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Rhythm 3 - Half Beat Bounce

RHYTHM # 3

HALF BEAT BOUNCE

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RHYTHM NUMBER 3
HALF BEAT BOUNCE

This rhythm is mostly used for SLOW songs.

The RIGHT hand plays a steady 4 beats per bar.

The LEFT hand is played on the FIRST and THIRD beats of EACH bar
AND on a ‘half beat’ which is played AFTER every 2nd and 4th beat.

Use the sustain pedal over each chord change

Try it first with just a C chord - keep repeating it until you get the rhythm.

C C

1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

C C C C C C C C

If two chords are played in a bar the rhythm stays the same but you just
change to the new chord in both hands on the 3rd beat of the bar.

Try it with the chord changes for ‘Blue Moon’.

Remember to play the LEFT hand on the FIRST beat of each chord change and
then on the HALF BEAT after every 2nd and 4th beat.

C Am F G

1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

C C A A F F G G

PEDAL PEDAL PEDAL PEDAL

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RHYTHM NUMBER 3
HALF BEAT BOUNCE

Remember - it is VERY important that you learn the RHYTHM well before you
start applying it to chord progressions.

Play the rhythm REPEATEDLY - with a single chord and then the chord
progression - until you can play it automatically without thinking.

I don’t mean just a few dozen times.

You need to play it over and over until you are absolutely sure that you have
internalised it.

When you see a progression that has to be played with a ‘Half Beat Bounce’
you need to know INSTANTLY how that rhythm is played - in BOTH hands.

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

© Robin Hall 2021