Left Hand Piano Styles – Walking Bass

Good morning. This is Duane and today I’d like to talk about a very minor left hand piano styles that you might consider using.

Like I said, it’s not used very much. It used to be used more by jazz pianists but not so much anymore. What it is, it’s an imitation of a string bass. Your left hand is taking the place of the string bass and it basically plays through the chord.

If the chord is C, it would play kind of through the chord … like that on the beat or through the scale of the chord. In other words … Then when it changed to the F chord, then you … I goofed … You get the idea?

Now you can use it in the Blues or Rhythm and Blues, things like that, but you can also use it in song. Let me play an example here … Here what I’m doing is I’m playing the root and the fifth like a bass does.

You see you don’t have to use it all the time. You just kind of intersperse chords with that. Like I say, it’s not a very … I haven’t used that for years but it’s something I used to use and if you want to add that to your repertoire, it’s kind of a very minor style but one that you could think about adding to your toolbox.

Again whatever the chord is, like a C minor 7th, you can play through the chord itself, skip around if you want, or play through the scale of the chord … Or change … You see that.

Okay, that’s it for today. A very short video but if you enjoy this sort of thing, come over to PlayPiano.com and sign up for our free piano tips. Hope to see you there. Bye-bye for now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVr9zO54UGc&feature=youtu.be
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