From the course: Piano Lessons: 1 Fundamentals

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Introduction to "Greensleeves"

Introduction to "Greensleeves"

- In the first piece we're going to work on, Greensleeves, you're going to apply all that I've explained to you in real life, in real time. We're going to be playing and reading notes right off the bat. We're going to be using both hands together. We're not going to waste much time. You're going to be playing hands together, but believe it or not, you can do it. I'm going to show you how easy it is. And hopefully you'll also see how easy it is to read music. Music is written as a graph, as I've explained, and you'll see it practically practiced. Like I said, there's no way, no better way to learn a language than to really, simply, practice doing it. So this is our opportunity to take the ideas that I've introduced to you, the note names, the ledger lines, the staff lines, all that stuff, we're going to put that right into practice, right from the get-go, and make beautiful music right at the start. Okay, so are you set? Ready? All right, we're going to start with Greensleeves and…

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