blues – Piano-ology

Country School: Two-Step Comping Pattern #6

Sixth in a series of definitive country two-step comping patterns for your consideration… Advertisements

A good intro builds excitement and establishes expectations before jumping into a tune…

A good intro builds excitement and establishes expectations before jumping into a tune…

A good intro builds excitement and establishes expectations before jumping into a tune…

Three simple notes (5-6-1 = So–La–Do) work great over all three chords…

A simple three note pattern (b3-3-1) played on each chord.

This idea plays the exact same pattern (5-6-1) over all three chords…

A very common blues and boogie idea is to “slide” the minor third into the major third of each chord…

Tone Clusters are edgy chords that typically consist of blue notes played simultaneously with their respective chord tones…

Repeated notes are a great way to keep the time moving or to build excitement…