LESSON TWELVE
C Sharp, D Flat
C Sharp, D Flat
I have created a nice simple rhythm for this exercise which should now be familiar to you so you can concentrate on another new note. This is C sharp. S a semitone above C or the black note to the right of C on a Piano. So to play this piece the first note C is all holes covered and to move to C sharp you just move the little finger of you right hand slightly to your right so only one of the bottom pair of holes is covered. D, E and F are all natural and you should be able to play them. Any problems then revise some of the previous exercises.
This second excercise has one more new note in it. It is just below the stave where D sits but as you can see it has the flat symbol before it so that means it is a semitone lower than D or the black note to the left of D on a Piano. And you will probably have worked out by now that it is the same note as C sharp above. In fact although written differently as the second and final notes are written as D flats not C sharps because they are the same notes the first and second pieces are in fact identical.
Now have a go at the next piece before you read the comment below and try to work out for yourself what is noteworthy about it.
Now have a go at the next piece before you read the comment below and try to work out for yourself what is noteworthy about it.
I am sure you have worked it out, although the lengths of the notes vary the pitch of all the notes on the piece are the same, although written both ways. So you should only have had to blow the correct rhythm, once you put your fingers over the correct holes you shouldn't have had to move them at all.
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