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Hello, and welcome back. I'm Joseph Hoffman.
Today we're going to learn how to play a three note chord.
You already know how to play a two note chord,
and a three note chord sounds even more advanced and interesting.
Let's learn how.
Okay, first you want to find a flat surface.
I'm just using my piano bench for right now.
And I want you to touch finger one and finger five down,
and leave finger two, three and four up in the air just like you're playing a chord.
As a reminder remember that your finger one will play on it's side tip.
Your other fingers play near their tips, and your thumb plays on the side.
When you do a three note chord, you are still going to use fingers one and five
but now we're going to add finger three.
So on some kind of flat surface, practice touching finger one and five first,
and then try adding finger three, leaving finger two and four still floating in the
air.
Now just practice that a few times relaxing after each one.
Make a fist, and then relax.
Touch fingers one and five, and then add finger three.
Then relax. Make a fist, and relax.
Fingers one and five, and then touch finger three.
That makes a three note chord.
Now practice with your other hand.
First touch finger one and five down, and then add finger three.
Then relax by making a fist, and then wiggling.
Fingers one and five touch, and then add finger three.
One more time. Make a fist, relax.
Touch one and five, and then add finger three.
Good.
Now see if you can gently move your hand up and down
off of the flat surface that you're working on, and then just touch fingers
one, three and five on that surface.
Try it with your other hand. Touch one and five, add three,
and now touch, touch, touch.
Try to make it so only fingers one, three and five are touching.
And just float gently up and down touching on a table or something flat.
Good. Now let's try it on the piano.
Now, we're always starting with our right hand, but today let's start with our left
hand.
Use your left hand and come to the C pentascale so your finger five will be on a C.
Your other fingers will fall on D, E, F and G.
Now first just touch with fingers one and five
and let your other fingers float up in the air a little bit.
Let's practice playing one two note chord.
Good. Now with fingers one and five touching, add finger three.
Now try to play all three notes at the same time.
You are going to play a C, E and G together.
It should sound like that.
Now, pause the video and practice doing three note chords
until you feel comfortable with that.
One and five touch, and then finger three,
and try to get all three to play exactly at the same time.
When you're comfortable with that, push play again, and we'll continue.
Good work. Now let's try singing "Frog in the Middle" while we play three note chords.
Play a chord every time you sing the word "Frog",
and then also when we sing can't catch me.
So first get your fingers ready, touching with fingers five, three and one on C E G.
Ready go.
Frog in the middle, frog in the sea!
Frog in the middle, can't catch me!
Good work. Now let's try that same thing with your right hand.
With your right hand, also find the C pentascale
and practice touching with fingers one, three and five on C, E and G.
The other fingers will just relax and float up.
After every chord remember to float your wrist up to relax.
Let's try "Frog in the Middle" one more time. Play a chord on each word frog.
Frog in the middle, frog in the sea!
Frog in the middle, can't catch me!
Great work. When you're ready for more challenge,
you can try doing chords in both hands at the same time
singing "Frog in the Middle".
You can try doing three note chords also with "Listen for Bells".
Another fun song to try adding three note chords to is "Mouse Mousie".
Remember you can use one hand to play the melody
while the other hand plays the chords.
Thanks for watching today, and I'll see you next time.