Chopin Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. 2 2
You may be more familiar with this song from the start 3 3
of Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow. 4 4
And this is a simplified version of the Chopin piece. 5 5
And I'm going to simplify it even further. 6 6
So there's two ways of practicing this song. 7 7
The first way is to just use your chord knowledge. 8 8
So the chords written above the music. 9 9
Just play them. 10 10
So C minor. 11 11
F minor. 12 12
The plain version, so this is F minor in the middle. 13 13
G backwards. 14 14
If you can remember. 15 15
So that's augmented. 16 16
So that's a sharpened fifth. 17 17
[SOUND] A-flat backwards. 18 18
[SOUND] D-flat. 19 19
[SOUND] E-flat. 20 20
[SOUND] G. 21 21
[SOUND] C7. 22 22
[SOUND] C minor. 23 23
D7. 24 24
[SOUND] G backwards. 25 25
[SOUND] D7. 26 26
[SOUND] So you can get through it like that. 27 27
And you can still hear the beautiful movement of the chords. 28 28
Second way, you can just follow this the way I've written it, 29 29
the simplified version. 30 30
And most of the bottom notes will be off your screen, but 31 31
I'll be playing octaves, so they're very, very deep octaves [NOISE]. 32 32
And F [NOISE]. 33 33
There's an F played down there. 34 34
So I'll take you through some of the chord changes and 35 35
then you can work through the rest yourself. 36 36
So C minor. 37 37
[SOUND] F, way down in the base note. 38 38
So we're F minor seventh. 39 39
F minor middle for seven. 40 40
[SOUND] And then G augmented. 41 41
So there's your G, there's your sharp and fifth. 42 42
[SOUND] And as you're passing notes down to C minor and 43 43
you're into A-flat. 44 44
[SOUND] So that's straightforward, D-flat middle. 45 45
[SOUND] Very deep base. 46 46
Up to E-flat, [SOUND] and then A-flat. 47 47
[SOUND] So that going very deep now. 48 48
Then you're up to G, [SOUND] C7, 49 49
[SOUND] then F-minor again. 50 50
[SOUND] C minor middle. 51 51
So this is D7 backwards almost. 52 52
[SOUND] And then this is up to D7. 53 53
Right down now. 54 54
[SOUND] G. 55 55
[SOUND] Okay? 56 56
Just keep working your way through it slowly. 57 57
So you can do it one of two ways.