --> 00:04:31,587 I will leave the pedal on too long this time. 72 72 00:04:31,587 --> 00:04:35,128 [MUSIC] 73 73 00:04:35,128 --> 00:04:38,295 You can hear, it's all getting confused. 74 74 00:04:38,295 --> 00:04:41,045 Okay, so pedal, just one bar at a time. 75 75 00:04:41,045 --> 00:04:42,670 [MUSIC] 76 76 00:04:42,670 --> 00:04:43,253 Off on. 77 77 00:04:43,253 --> 00:04:44,753 [MUSIC] 78 78 00:04:44,753 --> 00:04:45,461 Off on. 79 79 00:04:45,461 --> 00:04:47,211 [MUSIC] 80 80 00:04:47,211 --> 00:04:47,836 Off on. 81 81 00:04:47,836 --> 00:04:54,211 [MUSIC] 82 82 00:04:54,211 --> 00:04:55,491 Okay?