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Contemporary Accompaniment Patterns PDF
Contemporary Accompaniment Patterns PDF
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2. Same pattern as one, but with suspended 2 chords used.
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3. Same pattern with 2 added to the major chords and the 7 added to the minor.
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4. Just changing the rhythm in the RH.
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2014 James M Stevens Music ASCAP
(Accompaniment Patterns for Contemporary Piano) 3
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5. Chords for 2 beats and then arppegiating. (Arpeggiate is a fancy word for broken chords!)
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6. Classic Boom Chick!
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7. Middle Eastern Boom Chick
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8. "Broadway" Boom Chick adding an internal line.
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9. Basic arpeggiated pattern beginning in the LH.
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10. Karen Carpenter 70s Style! Still very useful!!
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11. Broken chord from bottom to top.
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12. Same arpeggiated pattern but adding the inversion on the 2nd half of the measure.
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13. Broken chord from top to bottom.
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14. Broken chord from top to bottom using inversions on the 2nd half of each measure.
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(Accompaniment Patterns for Contemporary Piano) 5
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15. Broken chord patterns - LH 1st half of each measure, RH 2nd half.
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16. Alternating between RH block chords and LH broken chords.
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D sus2 A sus2
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17. RH blocked and then broken.
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18. Simply using inversions in the RH.
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19. Broken pattern in the RH, but notice the bass - root, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th... a highly useful pattern!
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20. Simply playing a half note and giving rest on beats 3 and 4. Less busy can be great!
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21. Another pattern that is not "Busy."
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22. Once again, if others are playing, sometimes "Less Is More!"
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23. Simple syncopated pattern with the middle note left out of each chord.
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24. NO PIANO (Give it a rest and let the guitar carry it alone sometimes and vice versa)
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