COMPING CONCEPTS: Interdependence vs. Independence

This is the first in a new series of lessons about comping or accompaniment. Today, I address the idea of "hand independence" and why I prefer to think about interdependence of the left and right hand.
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Matt Johnson: Left Hand Comping tutorial • Tutorial: Improve your...
0:00 intro
1:00 comping = accompaniment = rhythm!
2:19 interdependence vs. independence
3:26 comping on a blues
4:38 firing up the Hammond organ
5:09 even walking bass is interdependent
6:55 time is consistent
7:48 interdependence with LH ostinatos
8:19 Bruce Hornsby - King of the Hill
10:17 articulating subdivisions
11:11 triplets against 16th notes
12:10 applying drumset pedagogy to piano
14:01 comping with scales
16:26 outro

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Great tips man. Appreciate you sharing your approach.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup.
I only started my music education after 65 yoa when I bought a piano. I had joked my whole life that I had been born with two left ears. I'm trying to change that. I was humbled by a video where I realized that after two years of playing I wasn't yet ready to call myself a beginner, since I need to work on the basics.
This is an amazing video that presents a very basic concept in a clear way. I started watching part two, but took your advice.

[@ryshpanmusic]

Thank you for your comment! I think we always need to revisit the basics, whether we're a beginner or advanced.

[@erico.1317]

Quick question though...How would you practice something like "King of the Hills" and be able to freely improvise with the RH once you get the LH pattern down? What are the steps you go through to add the RH? Do you start with a 1/8 note scale very slow around 40BPM with the RH? What would be the next steps? Arpeggios? Thank you!

[@ryshpanmusic]

The way I worked on it was quarter notes on a single pitch, then quarter notes on small arpeggios or scales. Then I'd go to smaller subdivisions like eighths and 16ths, and then I'd move to triplets and sextuplets.

[@erico.1317]

@@ryshpanmusic That makes sense. Thank you so much!

[@erico.1317]

Great point and info! Looking forward to the next video. Thank you for posting this.

[@ryshpanmusic]

Thanks for watching and listening!

[@only4crap]

this was great!

[@ryshpanmusic]

Thanks!