Organising my left hand patterns and exercises. Got a nice table done.
LH |
RH |
Example |
Comments |
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Cycling broken tenths |
1-5-10 — (5/IV) — 1-5-10 |
Shells |
C-G-E-C’-F-C’-A’’-F’— |
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Cycling 10ths & 6ths (m) |
1-5-b10-1’-b3’-5’-b6’ |
Shells |
C-G-Eb-C’-Eb’-G’-Ab’ |
Cross fingers on 5’-6’ |
1-5-10-1-5-6 |
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Cycling 9ths, 6ths, 4ths & 10ths |
1-5-9-10-1’-5’-6’-4 |
Shells |
C-G-D-E-C’-G’-A’-F’ |
Move the whole hand back down to lower octave after figure is finished |
Cycling 6ths & 10ths (m) |
1-5-9-b10-1’-b3’-b6’-5’ |
Shells |
C-G-D-Eb-C’-Eb’-Ab’-G’ |
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Broken tenths over ii — V7 — I |
1-5-10-(5)-1-5-10 |
ii — V — I – IV + iiø — V7b9 |
Move left hand octave below as soon as there’s an overlap |
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Inversions & arpeggios over ii — V7 — I |
Block / 7th arpeggio / root + 1st inversion / doubled roots |
ii — V — I – IV + iiø — V7b9 |
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Cycling 5ths & 6ths (m / M) |
1-5-3-6 |
Shells |
C-G-E-A |
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Triad-based |
1-5-1-3-5 |
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1-5-1’-3’-5’-7’-1’ |
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4ths |
1-4-5 |
1st or 2nd inversions |
C-F-G-C |
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Connecting ii — V with passing tone |
1-5-10ii — 5/V — 1-5-10V — 1I — chromatically down to parallel minor |
ii — V — I – IV + iiø — V7b9 |
D-(A-F’)x3-D’-G-(D’-B’)x3-C-B — A-E-C— |
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Phrygian descent in 10ths |
5-1-5-10-1’-3’-5’I — desc. arp.II |
i — II — III7 — iv |
C#-F#-A-F#’-A’-C#’-D’-B’-G-F#’-D-B-G |
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Combined 10ths and inverted 3rds |
5-1-5-10-1’-3’-5’II — 3-5-3V — 1st invI — 3bbI |
Shells |
G-C-Eb-C’-Eb’-G’-Ab’-F’-Ab’-[Bbmaj]-Db |
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Blues scale accompaniment |
Block — 1-3-48va — 7b-1-2-38vb |
Minor blues scale |
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Combined 10ths and 6ths |
1-5-10ii — (5/V) — 1-5-6V — 1-5-10I— |
ii — V — I – IV + iiø — V7b9 |