This is the first in a three (or maybe four - let’s see how it goes) part series on how to play blues and boogie piano. The chord tool I mention in the vid can be found at Pianoworld. All the chords in these tutorials are pretty simple, but if you get stuck head over and use the tool, which is really intuitive and easy and saves me having to spend time explaining which chords contain which notes.
Update: the second part of the tutorial is now online.
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Very helpful tutorial for someone who hardly knows any piano. I’m looking forward to future videos.
Thanks
Next installment of the tutorial will be up later today (6th July) as soon as I get it edited.
Ahh nice one, can’t wait for the rest of the videos!
Although I got my right and left hand improvisational organisation (technical term lolll) sort of down already. That bit would have been so useful for when I was unmotivated by my hands failing me. Good lesson!
Improvisational, organisational, this is what we call the Muppet Show..
Possibly you’re too young to get that gag. Anyway, you’re dead right Connor, and it’s a problem that tons of learners have. People dive right into blues and jazz improvisation and find it really hard work, not realising that half the trouble for any beginner is just to get the hands to ‘think’ separately in a manner that’s slightly different from the way they ‘think’ if you’re playing classical piano.
Glad you think it’s useful, anyway - the second part’s now online, and I’d be very interested to hear more about your experiences.
Bill,
Can you tell me if ‘pinky’ and ‘bang bang’ are technical terms or not ?
This stuff takes be back far too many years, but you’ve got me hooked now.
Got to now watch the other tutorials.
Congratulations on the book - I hope it is a great success.
They bloody well are now!
Cheers Rick - hope you like it. An awful lot of it is stuff I learned from you! I’m putting up a load of the other tutorials starting next week. I’ve just got to clear the massive backlog of work I’ve got to deal with now the book’s out the way.