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A five-finger tune
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A tune you may know: the Ode to Joy.
Beethoven wrote it. Its opening uses only five notes: C, D, E, F and G.
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Five notes fit one hand: C position.
So the tune can be written as finger numbers. It begins 3 3 4 5, then 5 4 3 2.
Play the start: 3 3 4 5, then 5 4 3 2.
Right hand in C position, thumb on C. Finger 3 is on E.
The tune starts on finger 3. Which note is that?
The next part is 1 1 2 3, then 3 2 2.
The thumb plays C twice, then the tune steps up to E and stops on D.
Listen. Where does this part stop?
The second time, the tune ends on C.
The last notes are 3 2 1 1: E, D, C, C. Landing on C sounds finished.
Hear both endings.
The first stops on D and waits. The second comes home to C.
Which fingers play the last three notes, D, C, C?
You can play a tune by finger number.
What you learned
- A tune that uses only C to G fits in C position.
- Finger numbers tell you which key to play, without moving the hand.
- Ending on C sounds finished; ending on D sounds like it wants more.
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