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Topic: Playing songs without using melody? (Read 1559 times)

aggelisnikos

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Playing songs without using melody?

on: August 30, 2007, 08:20:47 AM

Hi everybody!

It's the second time i post so i'm new at this forum. I think it's very interesting. As i mentioned at the last post i play the piano for some years. I have a large amount of sheet music of pop rock music (pieces that i like). However, these pieces have only the melody and the bass on the left hand. I see alot of pianists playing songs with an alternative way without using the melody so much. I am wondering how they do this. Could anybody explain that to me? There is a website with free sheet music of that kind?

Kind regards,
nick the greek

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anna_crusis

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Re: Playing songs without using melody?

Reply #1 on: August 30, 2007, 10:42:47 AM

I think you mean bass/chords, which is pretty much what it sounds like: a bass line with the left hand and chords with the right. That's what most pop keyboardists do.