Skills · Accompaniment patterns
Bass & answering chords
Keep the bass line and place the chords in their turn.
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Practised in these lessons
- Lesson 17
Melody + root/fifth
L plays the root and the fifth.
In Course 04 · Melody & accompaniment
Open → - Lesson 19
Waltz: bass – chord – chord
3/4 time, L accompanies in waltz style.
In Course 04 · Melody & accompaniment
Open → - Lesson 25
Walking bass + off-beat chords
L walks on each beat; R plays chords on the “and”.
Open → - Lesson 29
Waltz with two separate lines
3/4 time: R eighth-note melody, L bass–chord.
Open → - Lesson 77
Mary with root and fifth
Keep the same melody while changing the accompaniment.
Open → - Lesson 84
Little waltz: opening phrase
A legato melody over bass–chord–chord.
Open → - Lesson 186
Complete piece: Evening waltz
A 16-bar waltz: a legato melody over bass–chord–chord with short chords, with dynamics shaping each phrase.
Open → - Lesson 119
A bass line descending under the chords
Read G/B and Am/G; the bass is its own melodic line.
Open → - Lesson 123
Syncopated bass, steady melody
Keep the melody going while the accompaniment pattern changes.
Open → - Lesson 147
Footsteps and bells
Bass on strong beats, chords on weak beats
Open → - Lesson 148
A little waltz
Bass–chord–chord accompaniment in 3/4
Open → - Lesson 167
Footsteps on the grass
Bass and answering chords, with the melody on top
In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces
Open → - Lesson 168
Waltz of a leaf
Light 3/4 accompaniment and a melody with direction
In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces
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