Chords. I arpeggiate so much, especially in the LH. I like to just play chords sometimes to break it up.
Now the makeup of these chords is difficult to talk about because they're all different. One thing I'm thinking about while figuring out what chord will be next is, in this case, stretching my hands out to cover ninths basically. Then I visualize a key (or decide on the key or scale to build the chord from). At that point fluency in visualizing the shape of that key on the keyboard (black and white key shapes) determines what keys I can cover. When I play the chord I know it will not sound random as all or most of the notes will share a key or tonal center. I don't concern myself too much with other aspects of the voicings or the rules of harmony, or other things as you can only do so much in the limited time between chords.
Anyway, a brief look into my mind while doing this recording today.
Now the makeup of these chords is difficult to talk about because they're all different. One thing I'm thinking about while figuring out what chord will be next is, in this case, stretching my hands out to cover ninths basically. Then I visualize a key (or decide on the key or scale to build the chord from). At that point fluency in visualizing the shape of that key on the keyboard (black and white key shapes) determines what keys I can cover. When I play the chord I know it will not sound random as all or most of the notes will share a key or tonal center. I don't concern myself too much with other aspects of the voicings or the rules of harmony, or other things as you can only do so much in the limited time between chords.
Anyway, a brief look into my mind while doing this recording today.