Fake stride, part one. 2 2
Real stride. 3 3
And possibly, you've seen a seasoned pianist playing stride piano. 4 4
Their left hand going smoothly from a low bass note up to a chord back down to 5 5
the note up to the chord and so on. 6 6
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All right. 8 8
It looks easy, but actually it's very difficult. 9 9
So, the process for that is that the first beat plays the root of the chord, 10 10
and sometimes an octave. 11 11
Let's play just a C note, followed by the chord. 12 12
Let's get a C middle. 13 13
Then you're gonna play the fifth, like you're playing it in reverse. 14 14
And so it's root, chord, 5th, 15 15
chord, root, chord, 5th, chord. 16 16
So, not that easy to being with. 17 17
So let's look at the Fake Stride. 18 18
Fake Stride produces a similar sound to that Stride, but 19 19
it's much easier to perform. 20 20
So fake stride the object is to keep the bass note and 21 21
the chord note in closer proximity so your left hand doesn't have to travel too far. 22 22
So in real stride you're bouncing up and down. 23 23
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In fake stride, you're keeping everything under your fingers. 25 25
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So it's getting a similar type of sound. 27 27
So basically, what you're doing there is you're playing the root, 28 28
followed by the third and fifth of the chord, then the fifth, 29 29
as you did in the other stride, back to the third and the fifth of the chord. 30 30
So you're playing part of a chord in both. 31 31
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So you're still playing. 33 33
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And on the top you're just playing that instead of. 35 35
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If you transpose that to F, same thing. 37 37
So add chord, 38 38
root, fifth, 39 39
up to G, back to C. 40 40
For the purpose of practicing the next few pieces, let's make it even easier. 41 41
And we'll take out the third. 42 42
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F. 44 44
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G. 46 46
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It'll allow you to bring in a right-hand pattern so 48 48
you can get both hands working together before you try anything more elaborate.