CATHERINE BETTS

Hi, everyone. In this video, we'll be learning section A from "Good For-tunes." We'll be playing the melody part, which sounds like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

So the first 3 notes we'll be using are C, D, and E. We'll be playing them in this order. C, D, E. Can we try it together? Here's our B. A 1, 2, here we go. C, D, E, E. 1 more time. 1, 2, ready and.

[NOTES PLAYING]

To finish up that bar, we'll add a rest followed by 2 Ds. So the whole bar sounds like this.

[NOTES PLAYING] C, D, E, E. Rest. D. D.

We're going to try that together. Ready? A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, D, E, E. Rest. D, D. 1 more time. Here we go.

The next 2 notes we'll be using are E and F. We'll be playing them like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

E, E, F, E. Can we try that together? Ready, 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

E, E, F, E

1 more time. 1, 2, ready and.

So now we need to put those 2 bars together to complete our first phrase. It'll sound like this. A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING] C, D, E, E. Rest. D, D, E, E, F, E.

Can we try that all together? Ready? 1, 2, here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Let's try 1 more time. Ready? Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Now our second phrase is going to start off the same as our first with C, D, E, E. Rest. D, D. But this time we have a new ending. It'll use the notes C and D. We'll play it like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, C, D, C. Can we try that together? Ready? A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, C, D, C. 1 more time. 1, 2. Ready and.

So let's try our whole second phrase together now. It'll sound like this. A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, D, E, E. Rest. D, D, C, C, D, C.

Try it together. 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

1 more time.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Great. Now let's try putting our first 2 phrases together. I'll play it once, and then you can join me. It'll sound like this. A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

And the second phrase.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Can we try it together? Ready. A 1, 2. From the start.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Second phrase.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Now, our third phrase is a little bit different. We're going to be starting off using the notes, G, E, and D, and we'll be playing them like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, E, D. Can we try that pattern together? A 1, 2. Ready and.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, E, D. 1 more Time. 1, 2. Ready? Go.

[NOTES PLAYING] G, G, E, D. Fantastic.

Now in the piece, that needs to happen twice in a row like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, E, D. G, G, E, D. So let's try that together. Ready? A 1, 2. Ready, go.

[NOTES PLAYING] G, G, E, D, D, G, E, D. 1 more time. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

And our third phrase finishes with the notes G and A, just like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, A, G. Let's try that together. Ready? A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, A, G. 1 more time.

[NOTES PLAYING]

So when we put that whole phrase together, it'll sound like this. A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Can we try that together? Ready? A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

1 more time.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Very nice. So let's try now from the beginning our first 3 phrases together. I'll play it once, and then you can join me. A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Second phrase. Then up to G.

[NOTES PLAYING]

All right. Ready to try it together? A 1, 2, from the start.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Second phrase.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, C, D, C, up to G.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, A, G. Very good. Now, the good news is that the last phrase is exactly the same as the second, which was--

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, D, E, E, D, D, C, C, D, C. Can you play that phrase with me? 1, 2. Ready. Go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

All right, now we know all 4 phrases, it's time to put them all together from the start. I'll play it once, and then you can join me. Ready? A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

All right, ready to try? A 1, 2. From the start.

[NOTES PLAYING]

E, E, F, E. Second phrase.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, C, D C. Now G.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Last 1.

[NOTES PLAYING]

C, C, D, C. Very good.

All right, now our final challenge is to try our part with all the other parts playing at the same time. It will be a little bit faster to have a listen to our faster beat.

[BEAT PLAYING]

All right, let's see if we can keep up. From the start, a 1, 2. A 1, 2, here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Great. So that's all you need to play section A. Happy practicing, and good luck.

[End transcript]

CATHERINE BETTS

All right, let's play through the entire melody part for Good For-tunes All right, we'll be starting with stick licks. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Rest, click, rest, click.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Section 8, here we go.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Section B, G, F, V, D. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Section A.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Section B, nice and soft.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING SOFTLY]

Ti-ti, ta. Ti-ti, ta. Crescendo. Then nice and loud. Here we go.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING LOUDLY]

Finish on the C.

[End transcript]

CATHERINE BETTS

Hi, everyone. In this video, we'll be learning section B from "Good For-tunes." We'll be playing the melody part, which sounds like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

So the first 4 notes we're going to look at are G, F, E, and D. So I'm going to use my right hand to play G, F, E, D. Can we try that together? Ready? A 1, 2, here we go. G, F, E, D. 1 more time. Ready? Here we go. G, F, E, D.

Now, the other note we need in this section is C. So my left hand is going to be playing all the Cs in between the notes we just tried, like this. G C, F C, E C, D C.

Can we try that together? Ready? A 1, 2, ready, go. (SINGING) G, F, E, D. 1 more time. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Now in the piece, that needs to happen 3 times in a row. So can we try that together right now? Ready? 1, 2, here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

1. 2. 3.

After we've played that 3 times, we'll play the rhythm ti, ti, ta, ti, ti, ta on the note D. That will sound like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Ti, ti, Ta. Ti, ti ta. Let's try it together. Ready? A, 1, 2, here we go. (SINGING) Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ta. 1 more time. Ready? Go?

[NOTES PLAYING]

All right, so now we just need to put those 4 bars together. It'll sound like this. I'll play it once. Then you can join me.

(SINGING) A 1, 2, here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

G, F, E, D. Second time. Third time. Then I go ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ta.

Can we try it together? A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Second time. Third time. Then we go ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ta.

Let's practice once more. A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Now, the second phrase is exactly the same, except for the last bar. Our new rhythm in the last bar is going to be ti, ti, ti, ti, ta, but it's still on D, just like this.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Ti, ti, ti, ti, ta. Now, you would noticed as well I started soft and got louder, which is what we're going to try to do together. Can we try? A 1, 2. Nice and soft.

Ti, ti, ti, ti, ta. 1 more time. 1, 2. Here we go. Ti, ti, ti, ti, ta.

So let's try our second phrase together, starting with 3 times through our repeated pattern. OK, a 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

(SINGING) G, F, E, D. Second time. Third time. Then we go ti, ti, ti, ti, ta.

1 more time. Ready? A 1, 2. here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Fantastic. Let's try it all of section B together now. I'll play it once. Then you can join me. A 1, 2. Here I go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ti, ti, ta.

Ready to try together? A 1, 2. Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ti, ti, ta. Very nice.

Now, the last thing we need to do is to try it with all the other parts happening at the same time, and it'll be a little bit faster. So let's hear our faster beat now.

[BEAT PLAYING]

All right, let's see if we can keep up together. Ready? 1, 2. A, 1, 2, Here we go.

[NOTES PLAYING]

Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ta. Ti, ti, ti, ti, ta.

Very nice. So that's all you need to know to play section B from "Good For-tunes." Happy practicing. Good luck.

[End transcript]

CATHERINE BETTS

Hi, everyone. In this video, we'll be learning section A from Good For-tunes. We'll be playing the harmony part, which sounds like this.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

So the first three notes we're going to be using are E, D, and C. We'll be playing them in this order. E, D, C, D. Can we try that together, along with the beat? Ready? 1, 2, here we go. E, D, C, D. One more time. Ready? Here we go.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

The next two notes we'll be using are G and A. We'll be playing them in this rhythm. G, G, A, G. Can we try that together? Ready? 1, 2, here we go. G, G, A, G. And again.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

So when we put those two bars together to complete our first phrase, it'll sound like this. E, D, C, D, G, G, A, G. Let's try it together. Ready? 1, 2, Here we go. E, D, C, D, G, G, A, G. One more time. 1, 2, ready? Go.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

Very nice. Now our second phrase starts off the same with E, D, C, D. But this time, we finish on the notes E and F. So that will sound like this. E, E, F, E. Can we try that together? Ready? 1, 2, here we go.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

One more time.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

Very nice. So putting that with the bar before, we have E, D, C, D, E, E, F, E. Let's try. Ready? 1, 2, here we go.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

One more time.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

Fantastic. Now let's put our first two phrases together from the start. I'll play it once, and then you can join me. Ready? 1, 2, here I go. E, D, C, D, G, G, A, G. E, D, C, D, E, E, F, E. Ready to try? 1, 2, here we go.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, A, G.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

E, E, F, E. Now, the good news is that in the piece, all you need to do is repeat that whole thing twice. So we're going to try that together now. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. E, D, C, D, G, G, A, G. E, D, C, D, E, E, F, E. Now you do it all again.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

G, G, A, G.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

E, E, F, E. Great. Now our final challenge will be to put it together with all the other parts happening at the same time. It'll also be a little bit faster. So let's hear our new, faster beat. All right, let's see if we can keep up. Ready? 1, 2, 1, 2, here we go.

[XYLOPHONE NOTES PLAYING]

Fantastic work. So that's all you need to know to play section A from Good For-Tunes. Happy practicing, and good luck.

[End transcript]

CATHERINE BETTS

Hi, everyone. Let's try playing through all of Good For-tunes together. We'll be starting with some stick clicks. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Rest, click, rest, click.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Section A, here we go. E, D, C, D, G, G, A, G. E, E, F, E, repeat. G, G, A, G. Section B, ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. A bit louder. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Crescendo, section A.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Section B, soft.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING SOFTLY]

Ti-ti, ta. Ti-ti, ta. Crescendo, section B again. Louder. Crescendo. Finish on C.

[End transcript]

CATHERINE BETTS

Hi, everyone. Let's learn section B from Good For-tunes. We'll be playing the harmony part, which sounds like this.

[XYLOPHONE PLAYING]

So the good news is that we only need one note in this section, and that note is G. So the rhythm we're going to start with is ti, tika, ti-ti, ta, rest. It'll sound like this. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta, rest. Can we try that together? Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta, rest. One more time. Ready? Here we go. Fantastic.

Now, in the piece, that needs to happen three times in a row without stopping. So that's what we're going to try right now. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. 1, 2, 3. Great. Our fourth bar is the rhythm. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. We're still on G. It'll sound like this. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Can we try that together? Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. One more time. Here we go.

All right, it's time to try all four bars together. Our first three bars, ti, tika, ti-ti, ta, are going to be mezzo forte. The last bar, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta, is going to be forte, a little bit louder. So let's try it together. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta, rest. Last one, then we go ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Shall we try it one more time? Ready? 1, 2, mezzo forte. A bit louder.

Great. Now, the second phrase is almost the same, except we're going to change the rhythm of the last bar. We're going to play ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. And we're going to do a crescendo, starting soft, getting louder. It'll sound like this. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Can we try it out together? Ready? 1, 2, nice and soft. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. One more time. 1, 2, ready?

Great. So let's try our second phrase all together from ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. Ready? 1, 2. Here we go. 1, 2, 3. Here's our crescendo. Here we go. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Want to try one more time? Ready? 1, 2, off we go. Crescendo.

All right, time to put the whole section together. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. First ending, here we go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta, crescendo.

All right, let's try now at a faster tempo and with all the other parts happening at the same time. Let's listen to our faster beat. All right, let's see if we can keep up. Ready? 1, 2, 1, 2, here we go. Ti, tika, ti-ti, ta. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

Excellent work. So that's all you need to play section B from good For-tunes. Happy practicing. Good luck.

[End transcript]

JOSHUA WEBSTER

Hi, everyone, in this video, we are going to be learning section A of Good For-tunes. We're playing the bass part, and it sounds like this.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

OK, so for the first half of this section, we are going to be using this sequence of notes, C, G, F, and back to C. And on each of these notes, we are playing the rhythm ti-ti, click, ti-ti click. So on the note C, that will be ti-ti, click, ti-ti, click.

Let's try that together. Ready? 1, 2. Here we go. Ti-ti, click, ti-ti, click. One more time, here we go. C, C. So if we put that together with all of the notes of our sequence, it'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. C to G then F then C.

Let's try that together. Ready? 1, 2. Start on C to G then F then C. One more time, start on C, G then F then C.

For the second half, our sequence of notes is A, D, F, and C. We're going to be using the exact same rhythm. So if I put that together, it'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. A then D then F then C.

Let's try that together, starting on A. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. A then D then F and C. One more time, back to A then D to F then C.

OK, time now to put all of that together. I'll play it once and then you can join me. Ready? 1, 2, here I go. C to G then F to C. Second half, we start on A to D then F. Finish on C.

Let's try it together. Ready? Here we go. C to G then F to C going up to A, here we go, to D then F finish on C.

Fantastic. OK, our final thing to do now is to try to play this with all of the other parts happening at the same time. Now, it's going to be a little bit faster. It's going to be this fast. So good luck. We're starting on C.

1, 2, 1, 2, here we go. C to G then F then C, going up to A then D then F and C. So that's all you need to know to play section A of Good For-tunes. Happy practicing, and good luck.

[End transcript]

JOSHUA WEBSTER

All right, everyone, let's try playing through all of Good For-tunes. We're going to be starting with Section A. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. C to G.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

Then F, then C, to A, then D, then F, and C. Let's do that again. C, G, F, C, A, D, F, C.

Now, Section B. Here we go. E, E, F, A, A, G.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

Tee, tee, ta. Tee, tee, ta. E, E, F, A, A, G. Crescendo. Section A.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

Now we're going to be doing some stick clicks.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

[WOOD CLICKING TOGETHER]

Keep going.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

[WOOD CLICKING TOGETHER]

Now we're going to be coming back in with section B. 1, 2, start on E.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

Tee, tee, ta. Tee, tee, ta.

[XYLOPHONE MUSIC PLAYING]

Crescendo. Finish on C.

[End transcript]

JOSHUA WEBSTER

Hi, everyone. In this video, we're going to be learning section B of Good For-tunes. We're playing the bass part. It sounds like this.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Our first bar is going to be using the notes E and F. And the way that we're going to play it is E, click, E, F, click. So I'll demo that for you. And then let's play it a couple of times together. It'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. E, click, E, F, click.

Let's try it together. Ready? Here we go, E, click, E, F, click, one more time, here we go, E, click, E, F, click. Great. Let's try that a little bit faster. Let's try this speed. 1, 2, here we go. E, E, F, one more time. Here we go. E, click, E, F, click.

OK, for our second bar, we are going to be using the notes A and G. We're going to be using the same rhythm. So that's going to sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. A, A, G. Let's try that together. Ready? Here we go. A, A, G. One more time. Here we go. A, click, A, G, click.

Now, our third bar is exactly the same as the first bar. So let's try putting together the first three bars. It'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. E, click, F, click, A, click, A, G, click, E, click, E, F, click. OK, let's try that together. Ready? 1, 2, start on E. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, one more time. Here we go.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Now, the first half of this section is going to end with a rhythm on the note G. And our rhythm is ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. It will sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Let's try it together. Here we go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. One more time. Ready? Go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta.

So if we put all of the first half together, it'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F then ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Let's try it together. Here we go. E, E, F, A, A, G. E, E, F then ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. One more time. Here we go.

[XYLOPHONE CHIMING]

Then our ending, ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Now, the good news is that the second half of this pattern is almost exactly the same as the first half. We're just going to change the final bar. Now, we're still using the note G. But this time our rhythm is going to be ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

We're going to play this with the crescendo. So we're going to start quiet. And we're going to get louder as it goes. And that'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Can we try it together? Ready? Here we go. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. One more time. Here we go. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

So let's put all of the second half together now. That'll sound like this. 1, 2, Here I go. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Let's try it together. Starting on E. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

One more time, start on E. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, EF, crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. OK, time now to put all of section B together. I'll play it once. And then you can play with me. It'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, then ti-ti, ta. Ti-ti, ta. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

Let's try it together. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, then ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, crescendo. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

OK, time now for the final challenge. We're going to play the bass part along with the rest of the parts. And it's going to be a little bit faster. It's going to be this fast. Good luck. We're starting on E. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. E, E, F A, A, G, E, E, F then ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. E, E, F, A, A, G, E, E, F, crescendo. Ti-ti, t-ti, ta.

So that's all you need to play section B for Good For-tunes. Happy practicing, and good luck.

[End transcript]

JOSHUA WEBSTER

Hi, everyone. In this video, we are going to be learning section A of Good For-tunes. We're playing the drum part, which sounds like this.

[DRUMMING]

So to play the drum part, we need two different sounds. For me, I'm playing a djembe, so I'm going to have a low sound in the middle and a high sound on the edge. Now, our starting rhythm is ta, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. And we're going to play it as low, high, high, low, low, high.

So if I put that together, I get low, high, high, low, low, high. Can we try that together? 1, 2, here we go. Low, high, high, low, low, high. One more time, here we go. Low, high, high, low, low, high. Now, in the piece, that's going to happen three times in a row without stopping.

So let's give it a go. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Low, high, high, low, low, high. Second time. Third time. And stop. At this point, we are going to have an ending. And we're going to use the rhythm ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. We're going to play it as low, low, low, low, high, high.

That'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. Low, low, low, low, high, high, high. Let's try it together. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Low, low, low, low, high, high, high. One more time, here we go. Low, Low, low, low, high, high, high.

OK, time now to put together everything we have so far. Now we're going to play our first pattern three times. And it's going to be at a mezzo piano dynamic. This means that it's medium soft. After that, we play our ending pattern once. And this one is forte, nice and strong.

Let's try that together. 1, 2, not too loud. Ta, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Second time. Third time. And the ending nice and loud. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Now, the good news is that the second half is exactly the same as what we've just done.

So let's try that now. We're going to play what we've just done twice in a row. Good luck. 1, 2, not too loud. Ta, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Second time. Third time. Now louder. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Back down. Second time. Third time. And the ending.

Fantastic work. OK, now for our final challenge, we are going to try to play the drum part along with all of the other parts. It's going to be a little bit faster too. It's going to be this fast. Ready? 1, 2, 1, 2, not too loud. 2, 3, and our ending. And again. And our ending.

So that's all you need to know to play section A for Good For-tunes. Happy practicing, and good luck.

[End transcript]

JOSHUA WEBSTER

All right, everyone, let's play through all of "Good Fortunes." So we're starting with Section A. Ready. 1, 2, not too loud.

[RHYTHMIC MUSIC]

[VOCALISING]

And our ending, nice and loud.

[VOCALISING]

Nice and loud.

[VOCALISING]

Same again.

Here comes Section B.

[VOCALISING]

Crescendo.

[VOCALISING]

Section A. Not too loud. Nice and loud, here we go.

[VOCALISING]

Clapping.

[CLAPPING]

Keep going. All right. After this, we're coming back with section B. 1, 2, here we go.

[VOCALISING]

Crescendo. One more.

[End transcript]

JOSHUA WEBSTER

Hi, everyone. In this video, we are going to be learning section B of Good For-tunes. I'm playing the drum part, which sounds like this.

[DRUMMING]

So to play the drum part, we need to have two sounds. For me, I'm playing a djembe. And I'm going to have a low sound in the middle of the drum and a high sound on the edge. Now, the first rhythm that we're going to play is ta, ta, ti, tika, t-ti.

We're going to play the tas as low sounds and the ti, tika, ti-ti as high sounds. So when I put that together, that'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. Let's try that together. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. One more time, here we go.

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Now, in the piece, that's going to happen three times in a row without stopping. So let's give it a go. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. Second time. Third time.

At this point, we are going to play the rhythm ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. We're going to start our first ti-ti, ta as low sounds and the second ti-ti, ta as high sounds. So that will sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Let's try it together. Ready? Here we go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta.

One more time, here we go. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. So if we put together everything we have so far, we're going to play our first pattern three times. Now, this is going to be at a mezzo forte dynamic, which is medium loud. And then are going to play our final bar once at a forte dynamic, which is nice and strong. Let's try that together. 1, 2, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti.

And here comes the ending, nice and loud. So let's try that one more time. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. Second time. Third time. And then the ending. Ti-ti, ta, t-ti, ta.

Now, the good news is that the second half is almost exactly the same as the first half. We are just going to change the final bar. So the final bar's rhythm is going to be ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. We're going to play it as low, low, low, low, high. And we're also going to add a crescendo. We're going to start soft. And we're going to get louder as it goes.

So putting that together, it'll sound like this. 1, 2, here I go. Low, low, low, low, high. Can we try it together? Ready? Here we go. Low, low, low, low, high. One more time, starting soft, low, low, low, low, high. OK, so let's try putting the second half together. Again, we're starting with our first rhythm three times at a mezzo forte dynamic. And then we're playing that last bar once with that crescendo. It'll sound like this.

1, 2, here I go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. Second time. Third time. And the ending. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. Let's try it together. Ready? Here we go. Ta, ta, ti , tika, ti-ti. Second time. Third time. Ending. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta. One more time, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. Second time. Third time. Ending.

OK, time now to put all of section B together. Good luck. 1, 2, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti, second time, third time. Here comes our first ending. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. Here comes our second ending. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

OK, time now to try playing the drum part with all of the other parts. And let's do it a little bit faster. It's going to be this fast. Ready? 1, 2, here we go. Ta, ta, ti, tika, ti-ti. Here comes our first ending. Ti-ti, ta, ti-ti, ta. And our second ending. Ti-ti, ti-ti, ta.

So that's all you need to play section B of Good For-tunes. Happy practicing, and good luck.

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