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What A Friend We Have In Jesus
This song includes many
improvisation techniques, take a look at the summary below:
1. Color Tones: Major 7th, and Dominant 7th are used throughout
the song. These two chords are commonly used to improvise any
piano music.
2. Broken Chords: Can you tell there are a few chords that are
broken down to create cascading falls effects?
3. Scales: Parts of the F major scale is used for fillers and
runs-up.
4. Rubato playing: This technique is frequently used in this
song sample to create anticipation and tension.
5. Chord Substitutions: Unconventional chords are used to
replace common chords.
6. Half Step Slides: Can you tell when it is being used?
7. II7 to V7 Progression: This is one of the most pleasant
sounded progression you will encounter. Can you find it in this
song?
8. Plagal Ending: A common ending in different form.
9. Parallelisms: This technique is used quite often.
10. Two hands arpeggios: Used to create the flowing river of
sound. Very effective!
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