Adding accompaniment
Add a left-hand accompaniment to your blues improvising, playing the root notes and chords underneath while the right hand explores the blues scale.
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29 lessons (1h 50m) · 1 free
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Lesson transcript
Adding Accompaniment to the Blues Scale
So now we've learned how to play the blues scale in more interesting ways. Let's add our own accompaniment.
Previous Technique
- Like before, we had the left hand playing the chords.
Next Step: Improvisation
The next step is to improvise, using the left hand as an accompaniment.
- Example:
Like so.
What we've done here:
- Left Hand: Playing the root notes of the blues scale we're using.
- Right Hand: Using the blues scale to improvise and create unique ways of playing the scale.
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