hi there my name is igor from smart
classical piano dot-com alright Ravel's
pavana for a dead princess this is the
piece we're going to be doing today
this is originally written for piano and
later orchestrated by the composer
himself this piece this version of it
this is not the original that he wrote
the reason is quite a bit more
complicated
this is the simplified counterpart so
here it is provided for dead princess or
piano
and here's where we're going to stop ok
so let's have a look at the first few
bars of this piece I think the first one
two three four five six ish bars
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we'll start with the left hand sure left
hand first
ok these begins one and two for two
beats when I say beats when I count this
out loud it's going to be one and two
and right so one beat consists of a
number and then and right so since it's
two beats its two of those 12
and we going
find one also for two beats moving on
board into
42 beans okay three and 141 be
second finger on g41 beat and so if you
put all that together with counting will
be 1232 through
moving on 3rd finger one beat first
finger one beat three and 52
x bar
I've been 12 beats
212
next
five and 142 and scooch down two and one
again too
and to finish the phrase I forget
one beat
two beats so we're going to finish the
phrases
but it is what it is right so we do that
the second part we just looked at with
counting one and two and three
23
four and two and three and four and two
and
there you have it that's pretty much it
the pedaling is sort of straightforward
for the most part as a rule of thumb for
this piece you can change the pedal
every two beats
ok so let's have a look at the right
hand now fourth finger begins
we're going to leave the beats out of
this one because it's a little bit more
complicated we're going to get that
after so just look at the notes in the
fingering first four ng next one
notice my for still down to
I for still down we get that
next we get 532
432
next 2 332
okay so take a moment and learn just the
notes here with those little groupings
that I just showed you and here it is
with the counting one two and three and
four and one and two and three
you know there's probably a lot to
swallow here so just take your time and
and replayed and practice it as many
times as necessary until you feel
comfortable with that
moving on three for a while you're going
to sit in this and then we get or 21 24
22
like a small grouping of three four
next we get 32 next another small
grouping three
notice that going from here to 34 I
don't use my second finger it might be
intuitive to do so but don't use your
third 34
small grouping and then the next one is
5323 and
also take some time we play it as many
times as necessary as per usual just to
get your head around the notes into
fingering here and here it is with the
counting one and two and three and i
want you to notice that this first note
after the be displayed is an offbeat
it's on the end of 3 1 and 2 and 3 and 4
and 2 3 & 2 320 stop there again for the
last two bars noticed that the third
beat is empty it's a tide note right and
there's nothing there and then you start
again with the end of 3 so have a look
there's nothing I be 3 1 & 2 3 & 2 3 & 1
too cool alright so take some time
learning both of the hands with the
right rhythm counting out loud and the
right fingering and here it is when you
put it together nice and slow with the
county today
three
one
three
to continue some from there so that's
pretty much it guys it's the the rhythm
here is pretty straightforward as long
as you count it out loud and keep
yourself in check
emulating exactly what i did he should
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