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I struggle with this contiunally as I play mostly solo stuff at home.</P>
When self-accompanying I either</P>
1. Work off arrangements already written or write my own. (usually piano books that I tweak to work on hammond)</P>
2. Try to arrange on the fly by referencing the chord symbols on the written page and adding the extra notes as harmony on the right hand - perhaps by adding a lower note and playing parralel thirds and such</P>
3. Come up with a funky bass line and just improvise on the fly with a mostly monophonic melody.</P>
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#1 Seems to me, arrangements either a) employ a monophonic or octive bass line in the left, and chords on the right that have the top not of the chord act as the melody, or b) function more like a hymn transcription where the left hand carries 2 notes of the chord, and the right another 2.</P>
#2 Is difficult for me to do at any sort of speed, If I write it all down and play off that (make my own arrangement) its better.</P>
#3. My solos kinda sound really cliche and repetitive.</P>
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I ran into the same issues when I played piano, although there you had a sustain pedal and could cheat alot.</P>
I'm pretty capable at playing a bass line with 1 hand and monophonic melody with the other, but often this sounds to 'empty', as if there are not enough chords filling out the tune.</P>
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Suggestions/help?</P>
I'm really starting to get 'down' on myself about this as I love playing solo or with a drum machine and I am not interested in pedals really.</P>
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