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Bass + chords

Accompanying a song with both hands

Left hand: the bass line from lesson 7. Right hand: the chords from lesson 13. Together, that’s the full accompaniment of a pop song.

It’s what pianists do when they accompany a singer: the bass down low, the chords in the middle.

Heard in: Let It Be, Someone Like You, Don’t Stop Believin’

Tips

• Both hands change chords together, on the first beat.

Whole notes in both hands

Bass and chord together, once per measure.

Chords in quarter notes

The left hand holds the whole note while the right hand plays the chord on every beat.