In this blog, I”d just like to show 3 ways of ‘strumming’ or playing your left-hand chords in accompaniment to your right-hand melody, when you play a slower-type song that has the very common ‘Rock Beat ‘ tempo. This is the tempo you hear often, when a vocalist (especially one also playing the piano together ) sings a slower contemporary song.

As the above video show, the purpose here is to show a few the ways you can strum* your left –hand fingers, and when youre familiar with each of them, you can then flexibly, and as appropriately, blend them in your peft-hand playing throughout a given song.

* Sorry, I’m fond of using the term ‘strum’ - for want of a better word - as this is what I used to do when I first learned the guitar… strumming the strings, and humming the melody along. I couldn’t sing of course.

Thank you.