piano

[andrewjohnsson40]

Comping a waltz by using bass-chord-chord os fairly easy. Doing the same on piano is really difficult. How do you comp waltez on the piano?

 

[debra]

Comping a waltz by using bass-chord-chord os fairly easy. Doing the same on piano is really difficult. How do you comp waltez on the piano?

You do it the difficult way. Practice makes perfect...

 

[Geronimo]

Take a look at The Entertainer by Scott Joplin. Once you leave the Intro, the accompaniment is basically Oom-Pah. You can translate this almost 1:1 to accordion standard bass buttons. When playing it on the piano, however, it means fingering octaves and forming chord patterns and jumping up- and downwards all the while. Yes, piano players are expected to do that. Good thing we are playing accordion. If you have enough sightreading practice, you can play piano pieces arranged like this basically straightforward on the standard bass accordion. Takes less practice than playing them on the piano...

 

[jozz]

For me the simplest way is to have your left hand hit bass notes one or two octaves below the right hand and make 3 note chords with your right hand.

You can vary it a bit, say by doubling up "bass-bass, chords-bass, chord-bass", instead of only bass, chord, chord.

 

[JEBrown]

Stride piano - hit the bass note with the little finger of your left hand (or play an octave) and then jump your hand up to play the appropriate chord. You have more options the piano because you can vary the chord even while staying in the same key, but it's harder than accordion as you have to move your hand a lot. It's a skill - 'just' takes practice...