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Basic Blues
Welcome
Introduction to the Blues (7:18)
Lesson One
The 12 Bar Blues Chord Progression (5:52)
Excercise One - Practice the 12 bar without a beat (0:35)
Exercise Two - Practice the 12 bar blues with more of a rhythm (0:29)
Exercise Three - Practice the 12 bar adding in your left hand (0:24)
Exercise Four - Practising the 12 bar to a beat
Lesson Two
The C Minor Blues Scale (13:04)
Exercise One - C Minor blues at 70bpm (2:00)
Exercise Two - C Minor blues at 80bpm (1:40)
Exercise Three - C Minor blues at 90bpm (1:32)
Lesson Three
C Minor Blues Scale in a Straight Rhythm (6:50)
Exercise One - Straight rhythm at 50bpm (1:21)
Exercise Two - Straight rhythm at 60bpm (1:08)
Exercise Three - Straight rhythm at 70bpm (1:01)
Lesson Four
C Minor Blues Scale in a Swung Rhythm (10:04)
Exercise One - Swung Rhythm at 50bpm (1:35)
Exercise Two - Swung Rhythm at 60bpm (1:25)
Exercise Three - Swung Rhythm at 70bpm (1:18)
Lesson Five
How to Improvise with the Minor Blues Scale (16:10)
Exercise One - Practising improvising with the C Minor Blues Scale
Lesson Six
Licks - Learn four fantastic piano blues licks (17:34)
Exercise One - Lick One (1:10)
Exercise Two - Lick Two (1:05)
Exercise Three - Lick Three (1:02)
Exercise Four - Lick Four (0:59)
Lesson Seven
Mixing Licks and the Minor Blues Scale (MBS) (14:50)
Exercise One - Minor blues finger exercise (5:40)
Exercise Two - Dynamics (2:39)
Exercise Three - Practice Structured Improvising (2:59)
Lesson Eight
How to Gliss and Smash (Jerry Lee Lewis Style) (11:06)
Exercise One - Practising The Gliss (1:38)
Exercise Two - Practising The Smash (2:45)
Exercise Three - Improvising using The Gliss & Smash (2:08)
Lesson Nine
A Fantastic Blues Run for Beginners (5:27)
Blues Run Example with Licks (1:30)
Exercise One - Practicing the Blues Run (3:23)
Exercise Two - Improvising with the Minor Blues Scale and the Blues Run (2:04)
Lesson Ten
Three fantastic Blues Endings (15:45)
Blues Turnarounds (4:50)
Exercise One - Ending One (2:59)
Exercise Two - Ending Two (2:21)
Exercise Three - Ending Three (2:10)
Triplets
How to play a Triplet rhythm (5:49)
Exercise One - Practising Triplets (1:22)
Exercise Two - Practising moving between triplets and 8th notes (3:24)
Putting it all together
How to put it all together (12:06)
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Exercise Three - Ending Three
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