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2.2 - Sultani Yakah Longa
Learn the chorus following the first verse of Sultani Yakah Longa by Riyad Al Sunbati.
Tareq:
Let us look at the chorus we have here. This chorus starts with arpege, which is Sol Si Re Sol, Sol Si Re Sol. You know that Tati has to be down up sown up, like this *Play* , but now we will start to break some rules, because when you play with speed, the matter of flipping the pick direction will take time, so here we can play it like this *Play* like this, all will be down, Tati Tati.
Let us look at the chorus, I want to try and read this chorus then I will play it without using the half position then I will show you the difference. It is written rhythmically as Ta Fa ti Ta Fa Ti Es Tifi Tati, Ta Fa ti Ta Fa ti Es Tifi Tati, Tati Ta Fa tifi Ta Fa tifi Ta Fa Tifi Ta Fa Ti Ta Fa ti Es Tifi Tati Ta Fa ti Ta Fa ti Es Tifi Tati, Ta Fa tifi Ta Fa tifi Tati Tati , this is the Prima, which means I will repeat the chorus. I will try to read it on tempo 60 , with notes Si Do Si Do Re Do Re Mi Re Do Si Do Si Do Re Do Re Mi Re Do Do Sol Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do Do Si La Sol La Si La Si Do Si La Si La Sol La Si La Si Do Si La Si La Sol La Si Do Mi Re Do Si La Sol Re Mi Re. this exercise which we read on tempo 60, I will keep using tempo 60 for reading the exercises so you can try to do it too. Now if I look at the first bar and we play it without half position, it will be like this *Play* then Do Sol , here I need to play Sol with this finger. What I want to say is that I will save you effort and time, because if we play it quickly , it will sound like this *Play* I will have a problem with the pick. So what I do is I play it in half position, instead of Si with third, I play Si with second, which moves Do to fourth *Play* first Do with fourth, second Do 0, this is much faster , it will sound like *Play*. This is the first rule, sometimes I use a position even if I can play with the normal position, it makes it faster and saves the amount of flipping the direction of the pick between notes.
First bar, Si DO SI DO Re Do, *Play* Es *Play* this Es , what I want to tell you, we can play it in base cord, which Re, which will sound like this *Play* I didn’t change anything with the pick, the Es Tifi in now Ta tifi, Re is down and Tifi is the same. Let us look at this bar, Do Sol Sol Fa Fa Mi Mi Re Re Do Do Si La Sol , the fingers used are written, Do Sol with third, then Sol Fa Fa Mi *Play*, Mi Re Re Do, *Play* Do Si La Sol *Play* like this.
I will try to play it with the metronome on tempo 60 Tati Ta Fa tifi Ta Fa Tifi Ta Fa Tifi *Play* like this. I have to practice it a lot, then moving on, *Play*
Let us look at what we have now, we have the same pattern as *play* Do Sol here, I can play it down down Tati, or *Play* then Ta Fa tifi Ta Fa tifi Ta Fa tifi *Play* we learned shifting. Next, La Si La Si Do Si, same thing, I played La with first, nothing changed *Play* so I don’t play it like this *Play* I saved flipping the picks and played Do with fourth. *Play* then I stayed on half position *play* then here we have Sol Re *play* ♭ Mi has to be with first, then in the repeat we have *play* I played the Seconda.
I will try to play the chorus on tempo 60, beginning to end, twice, Ta Fa ti Ta Fa Ti *Play* this concludes the chorus.
Now I will play the chorus a bit faster, and you will notice how much this position will save in flipping the pick, you will also notice how in this bar *Play* I played La instead of Es, just like I played Re instead of Es before. Let us play the chorus *Play*this way we finished the first verse and chorus, moving on to the second verse.
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