There's a very funny scene in an episode of the tv show "Happy Days" where Marion (the mom) is taught that type of left hand bass line. She's playing the piano at a wedding of a family friend. The groom is out in the driveway playing with a basketball because he's too nervous to get started, and while Howard is calming him down to get him to come back in, Marion is playing every song she knows trying in vain to keep the bridal party, family and friends entertained. Finally, the groom's father gets up and goes over to the piano and shows Marion the bass line, and he improvises a melody line.
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