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Page 33
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Medieval Coronation means the crowning of a King or Queen in medieval times (around 1500 and something! - a long time ago!)
Can you hear how the music sounds quite grand and regal(like royalty)? How can you play it to sound even more grand? Quite loudly? Quite slowly? Legato (smooth) playing? Why don't you experiment and listen to which is most effective?
Page 34
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How do you know you have to play this piece with your left hand?
Can you find your landmark notes in this piece? Can't remember your LANDMARK NOTES? Click here for a reminder.
Why don't you play LANDMARK HEIST as a fun way to practise your landmark notes?
Page 36
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Remember that D.C. Al Fine means go back to the start of the music and play all the way to the word Fine (like Finish in English). Can you remember what language 'da capo al fine' is?
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If you are playing with the backing track, play page 39 first (the higher version) and then follow straight on with page 38 (the lower version)
The Technique used is TALL GIRAFFE. Click here to watch a reminder video.
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Watch this reminder video for DRAGON DANCE
We are only using finger 2, 3 and 4 in the right hand because dragons only have three fingers!
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Don't forget to play the piece through twice because of the REPEAT SIGN.
Page 45
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This is a quaver rest and means don't play for one beat (ta):
Page 46
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Your right hand plays mostly the same pattern all the way through, so does your left hand!
Try to play as smoothly as possible to create the idea of Dandelion clocks floating in the air in the summer breeze!
To play smoothly use walking fingers: play one note, then play the next before you let go of the first finger that played, once you have played the second note remember to let go of the finger that played the first note.
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Left hand and right hand play at the SAME TIME because of the curly bracket or BRACE joining the two staves:
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WHICH HAND IS PLAYING?
rit. (at the end of the piece) means slow down a little.
Page 51
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WHICH HAND IS PLAYING?
You need to MOVE YOUR HAND position at the beginning of line 3
Page 52 and 53
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In the book it is called Legato Articulation but TREE FROG is the same technique - Use this tree frog video to help play these patterns:
Page 54
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Use the patterns in the music to help you remember the patterns but mostly this is played through memory of all the patterns.
Use this reminder video to help you remember how to play this piece.
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Look carefully at the instructions in the book before playing along.
Page 57
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15 ma means play two octaves higher
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