This is the traditional folk song called lightly row. And all of the notes that we're going to be playing in the song are either on the E string, or the A string. There's no notes found on the D string or the G string. What I've done is I've put these numbers and hopefully you can see them. I'm going to call them out, and we're going to talk through some of these notes. Not exactly quite as in depth as we went before, because we're getting more familiar with what we're seeing how to read our notes how to find the notes on each string.

Let's talk about the notes found on this first line. Now, the first note that we have is on open first string E. The second note that we have is on the A string, second finger and you can see this too Hopefully, and this is a to also. Now there's some differences between the values of the notes. These are quarter notes or one beat the ones that are filled in. And this is a half note where it looks almost like a quarter note, but it's not shaded in. And the difference between these two notes is that this equals one beat.

That equals one beat, but the half note equals two. So as I play open to two, that's really going to be short, short to long. Now on to the next measure, and understanding what measures are really important and this is the first time that we've got a chance to see measures written out. So the first thing that would be is our treble clef and our staff that has five lines. And you see these lines that exists that break up these notes. These notes get Put into these categories so that I can count them better I can keep track of counting.

What you don't see here is a time signature or a key signature, because we really haven't addressed those things yet. So where we're going to put our fingers is in our traditional notes that we've learned so far. Open regular one, high two, and three, for all of our strings. So I've got done looking at our first measure, indicated by our treble class, and our first measure line, and we played open to two with the length of our notes being short, short, long. The next measure is three on a string, followed by one on a string, and then another one on the A string. And just as I had this rhythm, short, short, long, I haven't again, short, short, long or one beat one beat to beat Again, the fingers are 311.

So I'm going to play these notes for you open A string and then the A string two two, short, short long followed by 311 on the A string. Short, low. Now the next measure is open 123. All of these notes are found on a string. But all of the notes are quarter notes. Each one gets one beat, short, short, short, short.

So I want you to see is this pattern that exists in the sun, we have short notes, and then a long note these long notes being the half notes. If I was only able to say the length of the notes with the first line, it would look like this. short, short, long, short, short, long short short, short, short, short, short, short, long. Alright, that makes sense. We're going to continue on with the rhythm of the song, short short, short, short, short, short, long, short, short, short, short, short, short, long. short, short, short, short, short, short, long, short, short, short, short, short, short, long.

Short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short, short and long. So now that we have the idea of how long we're going to play with our bows, either shorts or Long's, let's continue along with the notes that we're playing. So open E, second finger on the A string, second finger on the A string. Third, third finger on the A string, first finger on the A string, first finger on the A string. All of these notes in this measure are all on a string open 123 followed by open ease three of them in a row. Now we're onto the second line I have opening followed by all of these notes on the A string 222 followed by notes only on the A string 311.

And my next measure, I have open to open open starting on the A string open to and I switched to my Eastern, open open my last measure, I have two to two on a string. Okay, let's move on to the third line of lightly row. Starting on my third line, first measure of my third line. I have 1111 all on my eighth string. My next measure my second measure and my third line, I have 123 All of these are found on my Eastern. On the third measure of my third line, I have tu tu tu tu and these are all found on my Eastern, my second string.

The last measure in my third line is two three open the first two notes are on my a string, the last note is open E. Starting on my fourth line, I'm starting with an open E, then going to notes all on my a string 222. The next measure is 3111. And they're all found on my a string. The next measure I have is starting on my a string open to these notes are all on the A string, followed by notes that are on the E string open open in the last note that I have in the whole song or two To to, and these notes are found on my a string. So I'm going to play the song all the way through, and then give you a count in after the count in, go ahead and play with me in real time and then we'll get all the way through the song.

Now I've, I've, I've taken the camera and move it in closer to this, so hopefully, you can see it. Well. If you have some trouble seeing these notes, just message me, let me know. And we'll make sure that we get a PDF of this out for you. Here's the example. Starting at the first note, open to two first line Right here All right, great job.

After you feel comfortable with the song after you practice with it for a little while, you're gonna want to try to practice with the drum tracks that we've provided. And again, it's going to be a long note, click a long click, and then click, click, click, click, click, click, click short, short, long, long. Now that you have the tools to play, build to play lightly row and along with the backing track. Go ahead and practice those and we'll see you in the next lesson.