Friday, February 19, 2010

Hello

Before we get to our lesson on Full Rolls, I want to tell you about a few upcoming classes.

Upcoming Classes,

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
Saturday, February 27, 1-4PM

Shower Singing in Public
Saturday, February 27, 9AM-12PM
Cambridge Center for Adult Ed

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:30PM

Minuteman Technical Vocational School

Shower Singing in Public
Saturday, March 6, 2010 9:30AM

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1-4PM

Boston Center for Adult Education

Piano Lesson

The Full Roll is a great way to embellish a chord with the left hand, especially when you are playing a ballad. Here is the formula:

R-5-9-3-5-7-5-3. Each of the notes is an eighth note. The fingering is 5-2-1-3-2-1-2-3.

Let's take the case of a C major chord. You would play C-G-D-E-G-B-G-E. In the last two notes, you are going back down the keyboard. Try it out! If you have any questions, feel free to email me. And check out my book Playing With Style that explains this plus many more techniques you can use for embellishments in the left hand.


Playing With Style

Next lesson on eNotes will come from a very accomplished jazz pianist, Mark Shilansky, who performs all over the country and is an Associate Professor of Music at the Berklee College of Music!
So I'll see you in a couple of weeks if not in a class.

take good care,
Debbie
Creator
www.EasyPianoStyles.com