Lesson 28: Playing in G Major
- Play G-major patterns up to F#5, keeping F# in tune.
- Play C-major patterns up to upper B, keeping B natural in tune.
- Keep the opening and closing half-bars in time in the complete verse.
- Keep the opening and closing half-bars in time in the complete verse.
Prepare the key with a scale and triad, then play the air.
Review low F# from Lesson 11; now add high F# with the small thumb opening learned in Lesson 18.
Your staff reads C major; add high B natural with the small thumb opening learned in Lesson 18.
Warm-up in the key
Breathe after bar 2.
A triad uses the first, third and fifth scale notes: G–B–D–B; the leading note sits one half-step below the home note.
A triad uses the first, third and fifth scale notes: C–E–G–E; the leading note sits one half-step below the home note.
Play: The Water Is Wide
In Sharp/Marson’s first verse (1906), 3/2 means three half-note beats per full bar; the opening pickup and closing bar each last half a bar.
Now play these
Compare the dance and air; add the minuet after Lesson 31.
Compare the dance and air in C major; add the minuet after Lesson 31.
Fast — a dance tune
- The Mulberry Bush
- Keep the eighth notes even in the complete G-major melody.
Slow — an air
- The Water is Wide
- Keep three half-note beats in each full bar.
Moderate — a Baroque minuet
- Petzold: Minuet in G — first strain
- Return after Lesson 31 secures G5 (alto C6).
When F# stays in tune through the scale and prepared melodies, continue to Lesson 29.
When cross-fingered B stays in tune through the scale and prepared melodies, continue to Lesson 29.