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Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1

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Instructor
Jonny May
Workshop
Beginner
Intermediate
00:55:32

Learn 48 beautiful accompaniment patterns that work almost over any pop or rock song, including 8 essential right hand techniques, 6 left hand techniques, chord positions, and more.

Course Objectives
  • Learn the most common progression used in pop music.
  • Learn 8 right hand accompaniment techniques, including the Elton John, Billy Joel, Disney, and Coldplay patterns.
  • Learn 6 left hand accompaniment patterns, including traditional, stock rock, punker, and rolling patterns.
  • Learn 3 positions for all pop chords in the key of C.
Learning Focus
  • Accompanying
  • Basslines
  • Chords
  • Groove
  • Improvisation
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Fun
fun
Enjoyable and helpful
Found this course really enjoyable. Gives me a great way of adding a layer to the texture when I move on to writing and arranging my own songs.
Fun
Great fun learning these patterns but I’m still working on hand independence.
Good title
Great course but could use more examples of when to play LH and RH per measure
I learned a lot, but need additional help.
I really enjoyed Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1, but I get lost when you use words like, like this, do you see what I'm doing here, etc. I can't follow, because I'm blind. I try very hard to follow what you are doing, I get lost and I don't know what voicings and fingerings you are using. In addition, I can't use the pdf as a reference.

Course Lessons

1
Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1 – Lesson 1
6:56

1 Right Hand & 3 Left Hand Chord Options

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2
Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1 – Lesson 2
20:49

8 Right Hand Techniques

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3
Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1 – Lesson 3
10:07

6 Left Hand Techniques

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4
Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1 – Lesson 4
5:13

All Chords in C Reference

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5
Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1 – Lesson 5
12:27

Q&A

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Fun
fun
Enjoyable and helpful
Found this course really enjoyable. Gives me a great way of adding a layer to the texture when I move on to writing and arranging my own songs.
Fun
Great fun learning these patterns but I’m still working on hand independence.
Good title
Great course but could use more examples of when to play LH and RH per measure
I learned a lot, but need additional help.
I really enjoyed Pop & Contemporary Piano Accompaniment Patterns 1, but I get lost when you use words like, like this, do you see what I'm doing here, etc. I can't follow, because I'm blind. I try very hard to follow what you are doing, I get lost and I don't know what voicings and fingerings you are using. In addition, I can't use the pdf as a reference.
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