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Intermediate Piano Lesson 17


Free Piano Lessons, Lesson 17

Playing chords and arranging Piano Music
"Scarborough Fair"


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  LESSON 17 INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Chord Compositions.  "Scarborough Fair"  This week play Scarborough fair with both hands.  I suggest for the first practice to play hands alone. 

Analyzing the chord structure: All of the chords are played in their root position. Fingering for chords in root position is 5-3-1.  There are only 4 chords to learn Em, D, G and A.  This song is written in a minor scale, which will be studied at a later time, but notice the Sharp symbol that sits next to the clef and the time signature.
The sharp sits with the F line through the middle, which means that all the F's will be sharped throughout the song.   Notice in measure 14 that the 3 finger crosses over the thumb.  This is an example of using scale fingering in a composition.    

 I have written an accompaniment that can be played with your song.  Download the midi and have fun playing the song with other instruments. There is a 2 bar intro before you start playing.


           
   
         
 
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