Ballad style, structured approach, exercise two, adding right hand notes. 2 2
So far, you've learned the basic ballad style pattern. 3 3
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You've played it through a chord progression. 5 5
In that key, you've learned the pentatonic scale, and 6 6
you've used that over all of your chords. 7 7
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And so on. Now, if you did that all the time, your 9 9
playing could become very repetitive and quite monotonous, tuneful but repetitive. 10 10
So what you're wanting to do is move away from just playing one scale over the chord 11 11
changes and find various scales and patterns for each chord change, and 12 12
that makes it much more interesting. 13 13
It's not easy to begin with, so let's just add a few notes on top of each chord, 14 14
and you'll see how different that is than just playing the pentatonic scale. 15 15
So play the following sequence of notes, again, 16 16
based on the chord of C, one note at a time from the low C up to the E and 17 17
back down to the G, so there's eight notes in total. 18 18
Follow the keyboard diagram. 19 19
So again, it's the basic pattern you've learned, root, fifth, first. 20 20
And now you're going to add on just two notes above the first. 21 21
So the second and the third. 22 22
And then back down. 23 23
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So that's your new pattern, 25 25
and you can see that those two notes are added on to this particular chord pattern. 26 26
So there's your root, you're adding on the second note to the right. 27 27
So every time you change chords, you're going to do exactly the same. 28 28
So when you change to A minor, root, fifth, first, 29 29
you're going to add the second and third of that chord. 30 30
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You change to F, and you're gonna do the same. 32 32
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Up to G. [MUSIC] 34 34
Back to C. 35 35
Okay, so you can follow the music notation on the next page. 36 36
It's a good exercise for looking at music notation as shifts and patterns. 37 37
Remember to hold the paddle down for the duration of one bar left, 38 38
and then put it back down for the next bar and so on. 39 39
And within this song, instead of playing everything very monotonous level. 40 40
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Okay, you can change the lightness. 42 42
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And hear that slight change up and down, it gives it a bit of extra depth. 44 44
Down to the A minor. 45 45
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