(relative minor to C, no sharps or flats in the key signature)
The following arpeggio example introduces S time where there are six eighth notes per bar.
Note: minor chords indicated as m
Note: In the following Study in A minor (page 73) the use of the E chord where no flattened 7th ( D natural) is used to create the E7 chord ( see page 64).
It also introduces the sixteenth note Rest (k).
Note: right hand common denominators, pimiaimi, pipi, pima, chord symbols and the use of sixteenth notes and rests.
A dotted quarter note is often followed by an eighth note played on the + of the next beat.
Count out loud as you play the following example. You will need to have control of this rhythm to play the next piece, Greensleeves.
Notice how the melody of Greensleeves moves from the bass (lower) to the treble (higher) and back to the bass several times throughout. Take particular notice of the ties and dotted quarter notes.