Blues Piano & Improvisation - The Next Level - Slow Blues!
Blues Piano & Improvisation - The Next Level - Slow Blues!
Last updated 10/2022
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Improvise Blues Piano in the "Slow Blues" Style | An early to advanced Blues Piano Course
What you'll learn
How to play "Slow Blues" style piano
How to improvise Blues piano fluently
Learn a wealth of blues licks, riffs, scales and techniques
Upon completing the course you will be also be able to play five Blues piano pieces
Improve your hand and finger coordination with the vast amount of exercises
Improve your timing/ability to play with an even tempo with the use of the blues backing tracks
Requirements
Not for beginners! You must understand piano basics such as key names, basic rhythm and be able to play simple chords.
An understanding of how to read music notation would give you an advantage, but not required.
An understanding of basic blues concepts is preferable not essential.
A keyboard or piano.
Description
Take your blues piano playing to the next level with this course on blues piano and improvisation in the slow blues style! Beginning with a basic slow blues progression, it methodically builds your skills all the way to being able to freely improvise impressive blues piano. Throughout you'll accumulate a wealth of licks, riffs and techniques that will have you creating blues sounds in a way that you've always wanted to!Systematic Approach - The strength of the course comes from the systematic approach to implementing of every aspect or skill, with exercises that enable you to easily integrate your new abilities fluently into your improvisations.Practice Pieces - It's important to have the opportunity to put your new skills into practice. Which is why there are also specially designed blues pieces that incorporate every you're learning as you progress, culminating in a final blues tune that shows off everything you've learnt in the course.50+ Sheet Music Downloads - Everything in the course has been notated for those that can read music, with over 50 PDF downloads available!Music Reading Ability Not Essential - You don't need to be able to read music notation to take this course. Every scale, lick, riff, technique, exercise and practice piece is broken down and talked through during the video lessons by the instructor, for students that prefer to copy and play by ear. The tutorials include highlighted keyboard graphics, and the notation within the videos also include the note names (inside the note heads) for anyone that may find it useful.Improvisation - Improvising is at the heart of Blues piano, which is why the course has a core focus on giving you the skills to be able to fluently improvise using a step-by-step approach.Backing Track Downloads - So you can have even more fun whilst learning and playing the blues, the course also has backing tracks so you can play along to a blues band sound in the comfort of your own home.Bonus eBook - Everyone learns differently, which is why as an added bonus the course includes an eBook that you can download and print off, to further enhance the learning process.Not For Complete Beginners - This course is not for beginners and assumes some previous knowledge on the piano, although it is still suitable for pianists that may be early on in their piano learning journey, because it starts with a gentle approach, and methodically builds to advanced levels as you move through.START TODAY - So if you want to have fun improvising smooth blues piano right off the top of your head, then sign up, and start playing today!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Course Navigation
Lecture 3 Bonus eBook Download
Lecture 4 The C Minor Blues Scale
Lecture 5 The C Minor Blues Scale (Supplement)
Lecture 6 A Quick Improv
Lecture 7 A Quick Improv (Supplement)
Lecture 8 The Basic Left Hand Chords
Lecture 9 The Basic Left Hand Chords (Supplement)
Lecture 10 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet Eighths (Simple Left Hand)
Lecture 11 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet Eighths (Supplement)
Lecture 12 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet Eighths with Backing Track
Lecture 13 A Quick Tip on Playing Along to Tracks
Lecture 14 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Swung Eighths (Basic Left Hand Chords)
Lecture 15 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Swung Eighths (Supplement)
Lecture 16 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Swung Eighths with Backing Tracks
Lecture 17 Thoughts on Practice
Lecture 18 Mixing Up the Rhythms & Improvising
Lecture 19 Mixing Up the Rhythms & Improvising
Lecture 20 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Alternating Rhythms (Basic Left Hand Chords)
Lecture 21 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Alternating Rhythms (Supplement)
Lecture 22 Including the Sustain Pedal
Lecture 23 Jumping Left Hand Pattern
Lecture 24 Jumping Left Hand Pattern (Supplement)
Lecture 25 Easy Left Hand Version (Without the Jumps)
Lecture 26 Easy Left Hand Version (Without the Jumps) - (Supplement)
Lecture 27 Minor Blues Scale Exercise (Jumping Left Hand) Triplet Eighths
Lecture 28 Minor Blues Scale Exercise (Jumping Left Hand) Triplet Eighths - (Supplement)
Lecture 29 Minor Blues Exercise - Triplet Eighths - Simplified Left Hand (Without Jumps)
Lecture 30 Minor Blues Exercise - Triplet Eighths - Simplified Left Hand (Supplement)
Lecture 31 Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths with Jumping Left Hand Pattern
Lecture 32 Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths with Jumping Left Hand Pattern (Supplement)
Lecture 33 Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths - Simple Left Hand Pattern (Without Jumps)
Lecture 34 Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths - Simplified Left Hand Pattern
Lecture 35 A Quick Improv - Swung & Triplet Rhythms Over Left Hand Jumping Pattern
Lecture 36 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet 16ths (with Left Hand Jumping Pattern)
Lecture 37 Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet 16ths (Simplified Left Hand)
Section 2: Building Up the Blues
Lecture 38 Rocking 3rds Riff in C (from the 5)
Lecture 39 Crushed/Slide Notes
Lecture 40 Octave Harmony
Lecture 41 Octave Harmony Exercise - Swung Eighths
Lecture 42 Octave Harmony Exercise - Swung Eighths (Simplified Left Hand)
Lecture 43 What You've Learnt So Far - Etude/Practice Piece
Lecture 44 Building the Improv
Lecture 45 Left Hand Chromatic Transitions & Turnaround Walk-Up
Lecture 46 Left Hand Pattern With Chromatic Transitions & Turnaround Walk-Up
Lecture 47 Turnaround Walk Up in Left Hand (Simple Version)
Lecture 48 Syncopated Rhythms
Section 3: Let's Take It Up A Notch
Lecture 49 Slow Blues Lick 1
Lecture 50 Slow Blues Lick 2
Lecture 51 Slow Blues Lick 1 & 2 Practice Piece - Etude 2
Lecture 52 Chromatic 3rds Turnaround with Octaves
Lecture 53 Chromatic 3rds Turnaround - Easier Variation
Lecture 54 C7 Tremelo Chord Finish
Lecture 55 Blues Licks 1 & 2 - Etude 2 (with Chromatic 3rds Octave Turnaround)
Lecture 56 Progressing in Blues - Etude 3
Lecture 57 Alternating Swung & Triplet Exercise (With Left Hand Chromatic Transitions)
Lecture 58 Octave Harmony Triplet Rhythms Exercise
Section 4: Minor & Major Contrast
Lecture 59 The Major Blues Scale
Lecture 60 Major Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet 8ths
Lecture 61 Major Blues Scale Exercise - Swung 8ths
Lecture 62 Practice Improv Play Along with the Major Blues Scale
Lecture 63 Improvisation - Mixing the Major & Blues Scales
Lecture 64 A Classic Blues Chords Riff
Lecture 65 Classic Blues Chords Rocking Riff Over the Left Hand
Lecture 66 Classic Blues Riff - Playing Around With the Rhythms & Order of the Patterns
Lecture 67 Integrating the Classic Rocking Riffs Into Your Improvising
Lecture 68 Slow Blues Lick 3
Lecture 69 Slow Blues Lick 3 with Left Hand
Lecture 70 Slow Blues Lick 4
Lecture 71 Slow Blues Lick 5
Lecture 72 Slow Blues Lick 5 Extended
Lecture 73 Blues Licks 1-5 in Practice - Etude 4
Lecture 74 It's Improv Time
Lecture 75 A Few Tips on Improvising with Scales
Lecture 76 Slow Blues Lick 6
Lecture 77 Slow Blues Lick 7
Lecture 78 Slow Blues Lick 7 with Left Hand
Lecture 79 Tremelo 3rds
Lecture 80 Octave Blues Scale Solos in Right Hand
Section 5: Putting it All Together
Lecture 81 The Slow Blues Cruise - Etude 5
Lecture 82 The Slow Blues Cruise - Etude 5 - Part 2
Lecture 83 The Slow Blues Cruise - Full Piece Played Slowly (Practice Reference)
Lecture 84 A Short Intro on the Dominant 5th
Lecture 85 Putting it All Together in Improvisation
Lecture 86 Play Along Improv Practice - 45bpm
Lecture 87 Play Along Improv Practice - 60bpm
Lecture 88 It's Over to You
Lecture 89 Alternate Progression - The 8 Bar Blues
Lecture 90 The 8 Bar Blues - Applying Your New Skills
Lecture 91 Closing Thoughts
Blues piano lovers who want to take their blues skills to the next level.,Piano players wanting to learn how to improvise in a smooth slow Blues style.
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