Free Cello Lesson ABRSM F major 2 octaves with synth backing and drums by Tale Teller Club

hello tail tellers welcome to our f major arpeggio practice session freda is playing this synth in the background for us um instead of a drone but also when i finish telling you the names of the notes and just how to get through it i'll leave the table and then you can just improvise or practice up and down the arpeggio mix it up a bit do it backwards and forwards and you can start improvising but don't worry i'm going to leave the tape on so i'll leave frida and daphne definitely on drums in a minute um so let's let's just have a look at the note names so we start with the root note which is an f and then the major third which is an a and the fifth which is the c now this is a wonderful thing about rpgs you only need three notes and then of course we go back to the root note but we're going up okay up so it's an octave but the note is an f again and then down to the a and i'm using in this example i'm using the abrsm book grade six um and so we're going coming down to fourth position but uh exactly the same note so we've done f a c f c a f c a f now i recommend you do i mean for the uh the exam if you're doing the examination you'll need to do either

backwards and forwards um every triplet starts uh alternating on a down or an upload

um but for our purposes today where we're just learning the basics and understanding things i'm going to suggest that you do whatever you like absolutely whatever you like this is all about making these things fun and interesting isn't it and then when after you've learned that most of the notes these notes i'll tell you the um fingering presently after you've done that um just you just do them back to front upside down play around improvise a bit do your thing um it's it's really exciting actually it's really nice so fourth finger on the f first finger on the a this is in first position fourth finger uh for that c um i should say we're uh on the g string now and then um two fingers on that for the f note which is on the d string uh it was a bit fast four one four two come down one four two four one and look when you're when you come down to that one on that a keep it there keep it there don't move it and when you put the fourth down still be having that first finger on that a go to the f and keep your hat keep your fingers in that position because then you're going to be well positioned for the return journey

obviously you've got to come back up again here uh your fingers can't stay there while you're going in fourth position it's different position um but look for shortcuts always look for shortcuts there are plenty of them in music plenty of them so um uh daphne on drums darling could you thank you and um frieda if you'd like to start again okay so i should turn that up a bit yeah that's okay so i'll just play it once through and then i'll leave it to you guys

hmm

do

so

do

so do so

okay guys so hopefully that's enough for you we'll be doing all of the arpeggios we're also doing all of the chords all of the broken chords i can only do one a day perhaps sometimes two because uh you know one's a busy woman um so i hope that was really helpful it's quite good fun isn't it and remember now that you know the f major arpeggio you could compose just about any song and you could also play along to any song uh just improvise to it if it's in f major and some other keys actually but we'll talk about that another time this was a free class by the way by the telltale club and i really do hope you enjoyed it

Free Cello Lesson ABRSM F major 2 octaves with synth backing and drums by Tale Teller Club

hello tail tellers welcome to our f major arpeggio practice session freda is playing this synth in the background for us um instead of a drone but also when i finish telling you the names of the notes and just how to get through it i'll leave the table and then you can just improvise or practice up and down the arpeggio mix it up a bit do it backwards and forwards and you can start improvising but don't worry i'm going to leave the tape on so i'll leave frida and daphne definitely on drums in a minute um so let's let's just have a look at the note names so we start with the root note which is an f and then the major third which is an a and the fifth which is the c now this is a wonderful thing about rpgs you only need three notes and then of course we go back to the root note but we're going up okay up so it's an octave but the note is an f again and then down to the a and i'm using in this example i'm using the abrsm book grade six um and so we're going coming down to fourth position but uh exactly the same note so we've done f a c f c a f c a f now i recommend you do i mean for the uh the exam if you're doing the examination you'll need to do either

backwards and forwards um every triplet starts uh alternating on a down or an upload

um but for our purposes today where we're just learning the basics and understanding things i'm going to suggest that you do whatever you like absolutely whatever you like this is all about making these things fun and interesting isn't it and then when after you've learned that most of the notes these notes i'll tell you the um fingering presently after you've done that um just you just do them back to front upside down play around improvise a bit do your thing um it's it's really exciting actually it's really nice so fourth finger on the f first finger on the a this is in first position fourth finger uh for that c um i should say we're uh on the g string now and then um two fingers on that for the f note which is on the d string uh it was a bit fast four one four two come down one four two four one and look when you're when you come down to that one on that a keep it there keep it there don't move it and when you put the fourth down still be having that first finger on that a go to the f and keep your hat keep your fingers in that position because then you're going to be well positioned for the return journey

obviously you've got to come back up again here uh your fingers can't stay there while you're going in fourth position it's different position um but look for shortcuts always look for shortcuts there are plenty of them in music plenty of them so um uh daphne on drums darling could you thank you and um frieda if you'd like to start again okay so i should turn that up a bit yeah that's okay so i'll just play it once through and then i'll leave it to you guys

hmm

do

so

do

so do so

okay guys so hopefully that's enough for you we'll be doing all of the arpeggios we're also doing all of the chords all of the broken chords i can only do one a day perhaps sometimes two because uh you know one's a busy woman um so i hope that was really helpful it's quite good fun isn't it and remember now that you know the f major arpeggio you could compose just about any song and you could also play along to any song uh just improvise to it if it's in f major and some other keys actually but we'll talk about that another time this was a free class by the way by the telltale club and i really do hope you enjoyed it

Free F Major Arpeggio Lesson With Synth And Drums Backing


hello tail tellers welcome to our f major arpeggio practice session freda is playing this synth in the background for us um instead of a drone but also when i finish telling you the names of the notes and just how to get through it i'll leave the table and then you can just improvise or practice up and down the arpeggio mix it up a bit do it backwards and forwards and you can start improvising but don't worry i'm going to leave the tape on so i'll leave frida and daphne definitely on drums in a minute um so let's let's just have a look at the note names so we start with the root note which is an f and then the major third which is an a and the fifth which is the c now this is a wonderful thing about rpgs you only need three notes and then of course we go back to the root note but we're going up okay up so it's an octave but the note is an f again and then down to the a and i'm using in this example i'm using the abrsm book grade six um and so we're going coming down to fourth position but uh exactly the same note so we've done f a c f c a f c a f now i recommend you do i mean for the uh the exam if you're doing the examination you'll need to do either

backwards and forwards um every triplet starts uh alternating on a down or an upload

um but for our purposes today where we're just learning the basics and understanding things i'm going to suggest that you do whatever you like absolutely whatever you like this is all about making these things fun and interesting isn't it and then when after you've learned that most of the notes these notes i'll tell you the um fingering presently after you've done that um just you just do them back to front upside down play around improvise a bit do your thing um it's it's really exciting actually it's really nice so fourth finger on the f first finger on the a this is in first position fourth finger uh for that c um i should say we're uh on the g string now and then um two fingers on that for the f note which is on the d string uh it was a bit fast four one four two come down one four two four one and look when you're when you come down to that one on that a keep it there keep it there don't move it and when you put the fourth down still be having that first finger on that a go to the f and keep your hat keep your fingers in that position because then you're going to be well positioned for the return journey

obviously you've got to come back up again here uh your fingers can't stay there while you're going in fourth position it's different position um but look for shortcuts always look for shortcuts there are plenty of them in music plenty of them so um uh daphne on drums darling could you thank you and um frieda if you'd like to start again okay so i should turn that up a bit yeah that's okay so i'll just play it once through and then i'll leave it to you guys

hmm

do

so

do

so do so

okay guys so hopefully that's enough for you we'll be doing all of the arpeggios we're also doing all of the chords all of the broken chords i can only do one a day perhaps sometimes two because uh you know one's a busy woman um so i hope that was really helpful it's quite good fun isn't it and remember now that you know the f major arpeggio you could compose just about any song and you could also play along to any song uh just improvise to it if it's in f major and some other keys actually but we'll talk about that another time this was a free class by the way by the telltale club and i really do hope you enjoyed it

Free F Major Arpeggio Lesson With Synth And Drums Backing


hello tail tellers welcome to our f major arpeggio practice session freda is playing this synth in the background for us um instead of a drone but also when i finish telling you the names of the notes and just how to get through it i'll leave the table and then you can just improvise or practice up and down the arpeggio mix it up a bit do it backwards and forwards and you can start improvising but don't worry i'm going to leave the tape on so i'll leave frida and daphne definitely on drums in a minute um so let's let's just have a look at the note names so we start with the root note which is an f and then the major third which is an a and the fifth which is the c now this is a wonderful thing about rpgs you only need three notes and then of course we go back to the root note but we're going up okay up so it's an octave but the note is an f again and then down to the a and i'm using in this example i'm using the abrsm book grade six um and so we're going coming down to fourth position but uh exactly the same note so we've done f a c f c a f c a f now i recommend you do i mean for the uh the exam if you're doing the examination you'll need to do either

backwards and forwards um every triplet starts uh alternating on a down or an upload

um but for our purposes today where we're just learning the basics and understanding things i'm going to suggest that you do whatever you like absolutely whatever you like this is all about making these things fun and interesting isn't it and then when after you've learned that most of the notes these notes i'll tell you the um fingering presently after you've done that um just you just do them back to front upside down play around improvise a bit do your thing um it's it's really exciting actually it's really nice so fourth finger on the f first finger on the a this is in first position fourth finger uh for that c um i should say we're uh on the g string now and then um two fingers on that for the f note which is on the d string uh it was a bit fast four one four two come down one four two four one and look when you're when you come down to that one on that a keep it there keep it there don't move it and when you put the fourth down still be having that first finger on that a go to the f and keep your hat keep your fingers in that position because then you're going to be well positioned for the return journey

obviously you've got to come back up again here uh your fingers can't stay there while you're going in fourth position it's different position um but look for shortcuts always look for shortcuts there are plenty of them in music plenty of them so um uh daphne on drums darling could you thank you and um frieda if you'd like to start again okay so i should turn that up a bit yeah that's okay so i'll just play it once through and then i'll leave it to you guys

hmm

do

so

do

so do so

okay guys so hopefully that's enough for you we'll be doing all of the arpeggios we're also doing all of the chords all of the broken chords i can only do one a day perhaps sometimes two because uh you know one's a busy woman um so i hope that was really helpful it's quite good fun isn't it and remember now that you know the f major arpeggio you could compose just about any song and you could also play along to any song uh just improvise to it if it's in f major and some other keys actually but we'll talk about that another time this was a free class by the way by the telltale club and i really do hope you enjoyed it

An in-depth look at these lovely new chords!

hi tail tellers welcome to a little session looking at the preparatory left hand study in suzuki book one and this is a preparatory study to get you going with the allegro but i'm going to do something a bit different with it today we're going to talk about which notes you have to play and the fingering of course that's suzuki likes lots of fingering and you know once you learn the shape shapes are very important in music and they're really useful actually for jazz musicians as well because jazz music relies very heavily on chords so this is really good for my even if you're not doing the suzuki method this is really good for my mini jazz players and possibly my baby jazz players too so we're going to talk about the note names and the fingering but then after that i'm going to funk it up a bit and i'm going to put it with some um garageband robotic um backing tracks that i've uh sort of composed today and it's just really good fun and then i'll run it for a while so that you can play along with these these um chords from the preparatory left-hand study okay so welcome if you're one of my jazz students or if you're a suzuki student or wherever you're from whatever uh whatever your um your genre your you know whatever it is you like you can join in so let's have a look the the it's um it's got enough sharp in it darlings that means do you know what that means that means g major so it's gonna be lots of g's in it i mean it's dead giveaway well as soon as you know there's a sharp in it you will probably probably uh you know you can work out the key and you can work out what you're going to need but our first triad this uh g major triad we don't have the seventh in it yet so we don't have that f sharp so we don't have to worry about the f sharp at the moment and it's a triad so it's really easy nice and easy isn't it five pinky three middle one thumb

now you're not going to separate them because that's kind of easier in a way if you're not used to in chords we're going to play them all at the same time all at the same pressure all our fingers down at the same time and then we've got that funny little squeaky thing which means a rest so we're going to play them in a slightly sort of staccato so pseudo staccato star so one two three four one two three four so there's a part of that beat where you're not playing anything do you see what you mean if it's easier when we get on to the actual study you might want to count in one and so one and two and three and four and so during the and there's nothing going on don't move your hand away from the keyboard whatever you do get completely lost so that's the first chord now look uh the second the third beat of the bar we shift we don't have to shift too much all we're actually doing is moving from one and three the b and the d two we're moving your thumb one up and you're going to use your second finger so five two one g c e g c e sing it g c e you don't have to be good at singing

fabulous exciting and similarly one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one two three four okay it's a doddle so we can this is that first bar shall we one and two and three and four and and then we go back one and two and now it looks hard this next bit but it's not i promise you all you've got to do is move your pinky to that f sharp and play a c and a d so you're already on the d so you've just got to move to your second and your fifth okay so now your fingering is five on that sharp two on the c and one on the d

okay and similarly one and two and three and four and and sem try and do the same pressure for each note uh if you can one and two and three and four and because if you're not pressing down it you know with the um equal energy kinetic energy that comes all the way from your heart and your soul down through the shoulder through your elbow into your wrist and onto the keys um if you're...

An in-depth look at these lovely new chords!

hi tail tellers welcome to a little session looking at the preparatory left hand study in suzuki book one and this is a preparatory study to get you going with the allegro but i'm going to do something a bit different with it today we're going to talk about which notes you have to play and the fingering of course that's suzuki likes lots of fingering and you know once you learn the shape shapes are very important in music and they're really useful actually for jazz musicians as well because jazz music relies very heavily on chords so this is really good for my even if you're not doing the suzuki method this is really good for my mini jazz players and possibly my baby jazz players too so we're going to talk about the note names and the fingering but then after that i'm going to funk it up a bit and i'm going to put it with some um garageband robotic um backing tracks that i've uh sort of composed today and it's just really good fun and then i'll run it for a while so that you can play along with these these um chords from the preparatory left-hand study okay so welcome if you're one of my jazz students or if you're a suzuki student or wherever you're from whatever uh whatever your um your genre your you know whatever it is you like you can join in so let's have a look the the it's um it's got enough sharp in it darlings that means do you know what that means that means g major so it's gonna be lots of g's in it i mean it's dead giveaway well as soon as you know there's a sharp in it you will probably probably uh you know you can work out the key and you can work out what you're going to need but our first triad this uh g major triad we don't have the seventh in it yet so we don't have that f sharp so we don't have to worry about the f sharp at the moment and it's a triad so it's really easy nice and easy isn't it five pinky three middle one thumb

now you're not going to separate them because that's kind of easier in a way if you're not used to in chords we're going to play them all at the same time all at the same pressure all our fingers down at the same time and then we've got that funny little squeaky thing which means a rest so we're going to play them in a slightly sort of staccato so pseudo staccato star so one two three four one two three four so there's a part of that beat where you're not playing anything do you see what you mean if it's easier when we get on to the actual study you might want to count in one and so one and two and three and four and so during the and there's nothing going on don't move your hand away from the keyboard whatever you do get completely lost so that's the first chord now look uh the second the third beat of the bar we shift we don't have to shift too much all we're actually doing is moving from one and three the b and the d two we're moving your thumb one up and you're going to use your second finger so five two one g c e g c e sing it g c e you don't have to be good at singing

fabulous exciting and similarly one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one two three four okay it's a doddle so we can this is that first bar shall we one and two and three and four and and then we go back one and two and now it looks hard this next bit but it's not i promise you all you've got to do is move your pinky to that f sharp and play a c and a d so you're already on the d so you've just got to move to your second and your fifth okay so now your fingering is five on that sharp two on the c and one on the d

okay and similarly one and two and three and four and and sem try and do the same pressure for each note uh if you can one and two and three and four and because if you're not pressing down it you know with the um equal energy kinetic energy that comes all the way from your heart and your soul down through the shoulder through your elbow into your wrist and onto the keys um if you're...

Tale Teller Club lesson for mini jazz and Suzuki students

hi tail tellers welcome to a little session looking at the preparatory left hand study in suzuki book one and this is a preparatory study to get you going with the allegro but i'm going to do something a bit different with it today we're going to talk about which notes you have to play and the fingering of course that's suzuki likes lots of fingering and you know once you learn the shape shapes are very important in music and they're really useful actually for jazz musicians as well because jazz music relies very heavily on chords so this is really good for my even if you're not doing the suzuki method this is really good for my mini jazz players and possibly my baby jazz players too so we're going to talk about the note names and the fingering but then after that i'm going to funk it up a bit and i'm going to put it with some um garageband robotic um backing tracks that i've uh sort of composed today and it's just really good fun and then i'll run it for a while so that you can play along with these these um chords from the preparatory left-hand study okay so welcome if you're one of my jazz students or if you're a suzuki student or wherever you're from whatever uh whatever your um your genre your you know whatever it is you like you can join in so let's have a look the the it's um it's got enough sharp in it darlings that means do you know what that means that means g major so it's gonna be lots of g's in it i mean it's dead giveaway well as soon as you know there's a sharp in it you will probably probably uh you know you can work out the key and you can work out what you're going to need but our first triad this uh g major triad we don't have the seventh in it yet so we don't have that f sharp so we don't have to worry about the f sharp at the moment and it's a triad so it's really easy nice and easy isn't it five pinky three middle one thumb

now you're not going to separate them because that's kind of easier in a way if you're not used to in chords we're going to play them all at the same time all at the same pressure all our fingers down at the same time and then we've got that funny little squeaky thing which means a rest so we're going to play them in a slightly sort of staccato so pseudo staccato star so one two three four one two three four so there's a part of that beat where you're not playing anything do you see what you mean if it's easier when we get on to the actual study you might want to count in one and so one and two and three and four and so during the and there's nothing going on don't move your hand away from the keyboard whatever you do get completely lost so that's the first chord now look uh the second the third beat of the bar we shift we don't have to shift too much all we're actually doing is moving from one and three the b and the d two we're moving your thumb one up and you're going to use your second finger so five two one g c e g c e sing it g c e you don't have to be good at singing

fabulous exciting and similarly one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one two three four okay it's a doddle so we can this is that first bar shall we one and two and three and four and and then we go back one and two and now it looks hard this next bit but it's not i promise you all you've got to do is move your pinky to that f sharp and play a c and a d so you're already on the d so you've just got to move to your second and your fifth okay so now your fingering is five on that sharp two on the c and one on the d

okay and similarly one and two and three and four and and sem try and do the same pressure for each note uh if you can one and two and three and four and because if you're not pressing down it you know with the um equal energy kinetic energy that comes all the way from your heart and your soul down through the shoulder through your elbow into your wrist and onto the keys...

Tale Teller Club lesson for mini jazz and Suzuki students

hi tail tellers welcome to a little session looking at the preparatory left hand study in suzuki book one and this is a preparatory study to get you going with the allegro but i'm going to do something a bit different with it today we're going to talk about which notes you have to play and the fingering of course that's suzuki likes lots of fingering and you know once you learn the shape shapes are very important in music and they're really useful actually for jazz musicians as well because jazz music relies very heavily on chords so this is really good for my even if you're not doing the suzuki method this is really good for my mini jazz players and possibly my baby jazz players too so we're going to talk about the note names and the fingering but then after that i'm going to funk it up a bit and i'm going to put it with some um garageband robotic um backing tracks that i've uh sort of composed today and it's just really good fun and then i'll run it for a while so that you can play along with these these um chords from the preparatory left-hand study okay so welcome if you're one of my jazz students or if you're a suzuki student or wherever you're from whatever uh whatever your um your genre your you know whatever it is you like you can join in so let's have a look the the it's um it's got enough sharp in it darlings that means do you know what that means that means g major so it's gonna be lots of g's in it i mean it's dead giveaway well as soon as you know there's a sharp in it you will probably probably uh you know you can work out the key and you can work out what you're going to need but our first triad this uh g major triad we don't have the seventh in it yet so we don't have that f sharp so we don't have to worry about the f sharp at the moment and it's a triad so it's really easy nice and easy isn't it five pinky three middle one thumb

now you're not going to separate them because that's kind of easier in a way if you're not used to in chords we're going to play them all at the same time all at the same pressure all our fingers down at the same time and then we've got that funny little squeaky thing which means a rest so we're going to play them in a slightly sort of staccato so pseudo staccato star so one two three four one two three four so there's a part of that beat where you're not playing anything do you see what you mean if it's easier when we get on to the actual study you might want to count in one and so one and two and three and four and so during the and there's nothing going on don't move your hand away from the keyboard whatever you do get completely lost so that's the first chord now look uh the second the third beat of the bar we shift we don't have to shift too much all we're actually doing is moving from one and three the b and the d two we're moving your thumb one up and you're going to use your second finger so five two one g c e g c e sing it g c e you don't have to be good at singing

fabulous exciting and similarly one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one two three four okay it's a doddle so we can this is that first bar shall we one and two and three and four and and then we go back one and two and now it looks hard this next bit but it's not i promise you all you've got to do is move your pinky to that f sharp and play a c and a d so you're already on the d so you've just got to move to your second and your fifth okay so now your fingering is five on that sharp two on the c and one on the d

okay and similarly one and two and three and four and and sem try and do the same pressure for each note uh if you can one and two and three and four and because if you're not pressing down it you know with the um equal energy kinetic energy that comes all the way from your heart and your soul down through the shoulder through your elbow into your wrist and onto the keys...

The third and final part of today's featured book at the Tale Teller Kids book club.

part three of the little mermaid by hans christian anderson this librivox recording is in the public domain part three he had a man's dress made for her so that she could ride about with him they used to ride through scented woods where the green branches brushed her shoulders and little birds sang among the fresh leaves she climbed up the highest mountains with the prince and although her delicate feet bled so that others saw it she only laughed and followed him until they saw the clouds sealing below them like a flock of birds taking flight to distant lands at home in the princess palace when at night the others were asleep she used to go out onto the marble steps it cooled her burning feet to stand in the cold sea water and at such times she used to think of those she had left in the deep one night her sisters came arm in arm they sang so sorrowfully as they swam on the water that she beckoned to them and they recognized her and told her how she had grieved them all after that they had visited her every night and one night she saw a long way out her old grandmother who for many years had not been above the water and the merman king with his crown on his head they stretched out their hands toward her but did not venture so close to land as her sisters day by day she became dearer to the prince he loved her as one loves a good sweet child but it never entered his head to make her his queen yet unless she became his wife she would never win an everlasting soul but on his wedding morning would turn to seafoam am i not dearer to you than any of them the little mermaid's eyes seemed to say when he took her in his arms and kissed her beautiful brow yes you are the dearest one to me said the prince for you have the best heart of them all and you are fondest of me you are also like a young girl i once saw but whom i never expect to see again i was on board a ship which was wrecked i was driven on shore by the waves close to a holy temple where several young girls were ministering at a service the youngest of them found me on the beach and saved my life i saw her but twice she was the only person i could love in this world but you are like her you almost drive her image out of my heart she belongs to the holy temple and therefore by good fortune you have been sent to me we will never part alas he does not know that it was i who saved his life thought the little mermaid i bore him over the sea to the wood where the temple stands i sat behind the foam and watched to see if anyone would come i saw the pretty girl he loves better than me and the mermaid heaved a bitter sigh for she could not weep the girl belongs to the holy temple he has said she will never return to the world they will never meet again i am here with him i see him every day yes i will tend him love him and give up my life to him but now the rumor ran that the prince was to be married to the beautiful daughter of a neighboring king and for that reason was spitting out a splendid ship it was given out that the prince was going on a voyage to see the adjoining countries but it was without doubt to see the king's daughter he was to have a great suite with him but the little mermaid shook her head and laughed she knew the prince's intentions much better than any of the others i must take this voyage he had said to her i must go and see the beautiful princess my parents demand that but they will never force me to bring her home as my bride i can never love her she will not be like the lovely girl in the temple whom you resemble if ever i had to choose a bride it would sooner be with you with your speaking eyes my sweet dumb foundling and he kissed her rosy mouth played with her long hair and laid his head upon her heart which already dreamt of human joys and an immortal soul you are not frightened of the sea i suppose my dumb child he said as they stood on the proud ship which...

The third and final part of today's featured book at the Tale Teller Kids book club.

part three of the little mermaid by hans christian anderson this librivox recording is in the public domain part three he had a man's dress made for her so that she could ride about with him they used to ride through scented woods where the green branches brushed her shoulders and little birds sang among the fresh leaves she climbed up the highest mountains with the prince and although her delicate feet bled so that others saw it she only laughed and followed him until they saw the clouds sealing below them like a flock of birds taking flight to distant lands at home in the princess palace when at night the others were asleep she used to go out onto the marble steps it cooled her burning feet to stand in the cold sea water and at such times she used to think of those she had left in the deep one night her sisters came arm in arm they sang so sorrowfully as they swam on the water that she beckoned to them and they recognized her and told her how she had grieved them all after that they had visited her every night and one night she saw a long way out her old grandmother who for many years had not been above the water and the merman king with his crown on his head they stretched out their hands toward her but did not venture so close to land as her sisters day by day she became dearer to the prince he loved her as one loves a good sweet child but it never entered his head to make her his queen yet unless she became his wife she would never win an everlasting soul but on his wedding morning would turn to seafoam am i not dearer to you than any of them the little mermaid's eyes seemed to say when he took her in his arms and kissed her beautiful brow yes you are the dearest one to me said the prince for you have the best heart of them all and you are fondest of me you are also like a young girl i once saw but whom i never expect to see again i was on board a ship which was wrecked i was driven on shore by the waves close to a holy temple where several young girls were ministering at a service the youngest of them found me on the beach and saved my life i saw her but twice she was the only person i could love in this world but you are like her you almost drive her image out of my heart she belongs to the holy temple and therefore by good fortune you have been sent to me we will never part alas he does not know that it was i who saved his life thought the little mermaid i bore him over the sea to the wood where the temple stands i sat behind the foam and watched to see if anyone would come i saw the pretty girl he loves better than me and the mermaid heaved a bitter sigh for she could not weep the girl belongs to the holy temple he has said she will never return to the world they will never meet again i am here with him i see him every day yes i will tend him love him and give up my life to him but now the rumor ran that the prince was to be married to the beautiful daughter of a neighboring king and for that reason was spitting out a splendid ship it was given out that the prince was going on a voyage to see the adjoining countries but it was without doubt to see the king's daughter he was to have a great suite with him but the little mermaid shook her head and laughed she knew the prince's intentions much better than any of the others i must take this voyage he had said to her i must go and see the beautiful princess my parents demand that but they will never force me to bring her home as my bride i can never love her she will not be like the lovely girl in the temple whom you resemble if ever i had to choose a bride it would sooner be with you with your speaking eyes my sweet dumb foundling and he kissed her rosy mouth played with her long hair and laid his head upon her heart which already dreamt of human joys and an immortal soul you are not frightened of the sea i suppose my dumb child he said as they stood on the proud ship which...