Piano With Willie: Learn 15 Blues Licks

Name: Piano With Willie: Learn 15 Blues Licks
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Learn 15 blues licks on the piano that you can play over a 12 bar blues!

Created byWillie Myette

Last updated 1/2018

English

What you'll learn

Play 15 blues licks.
Create your own blues licks
Improvise over a 12 bar blues.
Play over a shuffle groove.
Create your own blues improvisation.

Course content

3 sections • 20 lectures • 1h 2m total length

Introduction0:32
Begin your piano journey with Willie, exploring jazz-inspired foundations and blues licks to elevate your playing, with free chapters to preview before you dive in.
Lesson Resources0:03

Course Introduction1:54
Explore a jazz-influenced blues piano approach with 15 licks taught step by step, including sheet music and an mp3 play-along to jam with a 12-bar blues rhythm section.
Lick 12:50
Master the first blues lick over the entire blues form with a triplet feel, a basic left-hand pattern, and slow, band-backed practice.
Lick 22:29
Master the triplet blues lick two, add a two-note chord from C to G and B flat with left-hand middle and fourth fingers, plus F sharp to G grace note.
Lick 34:05
Learn lick 3 by weaving a left-hand triplet feel with a right-hand g and b-flat pattern, aligning the bass triplets and converting to readable eighth notes for blues phrasing.
Lick 44:02
Build on lick three by practicing the right-hand pattern with careful fingering, while the left hand mirrors the pattern; slow down, isolate hands, and add notes one at a time.
Lick 53:11
Master lick 5 by executing right-hand grace note from F to F sharp, play F and C together, and practice with left hand using a crossover finger and slow hands-together.
Lick 63:54
Learn lick 6 in blues piano, execute the right-hand pattern starting with e-flat, and coordinate with the left hand, with tips for fitting over C, F, and G chords.
Lick 72:26
Master lick 7 as a chordal pattern with notes C, F#, G, and C played together as an accent, then move it across the blues form for improvisation using octaves.
Lick 85:58
Learn a New Orleans blues lick built on an F dominant seventh chord, transpose it to different keys, and adapt the left-hand pattern to fit C, G, and F chords.
Lick 92:07
Demonstrate a triplet blues lick around F sharp and B-flat, using thumb pivot and deliberate fingering, then apply the same triplet pattern to other blues scale notes with band.
Lick 103:49
Learn lick 10 in blues piano by breaking it down slowly, practicing the right hand with the band, and moving between C and G chords across a two-measure lick.
Lick 113:28
Explore lick 11 from the blues scale, tracing F sharp, C, and E-flat while coordinating hands; try octaves with C and E-flat for color and extended blues licks over chords.
Lick 123:56
Learn lick 12 in blues piano with a triplet rhythm, using C minor pentatonic. Practice hands together with band and decide to hold or shorten the last note for fluency.
Lick 133:40
master the roll technique in blues piano, using octaves and wrist rolls to add excitement, while protecting your arm and keeping beat one solid for seamless licks.
Lick 143:44
Lick 14 uses double stops f and c to e flat back to f and c, with thumb crossovers. Mix blues scale or minor pentatonic notes for variety and space.
Lick 153:27
Practice lick 15 using a sixteenth-note triplet, align right-hand notes with left-hand chords, then combine hands and play along with the band, culminating in melding licks and exploring variations.
Wrap Up5:27
Use these licks as a vocabulary, mixing them instead of playing one through the blues. Commit them to memory in C, then transpose to other keys and enjoy the groove.

Requirements

You will need a piano or keyboard in order to take this course.
The ability to read music is helpful, but not necessary.
Most of all...have the patience and willingness to practice. It doesn't happen overnight!
Keyboard, piano or organ, these techniques work for all keyboard instruments.
Be able to play some basics scales and know how to form basic chords.

Description

Ready to add 15 cool Blues licks to your playing?

In this course each lick is presented with minimal talking, so you can get right into learning and applying these licks into your own playing!

Learning licks is a great way to jump start your improvisation skills.
A lick is like a word or short phrase. The more words and phrases we learn...the more we can say!
Each of these 15 licks can be combined and manipulated to form literally hundreds of new licks.

How do I use these licks?

The Blues is one of the most popular musical forms. Thousands of rock, pop, jazz and other songs use elements of the blues. By learning these 15 licks, you'll know how to improvise over any 12-bar blues, but also songs in many other styles as well! The first few licks are easier licks that you can master quickly. The later licks are filled with cool techniques like triplet patterns and double-stops.

These licks give you an authentic blues sound so you sound like a pro right away. Each lick is meticulously written out with proper fingering notated to make it easier to learn the right technique the first time around. You'll also learn how to play each one of these licks over a shuffle groove. Don't worry, they work over many different types of grooves, but the shuffle groove let's you perform these licks without needing a band. It's a great way to create your own blues improvisation right away.

If you're interested in learning how to improvise, these 15 licks won't disappoint!

I'll see you inside the course!

~Willie

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn how to improvise.
Students looking for an authentic blues sound.
Students who want a clear foundation of licks to build their own repertoire of runs and fills.
Written for piano players but these licks work for all instruments.

Piano With Willie: Learn 15 Blues Licks

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Introduction2 lectures • 1min

15 Blues Licks17 lectures • 1hr

Bonus1 lecture • 1min

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