Chords for How to Play The Bubble | Reggae Keyboard Technique | The Piano Shed

_ _ Hey everybody, welcome back to the Piano Shed.
This is Jeff.
Today we're gonna do a quick lesson on the bubble.
And the bubble is a reggae
keyboard technique [E] that you hear a lot.
It gives a really nice full rhythmic sound
to the keyboard.
So let me show you what it sounds like. _
[D] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, so the bubble is really a rhythmic technique that splits the rhythm between our left hand and our right hand.
Each hand has its own separate rhythm.
So the left hand is going to be playing on all upbeats.
So if our pulse is here, one [Bb] two three four [Cm] one and two and three
_ three _ four and
_ And our right hand is going to be playing on beats two and four.
So if our pulse is here one two three four one _ _ _ _
When _ _ _ we put it together it sounds like this
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] One two three four
_ All _ right, so let's slow [Abm] that down so you can practice it let's do it [Db] here one [Bm] two [A] three four [Cm] one _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ All right, so that's it for the [Ab] technique of the bubble
I just want to go over what I'm playing for chords here in case anyone's interested
So what I'm using is a basic progression that you see in reggae a lot, which is the minor [Cm] one _
[E] to the [Bb] flat seven.
So in this case, we're in the key of
[Cm] _
_ C minor.
So our minor one chord is C Eb G
_ [Bb] And our flat seven is a major chord Bb D [Cm] F
So those are the two chords I'm using I'm playing both of them in second inversion _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] So [G] when we have the bubble _
[Cm] _ You _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ can also try the technique using different [E] inversions of chords
[Cm] So what I mean by that is say in your left hand you play both chords
_ [Bb] [Cm] In root position in your right hand, you could play the chords in first inversion _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ And _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ of _ course you can try this with different chord progressions as well
Let's take a one
[F] six [Gm] four five [A] in C major so that [C] would be
_ _ [Am] _ _ _
One Six four [G] _ five
[A] [Abm] This is the chord progression to [A] Bob Marley's one drop and so with the bubble that would sound like this two three four
[C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Abm] All
Right, there you go, that's the bubble keyboard technique.
Hope you get to use that one soon when you're playing reggae
That's it for the piano shed today.
My name is Jeff and we'll see you next time _ _ _ _ _ _ _