Resources for Teaching Piano Arpeggios

This month my piano students will be completing an Arpeggio Challenge to boost their skills and understanding of this fundamental pattern that comes up in music over and over. 

While prepping for our piano arpeggio-themed group lesson I discovered some new arpeggio resources and revisited some of my favorites from the past.

Piano Accompaniment Patterns for Left Hand

 Playing with a lead sheet gives you the power of choice to stylize songs however you like.

And there are so many options! Listen to a few below. Then choose some of your favorites to use as you accompany the melodies of simple folk or Christmas songs you already know.

Block Chords: Stacked up Like a Snowman

Hey Ho Nobody Home 

Block Chords with Syncopated Rhythm: Bop di Bop

Duke of York Strut (in Piano Adventures 2B Lesson Book)

Broken Chords: Oom-Pah

Jingle Bells

Alberti Bass: Bottom Top Middle Top

Alberti Bass Two Minute Tip

Broken Intervals: Chord Pieces

Piano Guys All Good (sheet music in Lullaby book)

Forrest Gump Style: Interrupting Eighths

Piano Guys Ode to Joy (sheet music in Lullaby book)

Alberti + Broken Intervals + Forrest Gump

Row Your Boat Piano Guys (sheet music in Lullaby book)

Bluesy 5-6 Swing Beetles

Don't Wanna Leave You Blues by Martha Mier (in Jazz Rags & Blues Book 1)

Bluesy Swayin' 1-5-6

Ol' Rockin' Chair Blues  (in Jazz Rags & Blues Book 1)

Going Further:

Watch the following videos if you'd like to learn more left-hand styles and see them in action.

Pianonote 3 Easy Left Hand Patterns (Broken Intervals, 1 8va Arpeggio Variations)

Tutorial with sample at the end (8:20).

100 Left-Hand Patterns Book by Gerald Simon shows so many different ways left-hand patterns can stylize your music. 

Watch the  Left-Hand Patterns Workshop by Gerald Simon to see a few in action.

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