How To Play Slow Blues

1 Slow Blues Form In this first lesson you'll learn the first 8 measures of our slow blues form and how to form a few different left-hand accompaniments.
Released: January 1, 2020 • Duration: 00:35:20
2 Left-Hand Techniques In this lesson you'll learn different techniques to add motion to your left hand along with groove and bassline approach exercises.
Released: May 5, 2020 • Duration: 00:41:41
3 Reharmonization Part 1 Reharmonization means you are changing the chords, sometimes adding new chords, sometimes changing the existing chords. This gives you the ability to create dozens of variations on the blues to improvise over.
Released: May 6, 2020 • Duration: 00:47:23
4 6 Slow Blues Accompaniments In this lesson you'll learn 6 different accompaniment patterns to use for your slow blues improv and compositions.
Released: May 7, 2020 • Duration: 00:49:50
5 Articulations, 3rd & 7ths In this lesson you'll learn staccato, tenuto, marcato and accent articulations. You'll also learn how to use grace notes and chromaticism to make your solos sound great using just the 3rd and 7th of the chord.
Released: May 8, 2020 • Duration: 00:32:18
6 The Bridge In this lesson you'll learn the bridge section.
Released: May 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:39:25
7 Tennille's Blues Part One In this lesson you'll learn part 1 of Tennille's Blues. We will also discuss using range in your solos.
Released: May 13, 2020 • Duration: 00:42:07
8 Tennille's Blues Part Two In this lesson you'll learn part 2 of Tennille's Blues. We will also discuss using scales in 3rds and 3 against 2 in your solos.
Released: May 13, 2020 • Duration: 00:32:25
9 Tennille's Blues Part Three In this lesson you'll learn part 3 of Tennille's Blues, the bridge.
Released: May 15, 2020 • Duration: 00:42:28
10 Tennille's Blues Part Four In this lesson you'll learn part 4 of Tennille's Blues, the last A section.
Released: May 18, 2020 • Duration: 00:30:50
11 5 Blues Endings Has Free Chapters In this lesson you'll learn 5 different endings that you can use for blues or other songs.
Released: May 20, 2020 • Duration: 01:10:11
12 Tennille's Blues Part Five In this lesson you'll learn the next part of Tennille's Blues which can also be played as a composition on its own. I'll discuss the "strollin'" bass pattern and what a vamp is and how to use it.
Released: May 20, 2020 • Duration: 00:36:08
13 4 Blues Intros In this lesson you'll learn 4 intros that you can use for the blues and other styles.
Released: May 22, 2020 • Duration: 00:22:23
14 Tennille's Blues Bassline In this lesson you'll learn how to create a bassline for Tennille's Blues. I have included the sheet music for the bassline by itself along with the melody with the bassline.
Released: May 23, 2020 • Duration: 00:34:12
Total Course Duration = 09:16:41

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How To Play Slow Blues

Have you always wanted to be able to sit at the piano and jam on a slow blues? This is the course for you then! We will break down the blues into its components and you'll learn how to put together your own slow blues using these different modules, accompaniments and reharmonization techniques.

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