Originally posted by Fran Carango:
most trained pianist are week in left hand bass lines.
Fran: trained
when (how long ago?), and by
whom?

Every piano teacher I studied with (from
Mark Levine to
Larry Dunlap ), had me working out & playing LH bass lines 'early on'. I gotta agree with Ian that learning to play LH bass lines with RH playing melody, solo, and chords, an essential basic acoustic piano skill taught by competant piano teachers. - Scott
