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
Block Chords with Syncopated Rhythm: Bop di Bop
Broken Chords: Oom-Pah
Alberti Bass: Bottom Top Middle Top
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
Bluesy Swayin' 1-5-6
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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