{"id":128,"date":"2008-08-08T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/index.php\/forget-the-right-hand-focus-on-the-left\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T23:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:30:30","slug":"forget-the-right-hand-focus-on-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/forget-the-right-hand-focus-on-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget the right hand! Focus on the left…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jonI get tons of e-mails everyday and from experience, I find that one of the hardest things for musicians to do is play chords on both hands.<\/p>\n

It takes a lot of getting used to, especially when you’re used to playing chords on the right and single bass notes (or power chords like the “1” and “5” notes) on the left.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong… this is fine if you’re a solo musician and have to hold down the chords and bass.<\/p>\n

But as you get more experienced and start getting invited to play in bands, you’ll have to say goodbye to the left hand bass technique, or the bass player WILL HATE YOU. And your chords won’t sound as full as the musician using two hands to play them.<\/p>\n

So as I was going through our youtube videos<\/a> (we have hundreds of them there, check it out<\/a>), I came across a pretty good demonstration of a two-hand groove by our very own Jonathan Powell from the GospelKeys Urban Pro 600 course<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He goes over this chord progression in depth in the dvd but what I wanted to do was include the notes of the groove and explain a little more of what’s going on for those who don’t have the course.<\/p>\n

Stick with me… you’ll get a lot out of this…<\/p>\n

If you want to check out the video first, be my guest. If not, click on this video after reading what I have to say:<\/p>\n


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