Exercises 7 - Left hand patterns

Introduction

These exercise are a list of left hand accompaniment patterns you're able to utilise with your improvisations and compositions.

Instructions on how to play finger placement exercises.

Two finger pattern

C << LT3 I-3 T2 I-2

C >> LI-2 T2 I-3 T3

C <> LT3 I-3 T2 I-2

C >< LI-2 T2 I-3 T3

One five one three

C  >< LP1 I5 T1 I3 T5

C  >  LP1 I5 T1 I3 T5 < I3 T1

F  >< LP1 I5 T1 I3 T5

F  >  LP1 I5 T1 I3 T5 < I3 T1

Bb >< LP1 T5 I1 T3 I5 

Bb >  LP1 T5 I1 T3 I5 < T3 I1

Jump blues

Both lines are played together with your left hand, your thumb, pinky and index fingers.

When you finish the pattern, you start from the beginning again and repeat multiple times.

C >> || LT5 T6 <I5 >T-7 <T6 I5

C >> || LP1 P1      P1   P1

Rock blues

Both lines are played together with your left hand, your thumb and pinky are playing at the same time.

When you finish the pattern, you start from the beginning again and repeat multiple times.

C >> || LT55 <M-3 >M3  

C >> || LP11

Slow Blues

Three fingers together with the left hand, H3 mean high 3, over an octave.

C >> || LP1 TH3 T1

C >> ||         I-7

C >> ||         PH3

Burlesque Blues

Four fingers together make the chord C7 with the left hand.

Octaves   C7

C >> || LTH1  P3   T1  < T5

C >> ||            I-7              

C >> ||            M5             

C >> || P1         P3 

                   C7

C >> || LTH5  P3   T1   < T1

C >> ||            I-7

C >> ||            M5

C >> || P5         P3