 Hi everyone this is Jason here from Nathaniel in this lesson We are going to explore independence on the piano by maintaining a pulse Using the chords in the right hand of the chord progression very simple chord progression in this lesson is just three chords D minor F major and G major. I'm going to break that down later And the left hand we are going to create some rhythmic interest and build up our independence by playing You know at specific beats which really matter to the groove of the song and while having come up with this exercise I must also mention that I'm very influenced by glam rock of the 80s and more particularly bands like Toto Which you definitely should check out they do a lot of these you know Stabbing bass like movements and that really creates something very very timeless and memorable you even you just know It's that song you don't even need to have the melody by the singer. You know it just happens So I'll play you the pattern again, so you can see what's going on. You'll find the right hand is just playing steady chords That's D minor twice F major twice and G major four times that's two beats of D minor two beats of F major Four beats of G major. So that's what your right hand is all about super simple nothing fancy Just hold the pulse there and The left hand is going to do something like this And you see the groove developed right so anytime you you think of the word groove It's essentially a combination of some pattern over a steady pulse and that pattern Basically is on a time feel or some kind of beat division unit which you set up before your performance So in this case I prefer to divide the beat either by two or by four So if I count it it can be one and two and three and four and one and two and three and right One and I'd request you to actually count that While you play the right hand because the right hand is the steady hand or the easier hand if you will so Keep that going Right You could even count it as 16s That'll allow you more room or more notes to explore in the left hand One e and a two e and a three and a four e and a one e and a two e and a three and a four e and a one e and a two e and a Three and a four e and a little faster, right? So you could slow that down one e and a two e and a three and a four e and a one e and a right just gonna stick with eighths for now one and two and three and four and one and two and three and right one and two and three and four and one and two okay and now coming to the pattern the left hand is pretty much going to play chord roots but not play chord roots at the same time in which the right hand is playing the chord so you're not gonna end up doing this sounds nice sounds like a nice epic rock song but the two hands in this case are just whacking down together so there's no real independence between the hands right so what you want to do in the left hand is something different maybe play at more specific hit points which are groovy you know which are at the off beats or at the subdivisions so I'll demonstrate and then break it down let's just do that one and two and three and four and one okay let's do that again one and two and three and four and one so where was I stabbing one and two and three and four and one okay that is one one being on D one and two and what happened there at the end of the two one and two and before the right hand hit hits F major chord at the three I've ended up already playing the F root in the left hand so it goes one and two and three and four and there we go again just before I play the G chord I've anticipated the bass or I've played it before the right hand occurrence of the G major chord so it's also a concept called rhythmic anticipation we've done a couple of videos on the subject we will link them up so do check those out and also our entire playlist on basically rhythm all things rhythm counting and grooving really well we have a playlist for all this stuff I'd recommend you check it out so the left hand is going basically at the one one and two and of the two one and two and of the two and of the four you could leave the next bar silent and just pretty much have the G major chord running that'll work really great let's see how it goes do like a little bit of legato staccato toggle or interplay very groovy right one and two and three and four and one and two chords again D minor F major G major you can add a nice little thing at the end you can just go back to the D minor chord so it serves as a nice turnaround if you will I'll play it and then show you what did I do there B C D so where did all those hit points come in one and two and three and four one and two and three and four and four and okay this is at the G chord two and three and four and one and so when you're doing the G chord you do one two three and four and one again G two three and four and one that's taking you back to the loop so let's do that whole thing again D F G B C D F G this is the base B C D F G B C D F G B C D F G creates a nice syncopated feel right and you can make that last beat even more exciting by entering into the sixteenth note domain so let's see how that goes okay where was that C hit it was hit at the E of the fourth so it went a bit after the four so what we used to do in the left hand earlier was we played that B C D that getting back to the loop or creating back the loop we did it at the ends right one two and three and four and one and two and three and four and and four and one but what we could also do here is anticipate that last and and push it a little bit before and what is the one before if you're dividing by four and if you're counting sixteens or sixteenth notes it's going to be at the E of the four so that'll be one and a two and one one and a two and three and four and one and two and four E okay I'll play the whole thing and then break it down just the last C you know at the E to explore that sixteenth note excitement if you will this is the normal eighth notes and of the three and of the four but then if you do and of the three E of the four B C B C D D right so it adds a lot more excitement so let's put this all together that's a sixteenth note C if you're not getting that just go eighth notes so hope you found this exercise useful the exercise is all about developing these really catchy iconic bass lines by just stabbing specific hits of the bar which are basically going to be chord tones or the roots of chords really simple stuff but you're adding that rhythmic excitement and this creates very interesting independence challenges for your left hand and right hand because sometimes or most of the time rather our right hand does all the fancy stuff and the left hand does all the easy stuff sometimes we just hold a chord and go crazy in the right hand in this exercise the right hand is going really simple really ridiculously simple while the left hand is going all over the place in terms of rhythm at least so before I sign off with this lesson I'm going to play the entire riff for the entire composition super slow so that you guys can play along so do stay tuned till the end and if you haven't already don't forget to subscribe to our channel turn on that bell very important leave us a comment of course that'll be awesome to hear from you like the video share the video and whatever else possible now you have the D minor chord F A D then F major chord played as F A C and then the G major chord finally played for an entire bar D G B and then the bass playing the roots but at different points and then we have that B C pickup or that looping creator right which just makes it less monotonous so I'm just going to stop talking just play it slow follow along play along have fun see you in the next one