Boogie Woogie, Part V

We're going to learn a very common, useful and, actually, classic right hand pattern. Start with a C chord in the right hand as described in the last article:

C, E, G

You should be fingering this chord with your thumb, middle and pinky fingers. Now, move your middle and pinky fingers up one note, to F and A. Play that new chord:

C, F, A

Now move back to the original chord:

C, E, G

That's it. That's the pattern we will play when the left hand is playing a C on the bottom. Here it is all together:
C, E, G C, F, A C, E, G

Now, when the left hand plays an F on the bottom, move your right hand up 3 notes to an F chord:

F, A, C

Do the same maneuver in this new place on the keyboard:
F, A, C F, Bb, D F, A, C

When the left hand plays a G on the bottom, move your right hand up 1 note to a G chord:

G, B, D

Do the maneuver again in this place on the keyboard:
G, B, D G, C, E G, B, D

Below is the left hand pattern. Play the chords, as described above, on the bold letters:

One po-ta-to
C-G C-G, C-A C-A (2 right hand chords - C, E, G and C, F, A)

Two po-ta-to
C-G C-G, C-A C-A (1 right hand chord - C, E, G)

etc...
C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

F-C F-C, F-D F-D

F-C F-C, F-D F-D

F-C F-C, F-D F-D

F-C F-C, F-D F-D

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

G-D G-D, G-E G-E

G-D G-D, G-E G-E

F-C F-C, F-D F-D

F-C F-C, F-D F-D

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

C-G C-G, C-A C-A

You should play this until it feels really comfortable.

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