Improvising Ballad Style, ex.5. 2 2
Moving beyond the safe notes. 3 3
So, when you feel comfortable using your safe notes in a variety of ways, 4 4
experiment further by adding in more variety and more notes. 5 5
Try these examples, number 1. 6 6
Runs. 7 7
Simply continue your safe notes up the piano for two or more octaves. 8 8
So, basic left hand. 9 9
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And your adding on your C, F notes. 11 11
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This is actually easier than it looks. 13 13
So the site reading might look difficult. 14 14
But if you just add in the second, third, fifth. 15 15
First, second, third, fifth. 16 16
First, second, third. 17 17
So groups of three with the fiftht. 18 18
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Number 2 Variation in Note Duration. 20 20
So, up to now most of the examples have used eight half beats per bar. 21 21
Try to vary the duration of the notes. 22 22
So, make use of periods of silence as well. 23 23
We use quarter notes to add little movements or excitement. 24 24
So, just follow it carefully. 25 25
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Passing notes. 27 27
So these are notes that are used outside of chord tones, added to add color or 28 28
connect chord tunes in a more interesting way. 29 29
So just play this one very slowly and you'll see that I've made the passing 30 30
notes in bold and underlined them on the page. 31 31
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Okay, so you haven't been playing f at the moment because you've 33 33
been sticking to second, third, fifth, okay? 34 34
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So that got you up to the fifth. 36 36
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And this is gonna be a little run down to your next note. 38 38
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And use the F again so it's a passing note to the next chord tone. 40 40
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