The Ultimate Blues Piano Course - Blues Piano for Everyone

Learn to identify the white keys on the piano and name notes from C through B, using the pattern of two- and three-black-key groups and the importance of middle C.

Apply the major scale formula to map the G major scale from G to G via F sharp, then use guided fingering and practice files at 60–120 bpm.

Explore the 12 notes on the keyboard, review the C, G, and F major scales, and introduce triads as three-note structures for the next lecture on chords.

Learn to play the blues on piano using the C, F, and G chords, 12-bar blues progression, root positions and inversions, with hands together and play-along practice at 80 bpm.

Master a simple left-hand blues bass line by arpeggiating chords, counting 1-2-3-4, and practicing transitions between C, F, and G with finger positions and a play along track.

The lecture introduces note durations in a four quarter time signature, covering whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes, dotted notes, and ties across measures, with a metronome for counting.

Learn to play a basic blues right-hand melody with play-along tracks, count rhythms, and apply simple fingering while practicing with a metronome before adding left-hand in future lessons.

Master the final blues version with left-hand bass baseline and right-hand melody, using finger positions and the index finger on F and G, counting every beat, and practicing on piano.

Learn the blues turnaround at the end, using the last two measures and a modified left-hand bass line to cue a new round and return to the blues.

Master triplets on a one-beat quarter note, count with a metronome, and practice blues shuffle; notate triplets as three eighth notes with a 3, and end with a whole note.

Learn an advanced blues progression in C by inserting a single bar of G and a bar of F into the 12-bar form, highlighting the I IV and V chords.

Add a right-hand melody over a steady left-hand bass, mastering triplet rhythms across blues progressions in C major and F major, with step-by-step counting and hand coordination practice.

Master reading musical notation through six progressive staff-note exercises, identifying notes, locating them on the keyboard, and applying rhythms with swing and triplets, using a metronome.

Practice musical notation exercises with a metronome, mastering note sequences, straight and swung eighth notes, and triplets, with the next lecture previewing a twelve-measure blues featuring band accompaniment.

Learn musical notation and practice songs by counting eighth notes and triplets with swing feel, using click tracks and play along; notate accidentals and the blue third for bluesy melodies.

Explore blues piano notation with sharps and flats, applying blue third to make melodies sound bluesy. Practice three example melodies, rhythms, grace notes, and syncopation with the play-along blues file.

Apply precise rhythm practice by distinguishing on-beat notes and rests, exploring straight and swing rhythms, and identifying downbeats and upbeats across four escalating exercises.

Explore blues in the key of G major using the one, four, and five chords; relate them to C major and F major concepts, and prepare to learn D major.

Learn the d major triad, formed by the first, third, and fifth notes of the d major scale (d, f#, a), and its root position, first inversion, and second inversion.

Master the left-hand bass line in the G major blues, using simple quarter-note patterns across G, C, and D chords, with attention to ledger lines and blue notes.

Coordinate left and right hands in blues in g to play both hands together with swing, using metronome and play-along file at 80–120 bpm.

Master the Bb major scale and its use in blues in f major by applying the major scale formula and finger patterns for both hands with practice files.

Explain the fixed order of sharps and flats in major scales, using fifth up and down movement to relate C, G, D, B flat, F, and E flat major scales.

Learn the blues progression in F major using the 1-4-5 pattern across 12 measures, with F, B flat, and C chords in various inversions, practiced in both hands.

Master blues in f with the New Orleans left-hand bass. Swing rhythm with one quarter note, then two eighth notes on f and a, back to f, staccato.

Learn a right-hand blues pattern based on court tunes for accompanying a singer or solo instrument, using triplets and two-note motifs in F and B flat.

Explore the Bb major key, its two flats Bb and Eb, the Bb major scale, and practice I, IV, V chords in root position and inversions.

Practice the Eb major scale with hands-on fingering, mastering three flats and two octaves, using right- and left-hand patterns, metronome timing, and available practice files.

Practice the standard blues progression in Bb major using the I–IV–V chords (Bb, Eb, F), exploring inversions and coordinating right- and left-hand parts with a play-along file.

Learn to read sheet music for Blueberry Hill in B flat major, with A and B parts, aba form, repeats with endings, and a pickup measure in 4/4.

Learn the left-hand pattern for Blueberry Hill, with triplet-based rhythms in E flat major, steady counts, and bass jumps, practiced at 80 bpm with a metronome.

Play Blueberry Hill with both hands, master the triplet rhythm across measures, start slowly at 80 bpm with a metronome, then use finger four on the B flat for play-along.

Explore the one, four, and five chords in the key of D major used in a slow blues, highlighting D, G, and A and previewing the D major scale.

Learn the a major scale with whole and half steps, mastering notes a, b, c#, d, e, f#, g#, across one and two octaves using finger positions.

Identify and build the a major triad from the major scale, showing root position and inversions, with notes A, C#, and E.

Master the slow blues in d left-hand rhythm, outlining d, g, and a chords with triplet feel. Practice transitions, and use the left-hand play-along before playing with both hands.

Practice slow blues in D with both hands together, coordinating left and right hands through measures, count beats, tempo, and navigate the tricky measure three; use the play-along file.

Learn the left-hand blues pattern, outlining chords and counting one and two and three and four, then practice transitions between c, f, g, and c with play-along at 80–120 bpm.

Practice blue fifth blues with both hands, counting triplets and pickup measures. Develop accuracy with grace notes, holding notes across measures, and slowing before speeding up.

Learn how blues piano uses dominant seventh chords (C7, F7, G7) and inversions to create authentic blues in C.

Practice seventh chords within blues progressions in D and Bb, focusing on D7 and G7, then A7, using root positions and inversions with hands together and bass notes.

Learn boogie in d with both hands, practicing interlocking right- and left-hand rhythms, grace notes, and tempo variations from 80 to 100 bpm across multiple lines.

Master the E major scale, its sharps, and the scale formula. Identify the one, four, and five chords in E and practice fingering across octaves.

Explore the E major triad and its dominant seventh chord, mastering root position and the first, second, and third inversions with notes E, G#, B, and D.

Master the B major scale, its five sharps (C#, D#, F#, G#, A#), and the right- and left-hand fingerings, to support blues in E with practice resources.

Explore the B major triad and the B dominant seventh chord, including root and inversion positions across octaves, and apply them in blues in E.

Master the left-hand blues in e for Sweet Home Chicago using the 12-bar blues, an intro, triplet notation, and a root-and-fifth pattern with tempo practice.

Master the right-hand blues accompaniment for Sweet Home Chicago, learning precise fingering, triplets, and counting 1-2-3-4 with the key signature, while practicing with a metronome and optional left-hand intro.

Master the blues piece Sweet Home Chicago with both hands together, building coordination and a steady rhythm using a metronome and gradual tempo increases.

Explore the cycle of fifths, or circle of fifths, connecting major scales and chords; learn how blues in A uses the four and five, D and E, from the circle.

Start with the natural a minor scale, the easiest, using only white keys. See how a minor shares notes with C major and chords, deriving from the major scale.

Every major scale has a relative minor, and the natural minor scales derive from major scales via a minor third, as shown by G major–E minor and F major–D minor.

Explore building a minor triad and a minor seventh chord on A, D, and E roots, with inversions, voicing, and Am, Am7 notation.

Explore the minor blues, contrast it with the major blues, and outline an eight-bar progression in ain’t no sunshine using one, four, and five minor chords.

Master ain’t no sunshine by practicing the eight-bar blues progression with left-hand bass outlines and right-hand sixteenth-note melodies, counting straight rhythm, and using pickup measures, repeats, and coda.

Learn the blueberry hill right hand, including the second ending with triplets, the b section's b flat seventh harmony, and the d major triad in second inversion.

practice playing Blueberry Hill with both hands, master the final measures of the endings, and smoothly transition into the B part with coordinated left and right hand patterns.

Construct minor chords and minor seventh chords for B, G, C, and F by deriving from major chords, and practice root position, first inversion, second inversion, and third inversion.

Analyze diminished chords and diminished seventh chords through major and minor interval patterns in C, exploring diminished fifths and enharmonic spellings like g flat and f sharp.

Explore Blue Monk’s blues structure in B flat, with twelve-bar form, I–IV–V chords, and the sharp four diminished seventh, plus sheet music and left/right hand patterns.

Explore intervals, distance between notes, from half tone to octave, with piano demonstrations of minor third, major third, fourth, fifth, minor seventh, major seventh, and circle of fifth from C.

Explore the spectrum of piano intervals, from unison to octave, including major, minor, perfect, diminished, augmented names, and the tritone. Focus on essential intervals and naming with a reference table.

Learn to add the ninth to dominant seventh chords, including flattened and sharp ninth variants such as C7 flat nine and C7 sharp nine, and apply to minor seventh chords.

Explore adding the 11th to dominant seventh and minor seventh chords, compare flat eleven and sharp eleven, and use diminished or half-diminished voicings like C minor seven flat five.

Explore adding the 13th to dominant seventh chords, including flat and sharp 13th options, for warm, rich voicings; in minor seventh chords, the 13th becomes the sixth.

Master adding the ninth and 13th to dominant seventh chords using open voicings in blues progressions, with C7, F7, and G7 examples.

Explore krumping, or accompanying, by learning how to play rhythmic chords behind soloists and singers, using left-hand bass with right-hand chords, and even accompany yourself.

Focus on rhythm, introducing eighth-note anticipation to start chords on the end of four, practice varying rhythm across measures, while future lessons cover chord changes.

Develop blues piano comping by adding rhythmic elements across the measure, on downbeats or upbeats, with eight possibilities, including anticipations of the next court using a play-along track.

Explore rootless chord voicings and comping variations for blues piano, combining left-hand dominant seventh voicings with right-hand extensions like the 9th and 13th, and moving in fourth intervals.

Explore dramatic chromatic chord shifting to embellish blues comping by moving chords a half step, using left-hand three-note voicings and selective improvisation.

Add more notes from the C major blues and the C dominant scale, use the minor seventh and major third, and incorporate grace notes to blues it up.

Learn chromatic passing notes in blues piano, using improvisations to move from D to C, include C sharp and major seventh passing tones, and note E in F seventh chords.

Add the left hand with simple three-note voicings for blues piano, such as c seventh with added ninth; practice one measure, then improvise a right-hand blues line, gradually add rhythm.

Explore adding right-hand embellishments—thirds, tremolos, and top notes—while keeping left-hand chords simple, three chords, with rhythmic variation and a preview of future expansion in the next lecture.

Transpose blues voicings, scales, and riffs to new keys, using major third, minor seventh, and ninth to create 13th voicings; practice left-hand voicings and improvised blues in all 12 keys.

Explore turnarounds: how the blues progression returns to the one chord, using the five four one five progression in c and the upcoming one six two five variation.

Explore 100 blues turnarounds and master chord progressions from C to G7 sharp nine, including C seventh, diminished chords, and F minor sixth with a simple left-hand bass.

Explore major triads and dominant seventh chords, with root and inverted positions, and apply to blues progressions using one to four and five chords.

Explore how to form minor seventh chords from major triads by lowering the third and adding the seventh, and master inversions in Bb, F, F#, C#, G#, Eb minor.