LOA4: Accompaniment Study
Hi David,
In ex. 2.3 of the accompaniment study, you recommend that we use the jam track for I Want You With me and get used to playing Root, 3rd, and 5th notes for accompaniment over a week or two.
In earlier lessons, you recommended studying the music theory as tho we were playing in the key of C.
I Want You With Me is in E and we play an A harp. So when writing out the Root, 3rd, 5th, and their corresponding holes, should I do that for the key of C and not the key of E (on my A harp)?
Is this still the recommended approach?
I'm still struggling to play notes on the harp and to visualize what notes I'm playing (in the key of C) so I'm writing a little table as a reminder and want to ensure I do it right :-)
Thanks!
Eric
Hello Eric.
Yes, "key of C and not the key of E (on my A harp)."
Yes, this still, and always will be, the recommended approach. For us, there's no need to think in 12 different keys... all we need is one for visualization.