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Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie

The third Gymnopédie, in A minor: the same sway as the first, a bass note then a chord, beneath an even barer melody.

A minor · 3/4 · 60 beats per minute · 59 bars · 3 min 00 · beginner level

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The form

The sections of the piece and their chords: the map you learn before playing a single note.

A B C D E F D'

SectionBarsChordsPhrase ending
A 1–4 Am · Em7/D · Am · Em7/D
i · v7 · i · v7		 Half cadence
B 5–8 Am · Am/C · Gm · Dm
i · i · vii · iv		 —
C 9–12 Am · Em · G7 · Dm7
i · v · VII7 · iv7		 —
D 13–32 G7 · Dm7 · Em/G · G7sus4 · Am7/G · Dm7 · G7sus4 · Em/G · Am/C · Em · Am/C · Em · Am/C · Em · F/A · Em7/D · Am · Em7/D · Am · Am/C
VII7 · iv7 · v · VII7sus4 · i7 · iv7 · VII7sus4 · v · i · v · i · v · i · v · VI · v7 · i · v7 · i · i		 —
E 33–36 Gm · Dm · Am · Em
vii · iv · i · v		 Half cadence
F 37–40 Fmaj7/E · Em · Dm7 · Asus4/D
VImaj7 · v · iv7 · Isus4		 Plagal cadence
D' 41–59 Asus4/D · Dm7 · Em/G · G7sus4 · Am7/G · Dm7 · G7sus4 · Em/G · Am/C · Em · Am/C · Em · Am/C · Em · F/A · Em7/D · Am · Em7/D · Am
Isus4 · iv7 · v · VII7sus4 · i7 · iv7 · VII7sus4 · v · i · v · i · v · i · v · VI · v7 · i · v7 · i		 Authentic cadence

The key

A minor
No sharps or flats
Scale
A · B · C · D · E · F · G
Pillar chords
I = Am · IV = Dm · V7 = E7

The tricky passages

No passage is harder than the rest: a good piece to discover the method.

The plan: 14 days

Half an hour a day. First I help you understand the map of the piece, then we lay down the chord framework, learn each section phrase by phrase, work on the tricky passages, put it together and bring it up to tempo, until you can play it from memory.

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