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Skill: Note #4

One of the notes of the scale that we haven't dealt with yet is note #4. Obviously it comes between notes 3 and 5 and it occupies the line or space between 3 and 5. But an important thing to know is that it's only a half-step above note 3, while it's a whole step below note 5. There are two places in the scale where there is only a half-step between notes: between 7 and 1, and between 3 and 4. Because of this, note 4 often sounds like it needs to resolve down to note 3. (12345. 343) Hear the half-step? Let's include note 4 in our random-notes exercise to get used to how it sounds. Remember that you can practice by repeating this section of the video with the sound off and singing it yourself. As you probably realize, if note 1 is on a line, then note 4 is on a higher space, while if note 1 is on a space, then note 4 is on a higher line. There are almost no songs that start on note 4. The only one I've run into is (Shine On, shine on, harvest moon). But sometimes a phrase within a song will start on this note. In the Twinkle-Little-Star ditty we have the phrase, "How I wonder what you are", that starts on 4. (4433221) Note 4 is one of the harder ones to get used to, but it's worth the effort so you don't get confused by it.

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