El Matador: Part 3

Hello and welcome back I'm Joseph Hoffman,

and in this lesson we're going to learn the third and final page of "El Matador" by composer Melody Bober.

Let's come to the piano to get started.

Let's check out measure 29 here in "El Matador."

Can you tell me what note the right hand starts on?

We're one ledger line above treble staff, which puts us on this high treble A.

And what's the first note the left hand plays?

Left hand's also on an A three octaves down. So now our hands are quite far apart.

I'd like you to pause the video and on your own will you learn measures 29 all the way through 35?

You'll notice a lot of these patterns are the same as what we've learned before,

but I'd like you to watch for differences.

Like, for example, our right hand starts off one octave higher.

Does it stay there the whole time, or is there another place the right hand moves?

Watch carefully for each note, and learn this section on your own,

and then press play and we'll check it out together.

So hopefully you notice this section starts off with the right hand one octave higher.

But otherwise just the same as what we did before, and then,

the right hand drops down.

If that matched what you played, great job.

If you need more practice with it you can always pause otherwise let's go on and look at the next measure.

All right let's check out this next measure 36.

Because there's some really interesting things going on here rhythmically.

You probably notice all these 16th rests.

Remember, with these two flags, that's called a 16th rest, which will get just one half of our eighth note beat.

Remember, because we're in 6/8 time an eighth note equals 1 beat, so a sixteenth note or sixteenth rest will get 1/2 of a beat.

So this eighth note occurs on beat 1.

And then because of the sixteenth rest, this note comes on the second half of beat 1, or the & of 1.

It's also because of this extra little beam. Two beams make this a 16th note.

So 16th rest, 16th note. 1-&

So notice left hand plays while the right hand rests.

Then right hand plays while the left hand is still holding. So we'll go left, right, and then here's beat 2.

Notice that on beat 2, the right hand rests again followed by a sixteenth note on the & of beat 2.

Notice what's happening

is we're going back and forth. Left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand on 1-& 2-& 3-&.

So these sixteenth rests are basically shifting all these right hand notes over half of a beat to create this back and forth pattern.

1-& 2-& 3-&,

which continues out through the rest of the measure.

Let's try tapping this rhythm. We'll go this fast: 1-& 2-& 3-& 4-& 5-& 6-&.

Try it with me. It's just back and forth. Ready, go: 1-& 2-& 3-& 4-& 5-& 6-&

Just left, right, left, right, left, right.

1-& 2-& 3-& 4-& 5-& 6-&. Let's try to play it.

Okay, can you find where to place your hands for measure 36? Show me on your piano.

Your left hand finger 5 should be down on this low A, and the right hand is playing What kind of interval is this?

If you said minor third, you're correct. Look, we have a whole step plus a half step. So C-sharp to E is a minor third.

Now can you try?

It makes a really cool sound, huh. 1-& 2-& 3-& 4-& 5-& 6-&. Now you try.

Now what happens in measure 37? Can you figure out these first three notes of the left hand?

We had an A, it goes up a fourth and up another third.

What interval do you see between D and F?

If you said minor third, you're correct. Another minor third, and the right hand is playing which two notes?

Can you show me on your piano?

if you're playing D and F, you're correct. Also a minor third up here in the right hand.

1-& 2-& 3-& 4-& 5-& 6-&

Now try measure 37 on your own. Go.

So let's put 36 and 37 together.

Now pause and work on those two measures on your own, then press play to go on.

Now, can you learn measures 38 and 39 on your own?

Once again, look for what's the same to what we just did, and what might be different.

Notice those little details.

Pause to learn it on your own, then press play to go on.

Now, let's analyze measures 40 and 41. What chord does the left hand start with here?

Can you show me on your ...