FREE ONILNE LESSONS (Octave Harmonisation)
Apart from playing single note melody on your right hand, you can consider playing in octaves. This creates a more dynamic feel to the song, and perhaps a variation to a certain portion of the song where you prefer to emphasize.
Playing in octaves means adding an extra duplicate melody note on the lower octave (using your thumb).
For example:
Single note melody line
Octave melody line
And if this is not enough for a more dynamic feel, and if your fingers are wide enough, you can consider doing a full harmonisation to an octave melody line.
For example:
Single note melody line
Full octave harmonisation
Your melody line should always be stronger than your accompaniment chords on your left. Thus harmonization is important as it adds richness to your melody. If you are unable to do a full octave harmonization due to short fingers, consider omitting the bottom note or notes, or which ever that makes your playing more comfortable. Of course, practice makes prefect!
Now, say if you are able to do in octaves and or with octave harmonization, let's try doing a technique call ghost notes. Ghost notes are notes that are actually not meant to be felt and not to be heard. They must be played much softer than the actually melody notes. Usually, melody ghost notes are repetitions of the melody line itself.
For example:
Single note melody line
Octave melody line with ghost notes
Or
With full octave harmonization
Remember, the ghost notes must be played terribly soft. If not, it will not sound as intended. Secondly, a ghost note is different from a grace note. There is a proper notated rhythm to a ghost note for instance a quaver or a semi-quaver, unlike a grace note that sounds like a flap.
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