Lesson 17: America The Beautiful in C, F, & G"America The Beautiful" will move your hands around, stretch your fingering, allow you a chance to put a thumb under, as well as play an occasional black note. Reinforcement of note and keyboard awareness, as well as piano fingering are great reasons to master this patriotic favorite. Instructions for learning a piece on the piano: -play each line with right hand (fingerings written above note names) until it is easy and/or memorized. -play each line with left hand (fingerings written below note names) until it is easy and/or memorized. -play each line with both hands until it is easy and/or memorized. -string the lines together until you can play the whole piece. Keep it slow until you are comfortable and familiar with it. Then, start playing it faster, working up to an appropriate tempo for that piece. -Regardless of tempo, relax your arms & shoulders and keep it smooth and flowing. (To see the music notation, click here:
In C,
in F,
in G,
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“America The Beautiful” in key of C (sing along to establish proper rhythm): [note: C-Sharp is the black note to the right (a half-step up) of C.]
“America The Beautiful” in key of F (sing along to establish proper rhythm): [note: B-flat is the black note to the left (a half-step down) of B.] [note: F-Sharp is the black note to the right (a half-step up) of F.]
"America The Beautiful" in key of G (sing along to establish proper rhythm): [note: F-Sharp is the black note to the right (a half-step up) of F.] [note: G-Sharp is the black note to the right (a half-step up) of G.]
other verses: 2. Oh beautiful, for pilgrim feet,Whose stern impassioned stress,A thoroughfare for freedom beat,Across the wilderness.America, America,God mend thy every flaw,confirm thy soul in self-control,Thy liberty in law. 3. Oh beautiful, for heroes proved,In liberating strife,Who more than self their country loved,And mercy more than life.America, America, May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness,And ev'ry gain divine 4. Oh beautiful, for patriot dream,That sees beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam,Undimmed by human tears.America, America, God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea.
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