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    Section5 Lesson1

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    The document provides instructions for learning the basic ballad style at the piano. It recommends starting by improvising with chord notes and scales before learning actual tunes. The process involves learning a left hand chord pattern, putting it into a chord sequence, experimenting freely with the pentatonic scale over different chords, and then applying the techniques to melodies.

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    Section5 Lesson1

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    The document provides instructions for learning the basic ballad style at the piano. It recommends starting by improvising with chord notes and scales before learning actual tunes. The process involves learning a left hand chord pattern, putting it into a chord sequence, experimenting freely with the pentatonic scale over different chords, and then applying the techniques to melodies.

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    The document provides instructions for learning the basic ballad style at the piano. It recommends starting by improvising with chord notes and scales before learning actual tunes. The process involves learning a left hand chord pattern, putting it into a chord sequence, experimenting freely with the pentatonic scale over different chords, and then applying the techniques to melodies.

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    The document provides instructions for learning the basic ballad style at the piano. It recommends starting by improvising with chord notes and scales before learning actual tunes. The process involves learning a left hand chord pattern, putting it into a chord sequence, experimenting freely with the pentatonic scale over different chords, and then applying the techniques to melodies.

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    NOTE FINDER
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    D
    C B
    A
    G
    F
    D E
    B C
    G A
    E F
    D
    C
    A B

    ?
    G
    F
    MIDDLE C

    E
    D
    C
    B
    A
    F G
    D E
    B C
    G A
    F
    E D
    C
    B
    The position of the C’s

    C C C C C

    5-2
    DEVELOPING
    A BASIC
    BALLAD STYLE

    GETTING THE FEEL OF IT

    5-3
    BALLAD STYLE
    GETTING THE FEEL OF IT

    Believe it or not, the EASIEST way to learn Ballad Style is to IMPROVISE 


    before you learn any actual tunes. The reason for this is that is is quite difficult
    to remember the notes of actual tunes but it’s a lot easier to play around and
    experiment with chord notes and special scales and patterns

    Here’s how we’re going to approach learning BALLAD STYLE..

    BALLAD STYLE PROCESS

    1. Learn a simple LEFT HAND pattern that can be applied to any chord.

    2. Put this pattern into a sequence of chords.

    3. Learn the PENTATONIC SCALE - a magic 5 note scale that will sound
    GREAT over ALL your chords no matter what order you play the notes in!

    4. EXPERIMENT with the magic scale - NO RULES!

    5. Learn a more structured approach to playing Ballad style using various


    patterns and chord tones

    6. Apply what you have learned to ACTUAL melodies.

    5-4
    BALLAD STYLE
    EXERCISE 1 - getting the FEEL of it!

    Play the following sequence of notes (based on the chord of C) ONE note at a time
    from the low C up to the G up to the high C (hold the high C note for two beats)
    Keep the sustain pedal down throughout

    LEFT HAND

    C C G C D E G C
    Fingering 5 2 1
    REPEAT TWICE

    Now move the whole pattern TWO notes left based on the chord of Am

    Am A E A B C E A

    Then two notes left again to F

    F F C F G A C F

    Then one note right again to G

    G G D GA B D

    Play each sequence TWICE


    So - 2 x C, 2 x Am, 2 x F, 2 x G and back to C

    (Keep the sustain pedal down through each sequence


    Lift it and replace it BETWEEN chord changes)
    5-5
    BALLAD STYLE
    EXERCISE 1
    In Musical Notation

    C C Am
    count 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

    A E A
    C G C

    Am F F

    F C F

    G G

    G D G

    C C C

    C G C

    5-6
    BALLAD STYLE
    EXERCISE 2
    THE MAGICAL PENTATONIC SCALE

    OK - you have the Left Hand sorted - what about the RIGHT HAND?

    You are now going to learn the EASIEST and most useful scale of them all

    The 5 note PENTATONIC SCALE.

    This scale has been around since the dawn of time. The beauty of it is it sounds
    GREAT over a wide variety of chord changes (in the relevant key).

    It’s construction is simple. You play the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of the major
    scale. (leave out the 4th and 7th)
    So if you were playing chord changes in the key of C your C PENTATONIC scale
    would be as follows

    C PENTATONIC SCALE (Right Hand)

    C D E G A C D E G A ETC
    1 2 3 5 6

    On the following page you are going to play the same left hand chord changes as
    in exercise 1 but this time play ANY notes of the C pentatonic scale in the second
    half of each bar.

    Don’t be shy - try all kinds of variations - try running up two or three octaves

    To give you more time to experiment with the RIGHT HAND only play each chord
    change ONCE but hold it for TWO bars

    5-7
    BALLAD STYLE EXERCISE 3

    C PENTATONIC

    IMPROVISE C PENTATONIC C PENTATONIC C PENTATONIC

    C Am
    count 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + HOLD
    HOLD

    A E A
    C G C

    C PENTATONIC C PENTATONIC C PENTATONIC

    F HOLD

    F C F

    C PENTATONIC C PENTATONIC

    G
    HOLD

    G D G

    C PENTATONIC C PENTATONIC

    C C
    HOLD

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