Three Left Hand Patterns You Need To Know || Piano Questions Answered

Left hand patterns are a really popular way of starting to develop your hands-together improvisation skills on the piano or keyboard. In this tutorial, I take a look at three patterns - block chords, arpeggios and stride - and their strengths and weaknesses. The tutorial also covers how to move beyond left hand patterns as a pianist, because it's very easy to get "trapped" playing patterns and lose focus on the the real job of the left hand, which is to bring bass sounds, texture and harmony to the overall mix of your piano sound. Mixing up block chords, arpeggios and other patterns can give you a much more satisfying overall sound. Check out my piano book: http://www.billspianopages.com/how-to-really Amazing Grace leadsheet (mentioned in tutorial): https://goo.gl/J9zUtM Tutorial on working out chords to a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilcfgQ3lZus CHECK OUT MY OTHER BOOKS AND DEALS 30% off bundle deal on my ebooks: https://www.billspianopages.com/bundle All six of my Piano Packs for £16.95: https://www.billspianopages.com/pianopacks Support me on Patreon (great benefits): https://www.patreon.com/billhilton If you want to learn more left hand patterns and general techniques for the left, be sure to subscribe to my channel and follow me on Facebook and Twitter: http://fb.me/billhiltonpiano http://twitter.com/billhilton