Piano Hand Independence (Rhythmic)
Channel: Jason Zac - Nathaniel School of Music
Date: 2020-09-04

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Here's a set of exercises that will help you work on your left and right-hand independence on the piano using a dance (EDM style) rhythm pattern. The idea is to focus on the "bossa nova clave", a popular Afro-Cuban pattern in one hand, while focussing on maintaining a steady pulse with the other hand. You can really challenge your independence when you bring them together!

The Left-hand plays the Pulse and arpeggios and the right-hand plays the clave. After this, we flip the hands and do the opposite!

Lesson flow:

01:21 - The Chord Progression Explained - Bm D F#m E
02:44 - Building Independence with the “body”, “voice” and a simple hand ratio 1:4
04:57 - “Bossa Clave” 1/16th note Pattern (Pop Clave) with Pulse
08:42 - Left-Hand plays Pulse with Root Octave together, “Toggle” & Arpeggios
14:05 - Spread Voicing in the left hand
15:16 - Flipping the role of both hands - RH Pulse & LH “Bossa Clave”
18:18 - Summary & Revision

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