Lesson 14, Part 2

OK, it's been awhile since I've posted, but I've been practicing some actual songs.  More on thatlater,but I'll say, I got a book called First Lessonsin Bach.  Why Bach?  Well, I think he has a future in Music.  But now, to the lesson at hand.  Playing Jingle Bells is an excersise in harmonic intervals, which I've discussed before. 

Recall, I am learning the basics from a book called Self -Teaching Adult Piano Course.  It starts of with excersises and songs that illustrate and allow the student (me) to hear the different intervals.  In this case, the 4th and 5th harmonic intervals (harmonic meaning both notes of the intervale are played at the same time).  In Jingle Bells, the left hand plays the Harmonic 4th and 5th intervals.  They accompany the Jingle Bells melody in the right hand.  I show in this vid me playing it with the metronome.  It's important that all the notes that start on a particular beat are played at the same time.  This is harder than it seems, especially if you have arthritic fingers, as do I.  But still I try.  And here is the final result.