Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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Here’s a simple improvising idea to dress up
hymns with few chord changes.
Use contrary octaves between both hands to produce
a more interesting sound.
In today’s examples, the contrary octaves will occur
when the V chord leads to a I chord. The contary octaves can
occur in other chord progressions but I’ll address those at
another time.
After playing these examples, try the contrary octave idea
in the following hymns:
“Showers of Blessing” ( 1st sentence on words: “…showers of….” )
“Redeemed” ( 1st sentence on words: “…love to pro-…” )
Editor notes on today’s examples:
Description of left hand octave pattern:
1st octave is same note as right hand
2nd octave steps down
3rd octave skips down
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