Discover how to play blues keyboard. Explore chord progressions for the classic 12-bar blues and dive into concepts like the blues scale, dominant chords, comping, and more.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Labeling the chord and triads
- Triad inversions
- Shuffle pattern
- Minor 12-bar blues and the "Green Onions" bass line
- The blues scale
- Call and response
- Blues sounds
- The major pentatonic scale
- Dominant chords
- Blues tension
- Quick IV
- Playing off the dominant chord and dominant bass line
- Combined pentatonic scale
- Comping
- Dominant chord inversions
- Parallel 6ths
- Playing off the triad
- Blues fills
- Turnarounds
- Endings and introductions
- Boogie-woogie bass lines
- Jimmy Yancey style boogie-woogie
- Cycle of 5ths
- The 6th chord
- Next steps
Taught by
Tricia Woods
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