100 Essential Left Hand Piano Patterns for Every Player

Michael G.: Still working with this one.

United Kingdom on Jul 05, 2023

David RobertDavid Robert: I wanted to strengthen my left hand with some exercises. 90 pages - 30 are exercises all in C which is okay in various styles. But the next 60 pages are filler - is a baby “fake book” such favorites as Mary Had A Little Lamb. You have to read the fine print on the cover to catch the fake book part. just seemed a little misleading to me. for left hand drills, look elsewhere.

United States on Jun 25, 2023

SILVIO: Ottimi questi esercizi per mano sinistra... Le canzoni, che poi vengono proposte, sono mancanti della diteggiatura... e, perciò, chi ha una pur infarinatura di base, riesce a cavarsela... Chi parte da zero, si troverà in leggera difficoltà! Nel complesso: la parte che riguarda la mano sinistra è molto utile!!! e le 100 canzoni che sono indicate da suonare dalla sinistra con gli accordi, sono semplici e varie.

Italy on Aug 08, 2022

Ivan: I really like using this book with students more interested in modern music, but it is also helpful for those interested in improvisation. It is not for very early beginners; you do need to know how to read notes. If you can and are interested in expanding your horizons and learning how to play pop, rock, and jazz songs from a lead sheet, you should definitely consider getting it.

It starts with simple patterns and, little by little, gets more interesting and creative. It also includes many commonly used patterns, which come in handy when you don't know what to play with the left hand when the right one is playing a melody.

I think the only missing thing is that there could be backing tracks (via a link) to make it more fun to practice the songs from part 2 of the book. But I guess it would increase the price, so... Not a big deal.

Overall, it's not an anthology of left hand patterns, but it is precisely what it says - '100 left hand patterns'. It's a good start to understanding how to play from a fake book.
Try this book if your experience is limited to playing music written traditionally or if you learn it from tutorial videos, but you want a little more....

United States on Jul 27, 2022

debba: Near the back of the book, there is the author's philosophy - stack chords under the melody notes on the right hand, and use the left hand for base lines and arpeggio patterns. Exactly how I instruct my students.

United States on May 04, 2022

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Germany on Sep 22, 2021

Breogan64: libro serio para iniciarse en el mundo del piano con algo de conocimiento

Spain on Apr 23, 2021

kathy: Well written easy to understand....but will take much much much practice to be able to play the left hand notes. I am pleased with my purchase.

Canada on Nov 17, 2020

LizaAC: Oh my goodness I just got this book. It shipped on time! I've only gotten to the 11th pattern because I'm having so much fun exploring the songs I already know with them. okay for the review, if you have not already done so go watch his video on Youtube. He gives a very accurate description of whats in the book and what you can expect. If your already a beginner to intermediate piano player this will boost you to the next level. So ive been playing for two years and I mostly stay in the primary cords of C G F major. Jerald explains just move up 1/2 step to get to each chord. So from C to A major is 9 half steps right? So just move fingers 5 3 and 1 9 steps and presto A major. Well I already know my chords but I want to show how beneficial his way of teaching is. The patterns challenged my muscle memory. Especially the muscle sitting on my shoulders LOL. What I do is get a timer for 3 minutes and take my time learning the pattern with the metronome going and then increase the speed until it becomes second nature. This goes pretty fast so I then play in all 12 keys as suggested and lastly I play around with songs I already know just to see how the pattern can be applied. I give the...

United States on Apr 20, 2020

Jason: This is an excellent book and its unlike any that I have seen. Its great practice to work through the book trying each left hand pattern. I make note of the ones I like so I can quickly go back to work on them more. It had some good boogie woogie patterns that I had never seen.

The song section is unexpectedly good. There are a lot of great familiar songs!

I'm really pleased with the book. Its worth buying if you have interest in learning to play quickly and you don't plan to only read/play sheet music note for note.

I've came along way quickly by learning a couple of nice left hand chord patterns and playing melodies with my right. If you can play other instrument(s) or just have a good sense of timing, this method can have you improving and playing some really great pieces within a month or so.

Coming from the banjo and guitar, I'm playing piano better than I ever expected in a short time frame.

If you want to improvise, play c, f, and g chord/pattern progressions and randomly press white keys. You will be surprised how good you can sound.

United States on Dec 02, 2019