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.
Listen to how good the use of broken chords sounds when played as a whole 12 Bar Blues.
Class Sessions
1- Broken Chords
2- 12 Bar Blues Using the Shuffle Rhythm
3- Using Ties
4- Improvisation
5- Chord Inversions
6- Mixing Chords and Scales
7- Blues Using 7th Chords
8- Blues Using Inversions
9- Chord Numbers
10- New Orleans Rhythms
11- Grace Notes
12- New Topic
13- The Key of G
14- Seventh Chords
15- Shuffle in the Key of G
16- Broken Chords in G
17- The Blues Scale in G
18- Two Octave Blues Scale
19- Left Hand Accompaniment
20- The 12 Bar Blues
21- Left Hand Chords
22- Blue Notes
23- The Blues Scale
24- Glossary of Musical Terms
25- Using the Blues Scale
26- INTRODUCTION
27- Swing Rhythms
28- Combining Melodies and Accompaniment
29- The Major Chord
30- Blues Scale Riffs with Accompaniment
31- More New Orleans Style Blues
32- New Topic
33- The Triplet
34- Blues Runs Using Triplets
35- New Topic
36- New Orleans Rhythm in G
37- G<sup>7</sup> Chord Inversions
38- The 7th in the Left Hand Part
39- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
40- The D Chord
41- The Turnaround
42- C Major Chord Inversions
43- The Shuffle
44- Section 1 Summary
45- Riffs
46- Enharmonic Notes
47- Chord Diagrams
48- The C<sup>7</sup> Chord
49- G Major Chord Inversions
50- The D<sup>7</sup> Chord
51- F Major Chord Inversions
52- The F<sup>7</sup> Chord