How to Play "Duettino" (Thomas Attwood) (Intro Classics to Moderns)

From the introduction level of the "Classics to Moderns" series published by Amsco Publications. These videos are intended as a step by step assistance in learning the music from this book on the piano or keyboard.

It should be noted that these videos are in no way supposed to replace traditional private piano lessons - they are simply a supplement for those students who benefit from visual learning.

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[xxhawthorne]

sorry for all the questions lol im KIND OF just getting started...KIND OF

[wholegreaterthansum]

@xxhawthorne no worries, that is what I love about the youtube community - its a great place to ask questions and learn... Regarding flats/sharps - major/minor issues, you would be able to tell a piece is in e minor or g major from the sound more than anything else. Minor scales have a rich/somber/sad quality to them whereas major scale have an uplifting/bright/happy quality (that is kind of an oversimplification, but I think that definition will work for now)...

[wholegreaterthansum]

@xxhawthorne if you get a chance, you should stop by Ricci Adams' website musictheory, which will help with a lot of your questions

[xxhawthorne]

how can you tell it started on C major? (im on bass clef)

the first note is on G as you said, but if it were on C major that means our key is off by 3 notes from our starting pitch

[wholegreaterthansum]

@xxhawthorne Hi, thanks for watching... when determining keys, its not so important to note what pitch we are starting on, but rather the ending note and in this piece it sounds "finished" when we land on "C" at the end... another way to look at this is the question "where is our home tone?" It isn't that uncommon for a piece to start on the dominant chord which is what has happened with this work - it plays a little trick on the ears.

[xxhawthorne]

ahh ok so the starting pitch isnt so important. but i mean whats the big deal with the flats/sharps in the begininning of alot of musical pieces? how do you determine the key signature using those? i know a # on F is g major or e minor but how did you differentiate the two in this song? in other words how do you know that we're in G major and not E minor