Skills · Hand independence
One hand holds, the other moves
Hold the bass note fully while the other hand changes notes; don't release or play along.
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Practised in these lessons
- Lesson 4
Left hand holds the bass
Hold low C for four full beats while the right hand moves.
In Course 01 · Stepping together
Open → - Lesson 5
Swap the hand that holds
First two bars L holds; last two bars R holds.
In Course 01 · Stepping together
Open → - Lesson 16
Melody + block chords
Each bar L holds one chord; R plays the melody.
In Course 04 · Melody & accompaniment
Open → - Lesson 20
Swap the melody role
L plays a low melody, R holds the chords.
In Course 04 · Melody & accompaniment
Open → - Lesson 61
Mary: holding the bass for a bar
Hold the left-hand note under a familiar melody.
Open → - Lesson 63
Twinkle: looking ahead to the bass
Change the bass note while the melody carries on.
Open → - Lesson 182
Complete piece: Ode to Joy
Put the hands together for all 16 bars: a familiar tune over root–fifth bass notes.
Open → - Lesson 76
From root notes to block chords
Keep the same melody while changing the accompaniment.
Open → - Lesson 99
Evening bells: first four bars
A melody built on intervals over two long bass notes.
Open → - Lesson 143
Still ground – flowing stream
Left holds the chord, right arpeggiates
Open → - Lesson 144
Swapping roles
Right holds the chord, left arpeggiates
Open → - Lesson 146
Light eighth steps
Even broken eighths over a held background
Open → - Lesson 155
Morning sunlight
Right-hand melody over held left-hand chords
In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces
Open → - Lesson 156
Two leaves
Left-hand melody, right-hand chords as background
In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces
Open → - Lesson 164
A slow lullaby
Two left-hand half notes over four right-hand quarters
In Peaceful Days · 18 short pieces
Open → - Lesson 176
After the Rain
A dreamy space: long notes in the right hand, a wide left-hand roll from the bass upwards.
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