Broken Chords
As you have seen from the left hand shuffle pattern, it is not always necessary to play all the notes of a chord together. Another great sound in Blues is the use of broken chords in the right hand. (For more on broken chords, see Progressive Keyboard Technique ). In the following example, the chords used are C root position and F second inversion.
The next example shows this technique applied to the last four bars of the Blues progression.
Now try playing these broken chords over a shuffle in the left hand part.
As you play through the next example, listen to how good broken chords sound when played over a whole 12 Bar Blues.
Class Sessions
1- Shuffle in the Key of G
2- Using Ties
3- Improvisation
4- Chord Inversions
5- Blues Using Inversions
6- Chord Numbers
7- Broken Chords
8- Grace Notes
9- New Notes, Keys and Rhythms
10- The Key of G
11- Chords and Blues Notes
12- Broken Chords in G
13- The Blues Scale in G
14- Two Octave Blues Scale
15- Seventh Chords
16- Blues Using 7th Chords
17- Mixing Chords and Scales
18- New Orleans Rhythms
19- More New Orleans Style Blues
20- Combining Melodies and Accompaniment
21- Left Hand Chords
22- Blue Notes
23- The Blues Scale
24- 12 Bar Blues Using the Shuffle Rhythm
25- Using the Blues Scale
26- The 12 Bar Blues
27- Left Hand Accompaniment
28- Blues Scale Riffs with Accompaniment
29- The Major Chord
30- INTRODUCTION
31- Blues Rhythms, New Sounds
32- The Triplet
33- Blues Runs Using Triplets
34- Swing Rhythms
35- Enharmonic Notes
36- The 7th in the Left Hand Part
37- New Orleans Rhythm in G
38- G<sup>7</sup> Chord Inversions
39- Riffs
40- Section 1 Summary
41- The Turnaround
42- The Shuffle
43- The C<sup>7</sup> Chord
44- The D<sup>7</sup> Chord
45- The F<sup>7</sup> Chord