Comping (”accompanying”) looks impressive, but it’s not particular difficult. Improvising comps on the piano over a given chord sequence is a skill you can develop relatively quickly.
Below are two video tutorials on comps. These two focus on comping in more contemporary pop and ballad styles - later videos will deal with comping for jazz and other older forms of pop. Both videos are designed to tie in with Part 3 (”Lead Sheets and Comping”) of my book - How To Really Play The Piano. However, you don’t need to be reading the book to pick up some useful comping tips from these vids.
Comping tutorial 1:
Comping tutorial 2:
If you have any questions about the videos, comps or comping, just add them in the thread below - I’ll come back to you as soon as I can.
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