Für Alina - Arvo Pärt, Piano

## w) √ œ w
œ w œ
1
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& (w )
choose between treble notes

? ## œ w œ œ w
or bass notes in m 1

w &

w
# œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ
œ w
& #
4

# œ œ œ
& # œ œ œ w
œ œ œ œ w œ œ w

œ œ œ
## œ œ œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ œ œ w
œ
7

&
## œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ œ œ w
& œ œ
play the bass notes of
m 1 here the 1st time,
before m 8

## œ œ œ œ œ w
10
œ œ œ œ w œ œ
& œ w
## œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ w
& œ œ œ œ
œ w

## w œ
œ œ w
13

& œ w
œ
#
& # œ
w œ œ œ w
œ w

Play 5 times...: 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

Or play as you wish.
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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 chord
until 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