| Patterns. That's an interesting word and one | | | | freely improvise your melodies. In essence, |
| that applies well to music. There are | | | | what is created is a repeating loop. This |
| patterns everywhere in music. Repeating | | | | loop can also be looked at as a section of |
| patterns, note patterns, chord patterns etc. | | | | music. When you start thinking in sections, |
| | | | you'll be doing what composers do. |
| For New Age piano playing, a pattern that | | | | |
| comes up frequently is a crossover technique | | | | This pattern for the left hand is used |
| for the left hand. The left plays a repeating | | | | frequently in New Age piano playing because |
| pattern that uses more than an octave of the | | | | you can create sections of music very quickly |
| keyboard while the right plays melody notes, | | | | and easily. And it's attractive because it |
| chords, etc. | | | | gives you the New Age sound quickly too! |
| | | | |
| For example, in the lesson "Ocean Pacific," | | | | How many patterns are there? An infinite |
| we have 4 chords to play with and the | | | | amount. In fact, there are so many that it |
| technique with which to play them - a | | | | may be impossible to create them all. That's |
| repeating crossover pattern. | | | | why music is so limitless. Experiment with |
| | | | your own patterns and you'll see how easy |
| Now, what's so great about this is that you | | | | creating in the New Age style can be! |
| have an aural background over which you may | | | | |