24 two-hand chord studies

Part 01 · 4 lessons

Recognising chord shapes

Hands separately, hands together and question–answer

1. Lesson 131

   Three notes sounding together – right hand

   Place and release three notes together

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2. Lesson 132

   Three notes sounding together – left hand

   Left hand plays the notes evenly

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3. Lesson 133

   Both hands answer together

   Both hands enter and release together

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4. Lesson 134

   Question and answer

   Alternate hands every half bar

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Part 02 · 4 lessons

Smart movement

Close position, inversions and voice leading

1. Lesson 135

   C - F - G - C

   Changing chords with close positions

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2. Lesson 136

   Two knocks at the door

   Changing chords on half notes

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3. Lesson 137

   Three faces of C

   Recognise root position and the two inversions

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4. Lesson 138

   The short way home

   Voice leading through vi-ii-V-I

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Part 03 · 4 lessons

Broken chords and coordination

Hands-separate broken chords, parallel and contrary

1. Lesson 139

   Right-hand staircase

   Broken 1-3-5-3 in the right hand

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2. Lesson 140

   Left-hand staircase

   Broken 1-3-5-3 in the left hand

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3. Lesson 141

   Two streams flowing

   Both hands arpeggiate in parallel

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4. Lesson 142

   Changing direction

   Hands arpeggiate in opposite directions

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Part 04 · 4 lessons

Hand independence

Hold–arpeggiate, two against four and eighth notes

1. Lesson 143

   Still ground – flowing stream

   Left holds the chord, right arpeggiates

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2. Lesson 144

   Swapping roles

   Right holds the chord, left arpeggiates

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3. Lesson 145

   Two against four

   Left half notes, right quarter notes

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4. Lesson 146

   Light eighth steps

   Even broken eighths over a held background

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Part 05 · 4 lessons

Practical accompaniment styles

Bass–chord, waltz, Alberti and off-beat

1. Lesson 147

   Footsteps and bells

   Bass on strong beats, chords on weak beats

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2. Lesson 148

   A little waltz

   Bass–chord–chord accompaniment in 3/4

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3. Lesson 149

   Alberti line

   Left low–high–middle–high

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4. Lesson 150

   Rests in time

   The right-hand chord enters on the second half of each beat

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Part 06 · 4 lessons

Making it music

Melody, swapping roles, G7 and a summary piece

1. Lesson 151

   Melody over chords

   Right sings clearly, left holds softly

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2. Lesson 152

   Melody in the left hand

   Swapping the listening roles between the hands

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3. Lesson 153

   A promise to return

   Four-note G7 resolving to C

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4. Lesson 154

   A little summary piece

   Combining melody, broken chords and cadence

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Skills practised in this course

• Chords as one sound
• Hands entering together
• Taking turns & swapping roles
• Changing chords by the shortest path
• Two speeds on one beat
• Chord inversions
• Even broken chords
• Parallel & contrary motion
• One hand holds, the other moves
• Dividing the beat in two
• Bass & answering chords
• Triple time 3/4
• Low–high–middle–high
• Entering between beats
• Melody forward, background soft
• Seventh chords & returning
• Joining phrases & playing through