1 1 00:00:00,008 --> 00:00:07,519 Bach Prelude & Fugue no 1 in C major, sometimes referred to as Ave maria. 2 2 00:00:07,519 --> 00:00:12,040 This beautiful piece is a great piece to sight read because it sounds incredibly 3 3 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:13,052 impressive, but 4 4 00:00:13,052 --> 00:00:17,250 it's relatively easy to play once you discover the repetitive pattern. 5 5 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:20,583 Secret is that each bar uses a repeat pattern of five notes. 6 6 00:00:20,583 --> 00:00:24,982 [MUSIC] 7 7 00:00:24,982 --> 00:00:28,776 Once you find the five notes, you can play the rest of the bar and 8 8 00:00:28,776 --> 00:00:32,730 look ahead to the next bar and find the next five notes, and so on. 9 9 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:37,650 So, look at the musical notation for the first bar and observe this process. 10 10 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:39,623 The left hand plays the first two notes. 11 11 00:00:39,623 --> 00:00:41,492 [MUSIC] 12 12 00:00:41,492 --> 00:00:44,534 Then the right hand plays the next three notes and repeats them. 13 13 00:00:44,534 --> 00:00:47,006 [MUSIC] 14 14 00:00:47,006 --> 00:00:48,190 And then everything's repeated. 15 15 00:00:48,190 --> 00:00:51,208 [MUSIC] 16 16 00:00:51,208 --> 00:00:53,368 The second part of the bar. 17 17 00:00:53,368 --> 00:00:58,070 So observe that the second note, even though it's played in the left hand, 18 18 00:00:58,070 --> 00:01:00,645 is written on the top set of lines, okay? 19 19 00:01:00,645 --> 00:01:04,007 And you're used to playing top set of lines for the right hand. 20 20 00:01:04,007 --> 00:01:06,256 It's just easier to write it this way. 21 21 00:01:06,256 --> 00:01:10,792 They could've put it above the bottom set of lines, for the left hand, but 22 22 00:01:10,792 --> 00:01:13,611 it's just easier to write it this way, okay? 23 23 00:01:13,611 --> 00:01:17,371 [MUSIC] 24 24 00:01:17,371 --> 00:01:21,152 And it looks like the E is going to be played again, but 25 25 00:01:21,152 --> 00:01:26,027 the curved line between two notes that are exactly the same note means 26 26 00:01:26,027 --> 00:01:29,243 that the note is held for that length of time. 27 27 00:01:29,243 --> 00:01:31,124 It's not played twice. 28 28 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:34,421 [MUSIC] 29 29 00:01:34,421 --> 00:01:38,159 And again. 30 30 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:42,953 You hold down the pedal for the entire bar, then lift it and put it down for 31 31 00:01:42,953 --> 00:01:44,615 the next bar, and so on. 32 32 00:01:44,615 --> 00:01:48,549 On the keyboard diagram on the bottom, you'll see the notes written out. 33 33 00:01:48,549 --> 00:01:51,104 [MUSIC] 34 34 00:01:51,104 --> 00:01:51,731 Right. 35 35 00:01:51,731 --> 00:01:54,887 It's basically the chord tones, basic C chord. 36 36 00:01:54,887 --> 00:02:00,909 [MUSIC] 37 37 00:02:00,909 --> 00:02:02,164 So practice that for a while. 38 38 00:02:02,164 --> 00:02:03,069 Just repeating 39 39 00:02:03,069 --> 00:02:11,152 [MUSIC] 40 40 00:02:11,152 --> 00:02:13,926 And you'll see once you can play that. 41 41 00:02:13,926 --> 00:02:15,690 You've got all the notes. 42 42 00:02:15,690 --> 00:02:18,442 You start it and you can look ahead to the next bar. 43 43 00:02:18,442 --> 00:02:19,347 [MUSIC] 44 44 00:02:19,347 --> 00:02:20,148 And get ready 45 45 00:02:20,148 --> 00:02:22,750 [MUSIC] 46 46 00:02:22,750 --> 00:02:27,889 So, I'll take you through some of the bars so you can get the gist of how it goes. 47 47 00:02:27,889 --> 00:02:29,107 Just do it slowly. 48 48 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:31,682 [MUSIC] 49 49 00:02:31,682 --> 00:02:32,866 So, look ahead. 50 50 00:02:32,866 --> 00:02:43,361 [MUSIC] 51 51 00:02:43,361 --> 00:02:44,824 More or less back to the start. 52 52 00:02:44,824 --> 00:02:50,606 [MUSIC] 53 53 00:02:50,606 --> 00:02:53,413 And you just get used to the fact that it jumps this, [SOUND], 54 54 00:02:53,413 --> 00:02:55,388 you'll get used to the whole sound, so. 55 55 00:02:55,388 --> 00:03:05,388 [MUSIC] 56 56 00:03:45,505 --> 00:03:46,945 And so on. 57 57 00:03:46,945 --> 00:03:51,674 Now, this song is a good opportunity to put some expression into your playing 58 58 00:03:51,674 --> 00:03:53,579 because it's so repetitive. 59 59 00:03:53,579 --> 00:03:57,615 Once you learn how the song goes and you're used to the changes, 60 60 00:03:57,615 --> 00:04:00,169 start to bring some expression into it. 61 61 00:04:00,169 --> 00:04:02,131 So I just played it very straight there. 62 62 00:04:02,131 --> 00:04:02,714 So. 63 63 00:04:02,714 --> 00:04:06,335 [MUSIC] 64 64 00:04:06,335 --> 00:04:10,815 Every note exactly the same attack, same pitch, the same lightness. 65 65 00:04:10,815 --> 00:04:15,018 So, what you can do is instead of doing that, you try to be expressive. 66 66 00:04:15,018 --> 00:04:25,018 [MUSIC] 67 67 00:04:47,908 --> 00:04:49,777 And so on. 68 68 00:04:49,777 --> 00:04:52,772 Then you can try speeding it up if you want. 69 69 00:04:52,772 --> 00:05:02,772 [MUSIC] 70 70 00:05:18,220 --> 00:05:19,856 And so on. 71 71 00:05:19,856 --> 00:05:21,575 You can experiment with a higher octave. 72 72 00:05:21,575 --> 00:05:31,575 [MUSIC] 73 73 00:05:33,948 --> 00:05:37,498 And if you put your keyboard on a harpsichord type of sound, 74 74 00:05:37,498 --> 00:05:40,650 then it sounds good with that as well. 75 75 00:05:40,650 --> 00:05:42,330 So, you can gave great fun with this piece.