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Jazz and Blues Made Easy
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(23 ratings)
265 students

Jazz and Blues Made Easy

Learn how to play jazz and blues on the piano!
Created byWillie Myette
Last updated 5/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • Play a 12 bar blues progression
  • Play a blues bass line
  • Improvise over the blues
  • Create your own licks
  • Create your own composition
  • Create fills, runs and endings

Course content

3 sections15 lectures2h 22m total length
  • Lesson Resources0:03

    DVD100.zip is a zip file containing other zip files. You can download those individual zips here or just download this one big file.

Requirements

  • You will need a piano or keyboard in order to take this course
  • Being able to read music is helpful but not necessary for this course
  • Most of all...have the patience and willingness to practice. It doesn't happen overnight!

Description

Want to add more jazz and blues style of playing to your repertoire?

This course is an excellent place to start if you have some experience playing the piano but would like to move into the Jazz and Blues Style of playing. In this course you will begin by brushing up on the basics:

  • piano chords

  • comping

  • bass lines

  • improvisation


    Each chapter covers a topic completely so that you can watch it over and over until you are ready to move on at your own pace! Topics include:


  • the 12 bar blues progression

  • rhythm techniques

  • chord voicings

  • blues basslines

  • bassline approaches

  • comping chords

  • improvising over the blues

  • creating licks

  • coupling exercises

  • licks with bassline

  • creating your own composition

  • fills, runs and endings.


    After you have learned each exercise you will be able to easily put it all together and transition what you have learned to other songs in your repertoire.

The bassline pattern that you'll learn in this lesson is critical. Not kidding, you will use this technique for years to come. I still use these concepts on gigs to this day.

I'll see you inside the course!

~Willie

Who this course is for:

  • Students with at least 1 year of piano experience