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Für Alina - Arvo Pärt, Piano

1. RH 8va with bass notes after m 7

2. RH 15ma up to inclusive m 4, m 5: RH 8va. Play up to inclusive m 11

3. RH 15ma, LH 8va bassa up to inclusive m 4, m 5: RH 8va (LH 8va bassa)

4. Play up to inclusive m 10

5. Play as 1, without the bass notes after m 7

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Or play as you wish.

Some explanation:

On this sheet I tried to put one version of 'Für Alina', but there are others to find on Youtube,like playing the high notes in the beginning in stead of the bass notes. I don't know how the composer wants it to be.

In this marvolous piece you can find:

- That each measure gets one note more until seven notes in measure 9,than each measure has one note less, except for the last measure.

- That in the left hand each note is one of the b minor chorduntil measure 11 where the c# creates this marvolous moment, a kind of subtle pauze.Even if a listener doesn't know it theoretical, he would hear or feel this special moment too.

- That the notes of the right hand, using the seven notes of the b minor scale,follow (more or less) the same up and down line of the left hand,and always stay above those left hand notes (even putted in the same octave, I mean).

Fur Alina, Pärt, p 2