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Stride piano is a captivating solo piano style anchored by the left-hand pattern of low bass notes that alternate with mid-range chords. Using a transcription of Harry Connick's left hand on the tune On the Sunny Side of the Street from his 1987 self-titled debut recording, the stride left hand pattern is broken down into its component parts in part one of this lesson.

Part two fleshes out the basic pattern with walking tenths, chromatic approach notes and rootless and spread voicings.

Master this solo piano style with the accompanying PDF Practice Sessions which will start you out with writing a stride left hand pattern and then guide you through improvising your own left hand stride pattern to the changes to three tunes commonly played in the stride style, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Summertime and Stormy Weather.
Lesson Stats
When added: part 1: 7/25/11; part 2: 1/13/12
Duration: 20 minutes each
Quizzes: 1
Practice Sessions: 4/23 pages
Playalongs: 0
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Listen to Harry Connick play On the Sunny Side of the Street. Click on the album cover to be taken to the JazzPianoOnline.com Store.
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