17 Simple, Stylish Accompaniment Patterns for Composing on the Piano! (Part 1)

Need some variety in your piano arrangements? Watch this video for some simple but stylish left hand accompaniment ideas from easy to complex, for any level pianist beginner to advanced! Subscribe to my channel for weekly tutorials on composition, arranging, improvisation, and performance techniques. Comment below with any questions and lmk what topics you'd like me to cover in future videos!
Hope you enjoy playing along with this video and that it helps get your own creative juices flowing...see you next time with more tips and arrangement ideas!
0:23 Pattern 1
1:00 Pattern 2
1:25 Pattern 3
1:55 Pattern 4
2:30 Pattern 5
3:01 Pattern 6
3:33 Pattern 7
4:03 Pattern 8
4:35 Pattern 9
5:01 Pattern 10
5:33 Pattern 11
6:31 Pattern 12
6:42 Pattern 13
7:04 Pattern 14
7:21 Pattern 15
7:41 Pattern 16
8:05 Pattern 17
For sheet music of these patterns click the google drive links below!
Patterns 1-10: drive.google.com/file/d/19qPP...
Patterns 11-17: drive.google.com/file/d/1DpLk...
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[@PianoHeal]

For the pattern 6 , I think that the last note is the 4th and not the 2 no? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CeciliaHone]

Ha oops yes good catch you are paying attention! I should start sending you my videos before posting for proofreading or proofplaying I guess it would be called 😆. I mean you can definitely use the 2 instead of the 4 also, especially sounds nice if you change it up from chord to chord 😁

[@PianoHeal]

Cecilia Hone haha nice catch 😹 no problem you did a great work here 👍

[@jacintomateo3629]

@@CeciliaHone uu

[@Esbenmad]

Wow, these are beautiful! I can see myself spending weeks on integrating each of these. Please make one with right hand patterns as well 🙏

[@Momo-dr6lc]

Thank you so much.I have been waiting for this tutorial since a few years ago cos I have no chance to go to music school.God bless you!

[@dehorta183]

I love your tutorials, Ceci! I took seven years of piano and I have nothing to show for it, but you make it so easy. Great work!

[@jean.marion]

Thank you VERY much for the links to the sheet music of these patterns! I spent a half hour trying to figure out #6 before I discovered them. Love the originality of your videos like this. Hope to see more in the future. 🖤

[@CeciliaHone]

Haha shoot well I’m so glad they helped and that you found the sheets for them eventually! I promise to return to posting more tutorials this new year thanks so much for watching!

[@kishkumba22]

Well presented and demonstrated. Cheers

[@RobertParedes-kl2el]

I always wondered how to do these accompanyments with the patterns I learned I can play endless classical piano arrangements thank you

[@mielushe2lheureux939]

Great tutorial!!! In less than 9 minutes you are taking my journey in learning piano to a significant level. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@CeciliaHone]

Ah this makes me so happy thank you!

[@rushikeshwagh612]

Thanks for making exactly what we want.

[@CeciliaHone]

Oh yay thank you!

[@86larsonrd]

Brilliant. Precisely what I was looking for. Thanks.

[@debeshbhattarai]

Amazing you are.... This is got to be a gold mine. I am more than excited to continue till end. Stay Blessed... Cecillia....!!!

[@ricardocadilha5804]

It has its value so many good patterns, however the videos with highlighted keys are one step ahead IMO. Cheers.

[@Adks007]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you sister.

[@hlam2987]

YOU are the best! We love your tutorial ! That is exactly beginers looking for! Thanks Cecilia ! so amazing ,useful!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much I’m so happy to help! 😁

[@agnesfonmarten]

Wow, thanks a lot! Just what I was looking for. 🙏🏻💜

[@CeciliaHone]

oh good! so glad it was helpful! 😄

[@CherryChauParis]

thank you for this very useful tutorial!

[@hfmhsi]

A generous master class, thank you!.

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you for watching! 💜

[@jameslloyd949]

Best lesson I've found on left hand techniques thank you!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! So glad it was helpful :)

[@devarajdevaraj5349]

Excellent accompanying patterns which taught me to practice to become a better musician. Thank you so much

[@CeciliaHone]

I’m so glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@caro.jahdis]

Wow thats so beautiful! 😍

[@bart5559]

Woaw! Thats sounded beautifull! This lesson is gold. Thank you

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@AnaEGG_Draws]

Love it love it love it! Beautiful patterns! I’m to beginner to play them all smooth, but i am using them for practice and sounds like songs already! Great tutorial, thanks! Greetings from México!...

[@CeciliaHone]

Aw thank you that makes me so happy to hear they are helping you! 🤗

[@hallelong4503]

This is so helpful, thank you so much

[@DanielRize]

Celia ! SO nice. So many of these patterns sound like extensions and "sus" chords. And they often often lend themselves to mixing/matching ... not only within a song or section but sometimes alternating as quickly as measure-to-measure. Its an outstanding 8 minutes 53 seconds.

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me, my goal is to show how simple it is to play around and give variety to accompaniments with small changes and variations, as a lot of people get stuck doing the same patterns over and over again.

[@demonstrativdenker3743]

Great tutorials!!

[@CeciliaHone]

thank you! hope they are helpful :)

[@alejandropalazonurtubi3520]

this video is gold!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks for watching!

[@patleo123]

Thank you very much Cecilia for this wonderful video. It is easy to follow and very learnable.

[@edgarsnake2857]

Very nice...and useful. Thanks, C.

[@1SmokedTurkey1]

YES this is exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you

[@CeciliaHone]

Oh yay! So happy it was helpful!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup. At first I thought it was going to be just another video that took too long to explain a simple concept. I was pleasantly surprised at the no frills approach and with the progressions. I've subbed and can't wait to see more content.

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! I will be posting more content like this shortly! 😄

[@dieu-louisadela7191]

J'aime ça beaucoup.

[@shananarocks]

A Billion Thanks!

[@CeciliaHone]

thanks for watching! 😊

[@sudhaabrahamdon9305]

Thank you so much for helpin us aspire our musical journey !!!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you for watching! 🤍

[@akmzaman6640]

Thank you very much Cecilia, exactly what I was looking for. May God bless you🙏🙏🙏

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! So glad it was helpful!

[@akmzaman6640]

Hello Cecilia, Hope you are doing fine and safe. As I mentioned earlier your tutorial on left hand pattern was truly very helpful. On the same token I would like to request you that Is it possible to make tutorial on different patterns of runs and fills? I believe I request you this earlier somewhere and I am eagerly awaiting for that. Please please🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@gadgetsandtech]

Beautifully played! This is great inspiration! Keep it up!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! 🙏🙏

[@kfranklint]

Wow!! thank you so much!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank u for watching! 💝

[@harryb4710]

Thank u immensely for this video! 🙏🏼

[@CeciliaHone]

So glad you liked it! ☺️

[@hiphoprajeshlifeksr220]

Tank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤ no one teach this type of arpeggios 💝💝💝💝🙏🙏🙏

[@CeciliaHone]

So glad it helped! Thanks for watching 💕

[@rts4097]

Amazing. Thank you Cecilia

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you!

[@mgbmusic1998]

The best thing I have found for my music writing journey. Thank you very much :-)

[@CeciliaHone]

So glad! Thank you!

[@sovannaramey8144]

Very useful patterns

[@nikred280]

Awesome!!!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks! 💜

[@ehtarmoo3673]

Thanks million for your tutorial. 🖤

[@CeciliaHone]

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching! 😁

[@duanespiano3410]

You're amazing!! Thank you!

[@CeciliaHone]

TY! Hope it was helpful! 😁

[@pianoeasylistening5684]

Good lessons..thanks for sharing !

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks for watching!

[@myrecords3824]

💕🌹🌹🌹Best Presentation 🙏🏼🙏🏼🌻🌻🌼👍

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! 🙏🥹💕

[@mustafaercel4687]

🇹🇷Thanks for shering. I'm sending lots of greetings and love from Turkiye. I wish you more.🇹🇷

[@dolipdhanarajsingh7578]

Super explanation 🙏🙏🙏well teaching ❤️❤️❤️very very useful exercise... Thanks a lot madam 🙏🙏❤️❤️🌹🌹👍👍

[@thestorytellingpiano9833]

Thank you for this video 💜

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks for watching ☺️

[@thestorytellingpiano9833]

@@CeciliaHone Please post videos once in a week or 10 days. There are lots of piano channel out there, idk why i get good vibes and inspiration when i watch any of your past video :)

[@PianoHeal]

Hey ! 😉 Haha 😂 thanks a lot ! Great tutorial ❤️🎹😊🎶 👏 17 patterns that’s a lot , we have a lot to practice during the lockdown 👏🙂 one of the greatest video that I’ve seen about this, thanks ! I like videos about song writing / improvisations ! I ‘m glad that I found your channel 🤗

[@CeciliaHone]

Yay I’m happy you are finding them useful! These are fun for me to make as well and now that I’m getting the filming and editing process down more I should be able pump out content more frequently for ya!

[@jesusherrera6758]

Excelente compilación de manos izquierdas.

[@CeciliaHone]

Gracias! ❤️

[@MakeMusic88]

Good job ! I hope to hear more from you soon ! 👍

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks! 😊

[@MakeMusic88]

@@CeciliaHone No problem ! Maybe you can sub me back ?

[@LupinArt]

Thank you!!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks for watching hope it helps!

[@waynemortensen6405]

very informative thanks

[@CeciliaHone]

i’m so glad thank you!

[@firstnotefoundation]

Such an awesome video not reflected by the likes and views...

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much!

[@jennamusicuk]

THIS IS AMAZING!! So helpful Cecilia :-)

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks Jenna! Glad you like it! 😁

[@AutumnLeavey]

Love the video, I was getting bored with my left hand

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! I have lots more patterns on the way! 😄

[@ayahdaib8932]

Thank you 👍

[@CeciliaHone]

welcome! 😄

[@LisaMakovski]

very heplful, thank you!

[@CeciliaHone]

Oh good! Thank you!

[@josephlopes9547]

Good work

[@pm7805]

I’m off the best piano teachers in the internet!! Thanks for all your efforts!!

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@ginishvaliparambil5483]

Very good...very good

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! ☺️

[@bimdinaudakara717]

I love this

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@RastemoZajedno]

Very nice 😊👍

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you!

[@aadeshs2490]

Wowww .mam ..it's so awesome.lessons for mastery in left ✋,thank you so much

[@CeciliaHone]

🙏💕

[@ppcchurch8699]

Well done

[@CeciliaHone]

🙏

[@kunaljain5601]

I have been searching for something like this for months :(. So glad I found it! Thanks for the amazing content. If possible, can you also make a video for possible right hand melody ornamentations? Thanks.

[@CeciliaHone]

thank you so much! i would love to make a video on melody ornamentation i will add that next on the list! 😁

[@kunaljain5601]

@@CeciliaHone Thanks!

[@RelaxingPianoCovers]

OMG that's awesome Cecilia! What a brilliant video idea. I think I've used all of these at some point except for #10 but this video could have saved me years of exploring some years ago :-)

[@PianoHeal]

Relaxing Piano Covers hello ! Yes awesome work here !! 🤗 I asked her to make a video about this and I’m glad because she did something amazing here haha

[@RelaxingPianoCovers]

@@PianoHeal So future generations of budding pianists have to thank both Cecilia and you for making this happen! :-)

[@PianoHeal]

Relaxing Piano Covers haha especially Cecilia because I’m a budding pianist too 😅🎹 I was just at the right place at the right time 😂

[@RelaxingPianoCovers]

@@PianoHeal You know, that's how every great success story starts 😉🤩

[@PianoHeal]

Relaxing Piano Covers haha 🤩🎹❤️

[@reziahamed6654]

Unreliable how you rapped up 17 patterns in 9 mins.. Could leave without saying a BIG THANK YOU to this spring of inspiration... Cheers...

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@reziahamed6654]

@@CeciliaHone Ooops..extremely sorry for the typos!!.. but I know you got the message... Thanks a trillion for taking time to reply.. God bless.. !

[@unexpected8166]

@@reziahamed6654 yes, very "unreliable" indeed

[@reziahamed6654]

@@unexpected8166 🤣🤣🤣 my bad !! Pls treat as unbelievable.... 👍🤓

[@user-kw8sk9xy4r]

Top!!!

[@CeciliaHone]

❤️❤️

[@ValkyreMusicOfficial]

This video should get millions views 😊 GREAT CONTENT!!!!!

[@CeciliaHone]

Valkyre Music Official thank you! 😊

[@mikakoivisto6504]

5k still

[@franciscocalvo1980]

Thanks.

[@CeciliaHone]

Welcome! 😁

[@limtp1]

Good evening Cecilia, thanks you for sharing. 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@CeciliaHone]

Hello! And thank you for watching!

[@limtp1]

@@CeciliaHone I have tried all your 17 Left Hand Accompaniment Patterns, and I enjoyed all the patterns for fingering exercises, but I forgot your link to thank you. Thank you again for sharing. Appreciated. 🙇‍♂️

[@CeciliaHone]

You are so welcome! ❤️

[@jinzhang8798]

You are a genius

[@CeciliaHone]

Aw thanks! definitely not true but thank you ☺️ 🙏

[@thestorytellingpiano9833]

wow I extend your 1st pattern to 1-5-3-5-3-5-3-5 and its sound amazing :)

[@CeciliaHone]

That is awesome! Yes the possibilities are endless just play around and enjoy all the combinations you can create! 😄

[@saltsucker]

Ultimate skills wwowwweeeeee 🔥. Learnt a lot from u. Thnkzzz buddy.. keep up 🦹 🎹

[@CeciliaHone]

Happy to hear! 😄 Thanks for watching!

[@muzicaed]

This is really nice! Was look exactly for this. Was getting annoyed with my left hand sounding so boring when writing/improv.. :) So many other videos just mention simple plain patterns for beginners that is not helping. Keep up the great work!

[@CeciliaHone]

So glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching! 😁

[@OutandaboutWalking]

Hi Cecilia. Really loving your content especially the tutorial videos. Speaking of which might you be able to record a tutorial on ‘Epic Cinematic Music’ along the lines of ‘Two Steps from Hell’. Thanks, keep up the great work :)

[@CeciliaHone]

Absolutely! Do you have a specific song you'd like from them?

[@OutandaboutWalking]

@@CeciliaHone Thank you for your response. No particular song. I think it’s more a long the lines of me trying to find out how to write big epic chord progressions and the way melodies work/interact with the chords in a kind of cinematic/film score way. I also really love piano sequences whereby there is not much of a melody but just sparse sad/emotional sounding chords spaced out at a rather slower bpm. The way the left hand parts/chords are played seems to be vital in the way a musical phrase/sketch is put together and out of all the lots of videos I have watched on KZbin yours are definitely the most educational & informative. Thanks again for your response and I shall look forward to more of your videos - Time for me to subscribe to your channel :)

[@CeciliaHone]

Ah gotcha yes I can do something like that! Thanks for the suggestion 😁

[@OutandaboutWalking]

@@CeciliaHone Thank you so much. Can’t wait to watch it 👌👍 🙂

[@PianoHeal]

1 > 0:29 2 > 1:03 3 > 1:28 4 > 1:56 5 > 2:30 6 > 3:03 7 > 3:35 8 > 4:06 9 > 4:36 10 > 5:03 11 > 5:35 12 > 6:33 13 > 6:44 14 > 7:06 15 > 7:23 16 > 7:43 17 > 8:07

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! 😁

[@PianoHeal]

Cecilia Hone haha 😁

[@honeymassey3037]

You are really very good teacher... Thanks a ton... Subscribed 👍

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! 😊 I will be posting more lessons very soon!

[@honeymassey3037]

@@CeciliaHone, still only 873 Subscribers.. It is really Sad..

[@CeciliaHone]

@@honeymassey3037 aw it’s ok! I have not been good at posting too often but I will improve don’t worry! I’m not going anywhere 😄

[@honeymassey3037]

@@CeciliaHone I wish you all the best for the future and thank you once again for these tutorials 🙂

[@CeciliaHone]

@@honeymassey3037 you too! Thank you so much I appreciate you 🙏

[@SamGlasser]

nice

[@CeciliaHone]

Thanks!

[@ak22196]

Great video. Thank you. How did you edit this and add the graphics?

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you! Honestly I think I just used iMovie back then, I use adobe premier now but for something like this iMovie does just fine!

[@puranchand27]

1-5-12-31-5-4 , Pattern #6

[@MichelleCook-mm6cl]

For pattern 11, the octave accompaniment would the 2or 7 be a non chord tone or how would that work in the chord? would that be ok in part writing?

[@popoymotmot]

Can you apply these patterns to ordinary pop songs or this is strictly for classical music?

[@oridoron7]

Great patterns! I would pay for a pdf summing all of those

[@CeciliaHone]

Thank you so much! I have had enough requests for a written notation of the patterns that I will create a pdf and link the attachment in the description this week!

[@oridoron7]

@@CeciliaHone That would be aswome! You have a PayPal so I can give something in return?

[@oridoron7]

Hope you didn't forget us 🙏🏻

[@CeciliaHone]

Haha of course I wouldn’t forget! 😅The google drive links to the sheet music are now in the description area! Lmk if you have any issues or questions! 🤗

[@oridoron7]

@@CeciliaHone thank you!

[@Jorge.O85]

Oh boy 🫣 u explain to fast 🫢 thanks 😊

[@CeciliaHone]

I know I have a lot to cover 😅 I have linked the sheet music for the patterns however that may help!

[@ishtlutz1261]

Damn I was hoping the keys would be lit up

[@caro.jahdis]

Do you also have Patterns for the right hand?

[@CeciliaHone]

Will post more videos soon! ☺️

[@andreumateulamas]

on patter 1 you do not explain what you do with the right hand.. Sometimes you play the first note of the chord sometimes you play another.....

[@CeciliaHone]

Well the right hand is not the focus of the video, for this key signature you can play any white in order you like and it will all sound good! So just play whatever you feel in the right hand 😊

[@Amatteus]

@@CeciliaHone Ok. Got it. Thank you Cecilia..