Amazing Grace - Piano - Oom Pah

Amazing Grace is a Christian Rhyme with a 3/4 rhythm. The attempt is to play it the on Piano using the Oom-pah.

In this attempt I have used only this pattern in the left hand through out and used single finger melody with the right hand. It is difficult to get this right and hence I used the following approach.

1. Get the melody in the right hand only. Sing while you play.
2. Add blocked chords to the left hand while playing from the lead sheet.
3. Played Oom-pah with only one chord - the key in which the song is written. This helps to get the co-ordination between the left and right hand.
4. Once the above step is done, use the correct chords in the oom-pah for left hand and get the melody right in the right hand.
5. Practice!

Aura Lee in Blocked Chords

Here I am trying Aura Lee using Blocked Chords and Single Finger Melody.


 

You can learn more about the song here.

Silent Night in Open Voicing

Open Voicing arrangement is when you play the chords with the chords spread across multiple octaves and usually divided between the two hands. The following is an attempt to play the Silent Night

I am learning the open voicing arrangement and the following recording uses a very basic open voicing arrangement. The left hand playing the root note and the fifth notes while the right hand played the third and the melody note above it.

There had been exceptions though primarily because of constraints. The left hand played an Octave for the root note(instead of root and fifth) during the last G chord. This was because the chord had to be played down to avoid clash with the melody in the right hand and the root and the fifth there was creating a not so pleasing sound. Also, for the right hand, only the melody note is played if the melody note itself was the third of the chord.

Please refer the song page Silent Night for more information on the song. To know more about the Piano Techniques used, please refer the Techniques page.

Please feel free to add your comments and feedback.

The Tennessee Waltz

The attempt is to play the Tennessee Waltz on Piano. This rendition uses various different techniques and accompaniment patterns.

The following are the techniques I have used for this rendition:

1. Using an introduction which are in fact final phrases of the song
2. Right Hand playing melody with single finger
3. Right Hand playing melody in Octave hand position (along with different techniques like adding more fingers to notes in the position)
4. Left Hand playing Arpeggio
5. Left Hand playing Oom-pah-pah
6. 10th Chord Arpeggio
7. Ending the song with a grand arpeggio

Please refer the song page Tennessee Waltz for more information on the song. To know more about the Piano Techniques used, please refer the Techniques page.

Silent Night - 10th Chord Arpeggio

The attempt is to play the Silent Night on Piano using the 10th Chord Arpeggio.

The following are the techniques I have used for this rendition:

1. Left Hand playing arpeggio using 10th Chords
2. Right Hand playing melody in Octave hand position

Please refer the song page Silent Night for more information on the song. To know more about the Piano Techniques used, please refer the Techniques page.