Piano left hand?

Hello!

This topic is just to hear other's opinion...

Have you ever noticed that really often piano left hand, especially if using patterns, can sound like modern piano composers? something like clayderman, or Yiruma?

If you ever noticed that, don't you think it sounds something like uhm... too simplistic? musically poor? 

I noticed that also Chopin used kind of patterns in his pieces, but they sounded richer and really better quality...Maybe because of he used to variate, adding extra notes and not keep it always same, or something else?

What do you think about this? How would you avoid this left hand poorness?

Just Chatting... :)

Yes, I agree with you...it's hard to think about rules.... I also had thought about harmony, but I don't thjink that's Always ( because yes, in obvious cases it is).

For instance, this nocturne by chopin 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqx0MOsNfo

And this great piece by Paul senneville

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoCG-WNsZio

Sound instantly differnet...the first is clearly classical, and the second is clearly more modern.

In this i think that the modern sound of the second is cause by short and repeted theme. Simple harmonic with mainly diatonic chords...But that's pretty the same in Chopin's case, at least in first measures...maybe different chord progressions?

I think I'll just have to manage this by ear eheh