Hello, and welcome back. I'm Joseph Hoffman.
Today we are learning the B section of "Dinah", just like part two of "Dinah".
Hopefully you've already practiced the A section really well,
so you're ready to learn this new part.
Let's listen to what the notes sound like first.
Okay here's what the B section sounds like.
If you'd like you can sing along with me.
Here we go.
No one in the house,
no one in the house,
no one in the house but me I know.
No one in the house,
no one in the house,
no one in the house but me I know.
Okay let's come to the staff to see how these notes are working.
Okay first let's draw the five notes of the G major pentascale.
This isn't part of "Dinah", I just wanted to review these five notes that we'll be using.
Good, now can you point and name these notes with me?
Say their letter names as I point. Go.
G, A, B, C, D.
These five notes will make DO, RE, MI, FA and SO in the G major pentascale.
Now this section starts on SO.
Now I'll draw the first pattern or phrase, and I'd like you to tell me what you notice.
Here I've drawn no one in the house.
What do you notice about those notes?
Did you notice they are repeating here and then a skip down here?
A step down would look like this going from a line to a space.
But a skip down skips over that space note and it goes from a line to a line.
In solfege we could sing SO SO SO SO MI.
Now, let's take a look at the next pattern and see what you notice about that.
Okay, looking at the notes over here, what can you tell me?
Did you notice that there's also four repeating notes and then a skip down?
It's the exact same pattern of repeats and skip down except
that it starts on a note a step below.
Now let's try to say how the notes are stepping, skipping or repeating.
Say it with me together. Go.
Start, repeat, repeat, repeat, skip down.
Step up, repeat, repeat, repeat, skip down.
Good, now let's look at the next pattern and to fit it on there
I'm going to squeeze all these notes together.
Okay what do you notice about these next five notes?
If you notice that it's the same pattern once again, you're correct.
We also have a start, repeat, repeat, repeat, skip down
although this time we've gone yet one more step lower.
Notice this pattern starts on SO, this pattern starts on FA,
a step lower, this pattern starts on MI, a step lower.
When we have the same pattern again and again but one step lower each time,
we call that a sequence.
So let's actually try practicing moving our fingers now
to these patterns we've just learned.
Alright, now you'll recall that this pattern starts on a SO,
and then we're going to repeat several times and then skip down to MI like this.
My turn first.
SO SO SO SO MI.
Your turn.
Good. Now the next pattern goes down to FA and it's the same pattern again.
We're going to repeat four times and then skip down.
FA FA FA FA RE.
Your turn.
Good. Now we're going to go down to MI and do the same pattern again.
MI MI MI MI DO.
Your turn.
Good and after we get there it's going to skip back to MI,
and we're going to have this pattern.
MI RE RE DO.
Your turn.
Good. Now let's try all of those with words.
Okay, it will have no one in the house.
And then it goes down to FA and does the pattern again.
My turn first.
No one in the house.
Your turn.
Good, now go to FA.
No one in the house.
Your turn.
Good, my turn.
No one in the house but.
Your turn.
Good so notice that after we skip down to DO we skip right back to MI
and then we add me I know.
Your turn.
Great. Now let's try it on the piano.
Alright. We're going to put our right hand in the G major pentascale
and we're going to start on SO with finger five.
I'll take a turn first and then you can take a turn.
SO SO SO SO MI.
Your turn.
Good, my turn.
FA FA FA FA RE.
Your turn.
My turn.
MI MI MI MI DO.
Your turn.
Good, then after that we skip back to MI.
MI RE RE DO.
Your turn.
Good. Now let's try it with words.
My turn first.
No one in the house.
No one in the house but me I know.
Good, now press pause and try that several times by yourself,
then press play when you're ready to try it with me.
Okay, now that you've practiced on your own let's try playing it together
at the same time and sing the words along with me.
We'll start finger five on SO.
Ready go.
No one in the house.
No one in the house but me I know.
Before we try to play the whole song "Dinah" together with the A section
and the B section, let's take a quick look at the rhythm to the B section.
Alright let's see if you can help me figure out the rhythm to the B section.
I'm going to sing the first row of beats,
and see if you can find any place you hear a TIKI TIKI.
And remember we call this four 16th notes and it makes a sound like this.
Okay here we go.
[Speaking rhythms]
Did you hear any TIKI TIKI's?
Point to the beats where you heard four 16th notes.
If you're pointing here or here, you're correct.
Now how many sounds did you hear in this beat and this beat?
Listen one more time.
[Speaking rhythms]
If you said one sound, you're correct.
So we'll need a quarter note.
Now in rhythm language this row will sound like this.
TIKI TIKI TA, TIKI TIKI TA.
Will you point and say the rhythm words with me? Go.
TIKI TIKI TA, TIKI TIKI TA.
Good, now let's figure out this row.
I'll sing it once, and see if you can figure out the rhythm words for this row.
[Speaking rhythms]
What do you think?
I'll show you the answer.
What sound did you hear in this beat?
A quarter note, one sound.
Good now this row will sound like this.
TIKI TIKI TI-TI TI-TI TA.
Will you try that with me? Point and say the rhythm words. Go.
TIKI TIKI TI-TI TI-TI TA.
Good now let's try the whole thing in rhythm language.
Say it with me and point. Go.
TIKI TIKI TA, TIKI TIKI TA,
TIKI TIKI TI-TI TI-TI TA.
Alright let's talk through how this whole song is put together.
When you talk about the different sections of a song,
that's call the form of a song.
And this song has two main sections, the A section and the B section.
So first we're going to play the A section which we learned in our last lesson.
Then we're going to play the B section which has two phrases,
which each repeat the exact same thing.
Here's what I mean by that.
When you play the B section, it will sound like this.
No one in the house,
no one in the house,
no one in the house but me I know.
When you get there you are not done with the B section.
You're going to play the same notes again.
No one in the house,
no one in the house,
no one in the house but me I know.
Then in the music, you'll see a symbol called D.C. al Fine.
Now D.C. stands for Da Capo so all together it's Da Capo al Fine.
Now let's try to say that together. Ready, Da Capo al Fine.
Now you can tell your friends you speak Italian.
That stands for go back to the start, and play up until you see the Fine.
And Fine is a musical word for the end of a song.
Let me show you what that symbol looks like in the sheet music to "Dinah".
Here is the sheet music to "Dinah" which you can download
as part of our complete materials from our website.
Sometimes it's helpful to have the sheet music for a song
so you can see how the sections fit together.
the A section is made up of these first two lines which we've already learned.
No one in the house but Dinah, Dinah,
no on in the house but me I know.
No one in the house but Dinah, Dinah,
playin' on the old banjo. Rest.
Now we get to the B section which goes like this.
No one in the house,
no one in the house,
no one in the house but me I know.
Then it does that same thing again as part of the B section still.
No one in the house,
no one in the house,
no one in the house but me I know.
Now there are no more notes but the song is not done.
Because of this, up here you'll see a D.C. al Fine.
That is Italian for Da Capo al Fine, which teleports you back to the start.
Da Capo means to the start,
al Fine means you're going to stop once you get back to the Fine.
So now we'll get back up to here, and we'll play the A section again.
No one in the house but Dinah, Dinah,
no on in the house but me I know.
No one in the house but Dinah, Dinah,
playin' on the old banjo.
And this time when you see the Fine, you're done.
So to review, the path of the whole song is
D.C. al Fine teleports you back to the start.
Fine, you're done.
Okay, now what I'd like you to do is press pause
and practice playing the whole thing start to finish.
That means you'll play the A section, then the B section,
then because of the D.C. al Fine you'll go back and do the A section again,
and get comfortable playing the whole song in it's entirety.
If it's helpful to you, remember you can download the sheet music to watch as you play.
When you're ready, press play again and you can try
playing the song along with me.
I'll go a little bit slowly, then when you're ready to try it faster,
you can play along with the practice CD which you can also
download from our website as part of the complete materials.
Here we go.
I'll play a little bit of introduction, and I'll say go when it's time to start.
[Playing piano]
Ready go.
[Playing piano]
Great job.
I said I was going to go slow but then I actually went at a pretty normal speed.
So if that was a little bit too fast, just pause and keep practicing.
This may take days and days of practice to really master.
Like I said, this is the trickiest song we've learned so far,
but I wanted to give you a challenge because I believe you're ready for this.
Sometimes when I learn a new song,
I might practice the same song for months and months to master it.
So it's okay to practice a long time on one song so you can master it.
It will be worth it.
I want you to get amazing at playing this song.
Once you get it really good, we'll also learn how to add chords to it
in the left hand in a later lesson.
So keep practicing this, and go onto other lessons as you continue to practice "Dinah".
Remember I want you to go back and be reviewing old songs
and old lessons even as you move forward to new lessons.
So it's okay if you haven't totally mastered "Dinah" before you go on to the next lesson.
You're going to keep practicing it and keep getting better
as you continue on with our lessons.
Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.