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Beginning Blues Keyboard

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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.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Blues Harmony
  • Labeling the chord and triads
  • Triad inversions
  • Shuffle pattern
  • Minor 12-bar blues and the "Green Onions" bass line
2. Blues Melodies
  • The blues scale
  • Call and response
  • Blues sounds
  • The major pentatonic scale
3. Dominant Chords
  • Dominant chords
  • Blues tension
  • Quick IV
  • Playing off the dominant chord and dominant bass line
  • Combined pentatonic scale
4. Comping
  • Comping
  • Dominant chord inversions
  • Parallel 6ths
  • Playing off the triad
  • Blues fills
5. Turnarounds, Endings, and Introductions
  • Turnarounds
  • Endings and introductions
6. Boogie-Woogie
  • Boogie-woogie bass lines
  • Jimmy Yancey style boogie-woogie
7. Advanced Harmony: Slow Blues
  • Cycle of 5ths
  • The 6th chord
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Tricia Woods

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