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55.1The basic stride skeleton
We'll work in F major.
Count:
1 2 3 4
LH:
beat 1: low F.
beat 2: middle-register F chord.
beat 3: low C.
beat 4: middle-register F chord.
So:
BASS – CHORD – BASS – CHORD
Play nothing in RH yet.