jon schmidt - waterfall
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Side Notes:
(from the album )
Waterfall ©1996-CJS&JS
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WARNING: You might be tempted to accent all of the "G's" in this pattern. Don't do it! It will foul you up.
=125-135.
their favorite. I think you're gonna love this one.
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Instead, think of the notes in the pattern in groups of six and use my accents right from the start.
With considerable body movement and obnoxious facial expressions©copyright 1996
written by Jon Schmidt
Waterfall
• Of all my songs, many people say this one is
Walk in the Woods
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Pedal ad-lib, except where noted
• Give it a two-beats per measure feel, like a jig.• Level of difficulty: fifth easiest in the book.• A deep thought on the subject of fingering : We learn songs at
slow speeds, and therefore fingering seems dumb or unimportant.Then we wonder why some places are such a pain to play as webecome able to play the song faster. It is because we have formed
permanent fingering habits that make those places almost impossible to play. Wouldn’t it be better to take just an extraminute to learn the right fingering the first time?
Helpful Hints:
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Those who choose not to use this fingering may never get the opportunityto enjoy playing this oft-repeated maneuver at high speeds.
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31 2
4 31
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The cool rhythm that starts here is as fun to play when you use the accents in the right hand.(Try practicing measure 13 and 14 slowly, until you get the hang of it.)
twice
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fingering simile
cresc.Same dynamics as measure 14. Hereafter noted: simile
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5 1 1
5 1
5 1 2 5
2 5 1 1
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51 2
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2
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3 5 5 3 2
1 3 5 1
211
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2 3 1
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L.H. over L.H. over
cresc.
Really! You can.You can do this.
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L.H.over L.H.over
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1 2
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2 3 4
315 5
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5
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1 2
5 2 3 4 43 2 2
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R.H. over
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R.H. over
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simile
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simile
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dim.
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39 3 4 5
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3 12
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cresc.
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51
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cresc.
cresc.
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-important
(use thumb for C & D)
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L.H. over L.H. overL.H. over
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L.H. over L.H. overL.H. over
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3 2 3 4
2 3 4 551
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1 25
2 3 4
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4 3 2 2
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simile
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simile
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60 44 5 4
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623 4 5
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R.H. over
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cresc.
cresc.
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(on top)
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(use thumb for C & D)
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L.H. over
L.H. over"D"L.H. over
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cresc.
molto cresc.
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simile
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L.H. over
L.H. over"G"
L.H. over
76 23 2 3 4
2 3 4 5 1
5 15 1 2
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2 3 4
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4 3 2 2 1
2
3
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same as previous chordif you can't reach
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3 2
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2 1
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32 4 3
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2 23
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simile
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cresc.
molto cresc.
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84 2
4
1
85 42 1
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89 8 va . . . .
4 3
cresc.
molto cresc.
5 1 2 1 5
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