MMF! Beginner Piano Book | Mary at the Kitchen Door (Lesson 4)
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Interested in learning how to play the piano? This video is the fourth in a series of lessons designed to help you do just that. We're even going to provide you with your first piano book. Print the MMF! All-in-One Beginner Piano Course and start the video.

Want to start at the beginning? Get I Like Being Me (Lesson 1).

Transcription:
Hey there!

This lesson will teach you how to play 'Mary at the Kitchen Door', the fourth piece in the MMF! All-In-One Beginner Piano Book.

Let's get started.

The first two measures are made up of four half notes. Half notes get two beats.

Let's try measures 1 and 2 together.

The notes will be played with the left hand. They are G - E - G - E, and they will be played with fingers 1 - 3 - 1 - 3.

They sound like this.

Let's try it together.

Let's try measures 3 and 4.

In measure 3 the notes are D - D - G - G, and should be played with fingers 4 - 4 - 1 - 1. Every note in this measure is a quarter note. Quarter notes get one beat.

Measure 3 sounds like this.

Let's try it together.

In measure 4 the notes are E - C - C, and should be played with fingers 3 - 5 - 5. The rhythm is quarter note - quarter note - half note. The half note receives two beats. When I play the half note I will say "half-note". Using this phrase will help you to perform this rhythm correctly.

Measure 4 sounds like this.

Let's try it together.

Let's play measures 3 and 4 together.

I'll play them first and then we can both play them.

Let's try them together.

Measures 5 through 8 are exactly the same as measures 1 through 4.

I'll play them first and then we can try them together.

Let's try them together.

Here's what 'Mary at the Kitchen Door' sounds like all the way through.

Practice this piece until you know it, and then you will be ready to try pieces written for both hands.

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