Publisher's Synopsis
100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know (Play the Same Song 100 Different Ways) by Music Mentor Jerald Simon, is one of the books from the Music Motivation(R) Series. This book was created to help piano students of all ages and skill levels learn how to improvise and arrange music of their own. The 100 left hand patterns introduced in this book can help piano students, piano teachers, and music professionals take their piano playing to the next level by learning how to play the same song 100 different ways. Use these 100 left hand patterns in this book to arrange the 100 songs from the FUN Fake Book or use the left hand patterns to arrange any music you'd like to play. You can even use the 100 left hand patterns introduced in this book to compose music of your own. It's all about creating, arranging, improvising, and composing music you want to play. The left hand patterns taught in this book have been divided up into four different groups: 1. Basic Left Hand Patterns, 2. Jazz, Blues, and Boogie-Woogie Left Hand Patterns, 3. Rock and Pop Left Hand Patterns, and 4. New Age and Contemporary Left Hand Patterns. I only included 100 left hand patterns, but there are so many more patterns you can create. See what you can come up with and take your piano playing to the next level! This book is divided into two sections: 1. 100 Left Hand Patterns, and 2. The FUN Fake Book featuring 100 songs in Fake Book Format (where the right hand melody is shown with corresponding chords notated above each measure - the piano player fakes, or improvises, their own left hand pattern using the 100 left hand patterns taught in the book). Here is a list of some of the 100 songs found in this FUN Fake Book: Section 1 (Children's Songs): 1. Mary Had a Little Lamb 2. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 3. Pop Goes the Weasel 4. The Enemy Weensy Spider 5. This Old Man 6. Three Blind Mice 7. Row, Row, Row Your Boat 8. Skip to My Lou 9. London Bridge is Falling Down 10. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain 11. Old Macdonald 12. Free Jacques 13. BINGO 14. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 15. The Farmer in the Dell 16. Alouette 17. Green Sleeves (and What Child is This?) 18. Rockaby Baby 19. Lullaby 20. Reveille 21. It's Raining, It's Pouring 22. Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes 23. The Wheels on the Bus 24. If You're Happy and You Know it! 25. I Love the Mountains 26. Chopsticks 27. A Tiskit, A Tasket 28. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt 29. Camptown Races 30. The Mulbry Bush (Mulberry Bush) 31. For He's a Jolly Good Fellow 32. The Muffin Man 33. Home on the Range 34. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? 35. The Old Gray Mare 36. Polly Wolly Doodle 37. Take Me Out to the Ball Game 38. Ten Little Children (to the tune of Ten Little Indians) 39. Buffalo Gals 40. A Bicycle Built for Two - Section 2 (American Folk/Patriotic Songs): 41. Oh Susanna 42. Good Night Ladies 43. I've Been Working on the Railroad 44. O My Darling Clementine 45. The Marine's Hymn 46. Anchor's Aweigh 47. You're A Grand Old Flag 48. The Battle Hymn of the Republic 49. America the Beautiful 50. The Star-Spangled Banner 51. My Country, 'Tis of Thee 52. When Johnny Comes Marching Home 53. When the Saints Go Marching In 54. Yankee Doodle 55. The Army Goes Rolling AlongSection 3 (Christmas Music): 56. Jingle Bells 57. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 58. Up On the House Top 59. Deck the Halls 60. Joy to the World 61. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 62. Hark the Herald Angels Sing 63. O Christmas Tree 64. Silent Night 65. Angels We Have Heard on High 66. Still, Still, Still 67. Bring a Torch Jeannete, Isabella 68. Good King Wenceslas 69. The Holly and the Ivy 70. The First Noel 71. Go Tell It on the Mountain 72. I Saw Three Ships 73. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 74. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 75. Away in a Manger 76. We Wish You a Merry Christmas! Section 4: Classical Music Section 5: Gospel/Spiritual Music
