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A Little Song
No. 2 from 30 Children's Pieces, Op. 27
D. B. Kabalevsky
Left-hand videos
Bars 1-2
* Thumb on G; 3rd finger on E
* Next-door notes
* Try to play smoothly
Bars 3-4
* Starts exactly the same
* Lower note moves to D#, then back to E
* Hold the G
Bars 5-6
* Thumb on C
* Move 2nd finger to A in the next bar
Bars 7-8
* Almost the same: come in after a quaver's rest​
Bars 9-10
* 3rd finger on E; thumb on G
* Watch out for C# and F natural
Bars 11-12
* Starts with 2nd finger on E and 4th finger on C natural
* Check notes here - lots of accidentals
* Move down slowly and smoothly
Bars 13-14
* 2nd finger on high C#; 4th finger on A
* Move down by semitone
Bars 15-end
* F major triad: F-A-C
* Down one step to Em triad: E-G-B
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