Arabesque: Coda

Hello and welcome back. I'm Joseph Hoffman, and in this lesson we'll be wrapping up "Arabesque" by
learning the end of the B section and Coda. Let's get started by checking out the score.
Let's review the path of this piece. We start here right, and the repeat signs that point forward we just ignore,
and then we get here to the first ending, teleport
back to the repeat sign that points forward, and then the second time we have to skip the first ending
to teleport to the second ending, then we continue. Here's another forward repeat sign which we just ignore,
and we go on now.
Here's where we learned up two last time, and then you'll notice starting here the notes are the same as measures three, four, five,
but eventually we get something new,
and that is starting right here.
Okay, we have some new chords and a slightly different theme. This is very similar to measures seven, eight, nine, ten,
but slightly different now, which we'll look at in a second, but here's another first ending.
So we can go in here because it's the first time we've made it here, repeat sign teleports us back to this station.
Now we're going to do this again. So we're playing the B section again. We get back to this main theme,
and then this slightly new section, and then we can't do the first ending again. We teleport to the second ending,
and now here's the Coda.
Very similar to measures three, four, and five, but slightly different which we'll look at in a second. We go up really high, and then
and then play this final chord. So this is our coda. So we have this little section to learn, this ending of the B section,
and then the coda which is our second ending.
Let's come to the piano to learn it.
Let's start here in measure nineteen, which is where we finished learning last time,
and then we saw how this comes back to the A section. 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-&
Or the A theme I guess I should say, because we're really still in the B section, because now here it's a little different in measure twenty-four.
Notice we have a new chord.
Back in measure seven we go to the C inversion chord, but this time what three notes do you see?
We have an A, a D, and an E, you see those three notes how that D and E are right step apart from each other, and that A on the bottom.
Then that goes to an A minor chord A D E to A minor.
Okay, will you try that with me? Try this chord A D E two times,
then A minor two times, then A D E two times.
Good.
Now, let's look at what the right hand does. Finger 2
in measure twenty-four starts on what note? Can you name it?
If you said B, you're correct. So finger 2 is right here on B.
Now, pause the video and I'd like you to see if you can figure out measures twenty-four to twenty-seven on your own.
Watch the rhythm, watch the notes, and see if you can figure this part out on your own, then press play and we'll try it together.
Here's what it should sound like. In measure twenty-four it goes 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-&
Now notice the staccatos and the slurs and the accent. There's a lot to pay attention to here.
You've got 1-& 2-& 1-& 2, accent, 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-&
Pause the video one more time and pay very close attention to the staccatos, the legato marks, the accent,
all the notes and rhythms. Work on right hand alone, measures twenty-four to twenty-seven on your own, then press play to go on.
Now together, that will sound like this.
1-& 2-& 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-& 1-& 2-&
And then at that point we go back to measure twelve.
Okay, now here you have a choice. If you'd like to try measures twenty-four to twenty-seven hands together go ahead and pause the video and try that.
Or if you'd like to work on it a little while longer hands alone, you can do that too.
So, make that choice. If you'd like to pause, go ahead, otherwise let's keep going and look at the coda.
Remember, we just took this first ending back to measure twelve.
Then we're gonna play this whole section again, playing a little slower than normal.
Then we get back to this main theme.
And then new part we just learned.
Here I go to the second ending.
Now, I'm going to stop right there
so you can tell me what you notice was different about this section starting at measure twenty-eight.
And you probably noticed it started off the same as our main theme,
but then here it's different. So we're going back and forth. Look at the left hand.
We have this I chord going to the IV chord, back to the I chord, back to the IV chord.
Interesting, huh? And the right hand does:
Instead of doing this like we're used to, it skips to this pattern
to this pattern up an octave, and then notice look at this note right here.
On the staff you can see that that's, those ledger lines go A, C, and then ...