Bass Runs
As well as the alternating bass style, another common feature of Country keyboard playing is the use of bass runs with the left hand when moving between chords. The following examples show some typical uses of bass runs in the key of G. All the notes are derived from the G major scale. Don’t forget to try out some bass runs in the key of C too.
Here is a new arrangement of a song you learned earlier in the book, featuring the use of bass runs. If you have trouble coordinating both hands, practice each part separately and then play both parts together slowly and count out loud as you play.
Class Sessions
1- The Chords C, F and G
2- Putting it all Together
3- Grace Notes
4- Sixteenth Notes
5- The Major Pentatonic Scale
6- Bass Runs
7- The Key of G
8- Using Seventh Chords
9- Seventh Chords
10- 3rd Intervals
11- Blue Notes
12- Swing Rhythms
13- The Triplet
14- The 12 Bar Blues
15- Using Keyboard Voices
16- INTRODUCTION
17- Using Chords for Accompaniment
18- Chord Inversions
19- Left Hand Variations
20- Alternating Bass Style
21- Two Handed Accompaniment
22- Eighth Note Rhythms
23- Notes on the Keyboard
24- Chord Diagrams
25- Broken Chords
26- D Major Chord Inversions
27- G7 Chord Inversions
28- Syncopation
29- Enharmonic Notes
30- The Shuffle
31- C Major Chord Inversions
32- Chord Charts
33- The C7 Chord
34- The Blues Scale in G
35- G Major Chord Inversions
36- Easy Chord Table
37- F Major Chord Inversions
38- The D7 Chord
39- The F7 Chord
40- Minor Chord Chart
41- Dm Minor Chord
42- F<span class="symbolA">#</span>m Minor Chord
43- Seventh Chord Chart
44- F<span class="symbolA">#</span><sup>7</sup> Seventh Chord
45- New Topic