Accompaniment
Goal of Accompaniment 2 – Neil Moore
I am watching the training for Accompaniment 2. What is the bottom line or the goal for this section? I think the very first sentence, on the Accompaniment 2 page, sums it up: “Accompaniment 2 introduces more complex accompaniment pieces, and explores inversions, rhythm tracks,…
Accompaniment struggles
I have a 7-year-old student in Level 3. He plays beautifully and has a strong ear for music. He really struggles with accompaniment, though. He understands the chords and can play each chord on its own. But when playing songs, he skips lines, plays lines…
Introduction of chord inversions, use of scales
I’m still a relative newbie, trying to wrap my head around fitting all the pieces together. Can someone further down the path give some insight on the following please? I’ve done the Composition and Improv as well as Accompaniment training (and Supplemental Programs for these),…
Difficulty in identifying notes on piano
I am seeing some gaps in the foundation of my two 9-year-olds. They are at the end of F1 and their playlist is strong, and they have been starting Accompaniment 1 with learning the basic chord triad shapes. They seemed to understand it well but…
Transition chord for changing keys
Quick Accompaniment question: What bridging chord to you use to link the two versions of Scarborough Fair? Transitioning from A minor to C minor, that makes it the 5th of C minor. Would that be G major? It doesn’t quite hit the mark for my…
Difficulty in playing finger 5 on chords
I have a student struggling to play all three notes of the triad evenly. She is playing fingers 1 and 3, but neglecting to push down finger 5 consistently. Any tips on how to work with her on this? See if she can rotate the…
Fingering with large hand span
To any with a very large hand span: what advice do you have for a young adult whose hands are so large that playing a chord with fingers 1, 3, 5 is as uncomfortable as playing C, E, E with those fingers would be for…
Question about dominant 7th chords
I have a question about the C7 chord: we drop our thumb down a whole step to Bb, but how does this make it a C7 chord, when Bb is not the 7th note that we count from C? Its full name is “dominant 7th”,…
LH position for Scarborough Fair
In Accompaniment 1, what is the LH fingering or placement for Scarborough Fair in A minor?] I have students put LH finger 3 on A – that keeps all the bass notes in the 5-finger position, with the thumb playing both C and reaching over…
Prospective student only wants to learn Accompaniment
I have a prospective student who sent me a video of a woman accompanying a singer with the question, “Can you teach me to play like this?” I say yes, accompaniment is included in the program, and told her about the different genres. She says…