Improvising Ballad Style, Exercise 4. 2 2
Expanding the range of notes. 3 3
At the minute, you've got your Left Hand Ballad Style, Root, Fifth, 4 4
back to Root, and you've added the 2nd and the 3rd. 5 5
So you're looking for 6 6
safe notes that you know will work over that left hand pattern. 7 7
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So because it's C, you can add on any chord tone from C. 9 9
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All right, and you've also added in the 2nd. 11 11
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The 3rd, fifth, root, 2nd, 3rd, 5th. 13 13
Okay, so when you're playing in C, and 14 14
it's a C major chord that you're using in the left hand, 15 15
remember just to go for any note from C that you see. 16 16
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Okay, now if you can make a pattern out of this, 18 18
some basic balance there 2nd, 3rd, 5th, root. 19 19
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Move the whole shift down to A minor, so the root of A minor, 5th, 21 21
back to root, 2nd, 3rd, 5th. 22 22
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Root, so look at A minor, and A minor backwards. 25 25
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All right, with the 2nd, and 27 27
F, root, 5th, root again. 28 28
Okay, so look at F, backwards. 29 29
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And the chord of F, the 2nd. 31 31
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Up to G, root, 5th, root, G backwards with the 2nd. 33 33
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Okay, experiment with these extra chord tones, and 35 35
there's a few ideas on the following page to help you get started. 36 36
Exercise 4, number 1, Straight up and down. 37 37
So your left hand plays the balance step, and you're just going straight up and 38 38
down with those asterisk notes. 39 39
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Okay, number 2 Freestyle. 41 41
So you're just going to play anything. 42 42
Again, you remember before we played with the top four notes, like on the bongos, 43 43
you're just playing anything that comes 44 44
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Okay, number 3, Downwards motion in the right hand. 46 46
So you're coming down with those extra notes and you'll notice on 47 47
the page that the right hand and the left hand are starting together at one point. 48 48
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Number 4, Up and down by adding an extra D and E. 50 50
So you can extend the pattern up into the next octave, and 51 51
that means you get much more notes to play with. 52 52
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So just follow the same chord break very carefully. 54 54
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And then you're going to branch out, so you swivel and start again. 56 56
So you move the hand up. 57 57
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And notice that the two hands work together. 59 59
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