Ok this is a beginner piano lessons so we are just going to use basic chords like lets take the basic C major chord. Ok we can just play the song playing C, E, G and just break up those three notes in the left hand. But that really would get boring so lets take a couple different things you can do to make that left hand chord more interesting. First I am going to explain how to have a alternating bass in the left hand. Now if you are going to do this with a C chord you would basically hit the C note with your left hand then move up one octave and play the whole C chord. And you have to know your timing with this to if your using time you would hit the C note then play the whole chord two times. If you were in 4/4 time you would just alter from C not to chord then back to the C note then hit the chord. This isn't the most interesting and prettiest sound you can do with the left hand but it is great for getting your left hand used to playing with the right hand with rhythm. This method is great for beginners but once you master this you really shouldn't just dwell on it during a song its good though to implement this every now and then. But for just starting off play the whole song using this pattern until you are very comfortable with it. Now the second way you can break up a chord in the left hand is to play arpeggios. Arpeggios are simply broken chords, instead of playing the notes of a chord simultaneously, they are played one at a time. For example the C chord is made up of three notes C, E, and G. If you play them as a chord it is much fuller then playing just one note but we can get a full rich sound using arpeggios when we use them in the right way. With your foot on the sustaining pedal, on the first beat play the root note with the pinky, then play the 5th not with your index finger, then on the last beat play the 3rd note with your thumb a octave higher. So if it was a C chord it would be C, G, then E. And if you are using 4/4 time you would play C, G then E but instead of starting over again with C you would play C, G, E, G, then back to C.
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