Oscar Peterson's Left Hand Swings Over Summertime

Reader,

Last Friday we started working on Summertime, Gershwin's lullaby from Porgy and Bess. We started off by memorizing the changes, holding out 3-note Rootless voicings and adding the melody on top.

It's a nice start, but it doesn't swing. So this Friday, we're fixing that by adding comping rhythms in our left hand and some rhythmic changes to the melody.

Workshop this Friday at 1:00

Come join us for week 2 of the Summertime series. Don't worry if you missed week 1, we'll help get you caught up.

On Zoom, this Friday, July 18, at 1pm Eastern.

Oscar Peterson Transcription

Check out how Oscar comps in his left hand from this recording off Mellow Mood - Exclusively for my Friends Vol. 5.​

Download the PDF: Oscar - Summertime Transcription.pdf​

Get Ready for Friday

Try to get the basic changes under your fingers and in good time with iRealPro or a metronome before Friday. That will make adding these comping rhythms much easier.

If you need some help to get that ready, check out these resources:

• ​Ask in the Community: Join others who are going through the challenge with you.
• ​Chord Voicings Course: Chapter 4 covers these 3-note LH voicings

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Can't Make These Sessions Live?

If the live workshops don't fit your schedule, you can watch this workshop and all of our past ones, in our replay archive.