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Ballad Style, A Structured Approach.
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Hopefully you've had some fun
improvising with the pentatonic scale
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over your simple three
note left hand pattern.
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Now let's look at various ways in
which you can make your playing more
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musically structured and
hopefully, more exciting.
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First of all, we'll learn a variation
on the three note left hand pattern.
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Play the following sequence of notes based
on the chord of C, one note at a time.
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From the lower C note, up to a G, up to
C an octave higher, back down to the G.
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Four notes in total.
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Keep the sustain pedal down throughout
the sequence, and play it twice.
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Now we move this whole sequence
down two notes to A minor.
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And move everything down
two notes again to F.
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And up one to G.
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Now you can try exercise
one on the next page.
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Now take note at this stage,
you can either read on and
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learn to improvise over
your left hand patterns.
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Or you can jump ahead to page 29,
and learn how to apply this left
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hand rhythm in three easy steps to
an actual tune, Auld Lang Sang.
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And then you can return here and
learn to improvise.