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Sut is a life-long buddy whose encouragement was a key factor as I was writing this song.
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Side Notes:
Facilitating a rubato yet fanfare-filled feeling
123 4 56 78
(for a fun definition of rubato find page fifteen minus four)
is favorable at the first of this fine song
©copyright 1996
123 4 56 7 8
(Sut's Fav)
written by Jon Schmidt
All of Me
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Helpul Hints:
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
5
3
1
5
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5
(from the album )
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August End
5
123 456 7 8
12 3 4 56 78
3
123 4 56 78
123 4 56 7 8
9
1 2 3 4 5 6 78
123 4 56 7 8
3
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
let left hand help
small hand:
• You've probably never played a song like this before.
thing. That's one reason it's called "All of Me."
It will have you playing with your forearms, for one
Pedal ad-lib throughout
(Why these numbers? see Helpful Hints)
• Don't let five flats scare you. It's easy when you think of C and F
• The rhythm gets much easier at measure 31. (You may start there
as your only white keys. Just lean to the left black key on every-
if you wish.)
As in "Morning Light," I am inviting you to count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
rather than 1 &2 & 3 & 4 &.
anyway)
thing (except C and F, but they don't have black keys to lean to
• Level of difficutly: seventh easiest in the book (out of seven, ha ha)
• Again the numbers in the first section are for the rhythm impaired.
[Fav: n.(fav) coll. for favorite; the one preferred]
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1 2 3 4 56 78
small hand: let left hand help
123 456 78
poco rit
1234 5 6 78
15
12 3 4 5 6 78
fast (put "all of yourself" into it)
a tempo
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
(But get the underlying rhythm in your head first.)
12 3 4 5 6 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
19
12 3 4 5 6 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12 3 4 5 6 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
23
12 3 4 5 6 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12 3 4 5 6 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
27
12 3 4 5 6 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Using the accents gives this part rhyme and reason.
=176-208
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8 va . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
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37
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39
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5
42
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5
5
5
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1
3
4
cresc.
fingering or die
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46
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48
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50
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4
5
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2
5
1
maximum page turning enjoyment.
Measures have been spaced for
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in an otherwise boring few lines of the piece.
Using the accents here will reveal a hidden melody
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85
88
91
cresc.
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110
113
116
- Lift wrist so that left hand doesn't strike any notes.
- Not overly loud.
( )
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
cresc.
- Lift wrist so that right hand doesn't strike any notes.
- Not overly loud.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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accent simile
• Use left forearm across general area (elbow pointed left).
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Or you can select any portion of the chord to play with your fingers, if playing
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• Use right forearm across general area (elbow pointed right).
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with your arm takes you too far out of your comfort zone.
