How to Quickly Improvise with Both Hands with Flats and 3 Beats
Improvise with Both Hands
Here’s another song using 3 beats in a measure when you improvise with both hands. This piece has 2 flats in the key signature, meaning you have to flat all the Bs and Es in the melody. When constructing the chords from the symbols that have flats, you will automatically be using the required flats when you follow the rules to creating chords that you already know. You do NOT have to know what key (scale) you are playing in! Just add the flats as they occur in the melody.
These are pages from the Teach Yourself to Improvise with Chords Book 1. The entire process is outlined step-by-step in the book and is easy to follow.
Remember, however you choose to improvise with both hands, the only notes that are to be read are the melody. The rest of the accompaniment is improvised from the chords without reading!
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