- - Routines
The things we need to accompany a song
By playing songs from a simple chord scheme, we gain insight into the structure of a piece more easily.
Instead of 15,000 notes, it can be quite refreshing to see and feel a sort of revelation and experience how easy it can be to accompany a song with 5 chords and it's nice how free you feel while doing this.
This page gives the Routines to practice and experiment with this phenomenon.
Routines Manual, a guide to study the routines
The pop Routines are exercises to get a basic feel, the knowledge and the skills to play songs.
It's divided in 7 groups:
It's divided in 7 groups:
1- Rhythm, Persussion on a piano, left hand against right hand
2- Bass, left hand, basic function
3- Chord progressions, as in songs, possibilities to train the feel, sound and chord progressions itself
4- Chords and voicings, triads and more
5- Reading Rhythm
6- Major Scales, the easy way
7- Broken Chords
A random routine form
- 1 Rhythm
The piano is a percussion instrument, use it that way.
Song Comping. The piano is also a percussion instrument so how to use this in accompaniment of songs.
Turnaround. Bass, chords and a groove.
- 2 Bass
How to play a fundamental bass.
Left Hand Bass. The left hand can be rather static because we focus on the right hand which one can be rather busy. But as soon as we say 'left hand play something' it starts moving and brings in a lot of flavor, rhythm and so more dance into the music.
Download de pdf with some possibilities and it will give you an insight in this left hand movement.
The video is a cheerful example how simple it is to focus a bit more on the left hand.
Download de pdf with some possibilities and it will give you an insight in this left hand movement.
The video is a cheerful example how simple it is to focus a bit more on the left hand.
- 3 Chord Progression
Chord progressions, as in songs, training patterns used in many many famous songs
Four Chord Songs
Beatles, Taylor Swift,A-Ha, Adele, Journey, Elton John, Toto, Yiruma, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles, The Beache Boys, Muse, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Celine Dion, Phil Collins, Gotye etc….
Classic Chord Progressions 1, sequences of descending fifths
I will survive, Gloria Gaynor. Million years ago, Adele. Yesterday when I was young, Charles Aznavour. Bamboleo, Celia Cruz. Hello, Lionel Richie,
Classic Chord Progressions 2, secondary dominants
Make you feel my love, Adele. All you need is love, The Beatles. Dancing Queen, ABBA, Don't know why, Norah Jones. Hey Jude, The Beatles. New York State of Mind, Billy Joel. What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong. Lately, Stevie Wonder
Classic Chord Progressions 3, Modal interchange
Nine Million Bicycles, Katie Melua. Don't Want To See You Again, The Beatles. If you don't know me by now, Simply Red.All I want for Christmas, Mariah Carey. Always look on the bright side of life, Monty Python. Easy Living, Jazz standard. Friends in low places, Garth Brooks, How deep is your love, Bee Gees. Hello Goodbye, The Beatles. There will never be another you, Jazz standard. How you're gonna see me now, Alice Cooper. Zing,vecht, huil, lach, werk en bewonder, Ramses Shaffy. I'll be back, The Beatles. I just wanna stop, Gino Vanelli. Theme from 'Mahogany', Dianne Ross.
Let it Be, Paul McCartney
Champs Elysées,
Joe Dassin
Voor Haar, Her Songs
Jake Holmes, chords
Fields of Gold, Sting
Fields of Gold, Eva Cassidy
What a Wonderful World
Easy comping
La Chanson des Vieux Amants, Jaques Brel
Chord Progressions, in C just to transpose
and getting used to. It will open your ears.
Soon more to come
- 4 Chords
Voicings from triads to 4 voices in 2 hands, you have to do and feel this.
7 Chords, the best basic voicing for song accompanying
Chords Lookalikes. There are only 12 major chords and you can play milions of tunes with it. One way to learn them quick is to see the lookalikes. The basic Triads.
Chord Movement. A basic way to move between chords, let our hands get used to it. With some extra rhythm fun to practice
Chords Inversions and Voicings. How to connect chords, the Triads, the easy way.
Solo Piano. Bass, chords and melody in two hands. This is the technique to practice it.
Basic Bass, to get more rhythm and bass movement
Chord Colours. Upper stuctures to colour the chords in an easy way and good to get routine in playing chords.
Turnaround. Bass, chords and a groove.
A random routine form
- 5 Reading Rhythm
The best way the hear, see and practice an eye opener for the ears.
After watching the video download the exercises.
- 6 Scales Technique
An easy way to build up routine, speed and better moves.
Scales. A different approach.
- 7 Brokenchords Technique
Training technique to move your hands easier and more professional
How to practice a good coördination in playing broken chords.
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The Routines are exersices to get a basic feel, the knowledge and the skills to play songs.
It's divided in 7 groups:
It's divided in 7 groups:
How to practice a good coördination in playing broken chords.