- These drills are for left-foot-only playing.
- Play all these patterns ascending and descending (UP AND DOWN).
- Make sure you sit in the same place on the bench every time.
- Make notes connect as much as possible, no silence in between.
- Don't look down at the pedals unless you absolutely have to.
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1. CHROMATIC SCALE (HALF STEPS, from low C to high C, all the way up and all the way down)
* C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
2. WHOLE TONE SCALE (WHOLE STEPS, same approach as above)
* C D E F#(Gb) G#(Ab) A#(Bb) C
* Db Eb F G A B Db
3. DIMINISHED ARPEGGIOS (MINOR 3RDS, same approach as above)
* C Eb Gb Bbb(A) C
* C# E G Bb C#
* D F Ab Cb(B) D
4. AUGMENTED ARPEGGIOS (MAJOR 3RDS. same approach as above)
* C E G# C
* Db F A Db
* D F# A#(Bb) D
* Eb G B Eb
5. THE CYCLE (PERFECT FOURTHS, same approach as above, switch directionally from down to up as necessary, to keep your notes within one octave)
* C F Bb (go down) Eb Ab (go down) Db Gb Cb(B) (go down) E A (go down) D G (go down) C
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You can do even larger intervals too, but for gospel, the above ones ought to orient your foot quite well. And I presumed here that you wanted to know how to train the feet first, that is, before you tried putting them with your hands. Hope I read the post correctly. Contact me with any questions.
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