Thursday, June 10, 2010

What to do with the chords?

For me this is still an open question. I have come to the point where I can play the chords of many songs. I can play major chords, minor chords, 7th chords and more, however the songs sound uninteresting with just the plain chords.

So I've tried different things:

Playing a base note( chord name note) with my left hand, chord with right hand. (for C it would be C in left hand and CEG in right hand)

Playing 3d and 5th tone of a chord and then 1st tone in left hand while playing the chord in right hand.(for C it would be EG,C in left hand and CEG in right hand)

For some songs in 3/4 rythm I use the easy waltz pattern in left hand (for the C chord: C, EG, EG).

Another thing which seems to work in some songs is to alternate the octaves where you play the same chord.

What else coud I do? Anyone having ideas please, cmment :) It's quite possible I may edit the post with your suggestions.

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