Playing A (using whole notes)
Playing the A with the thumb of the right hand.
Our first exercise requires you to play the note of A, using the thumb of your right hand, holding the note for the whole bar – four beats.
Now, throughout the course we have supportive multimedia files for you to use to help you play the exercises and to enable you to check that what you are doing is correct.
Firstly, click the video icon and watch the video of this exercise being played. Then when you are happy, click the play along icon with the Gigajam ‘G’ and play along with the Keyboard Xtractor. This will enable you to play your exercise around and around until you are comfortable with your performance. Playing with the Xtractor files gives you a feeling of playing with other musicians. You can speed up and slow down the Xtractor and you can also change the mix of the band to suit you.
Remember to count the four beats in the bar, so that you play the A in the right place each time.
NOTE: There are 4 clicks at the beginning of each exercise to count into the exercise.
Exercise 1. Playing A using whole notes
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