Bring your local blues jam session home! These essential blues rhythm grooves feature a professional rhythm section and are perfect for guitar, harmonica, keyboard, saxophone and trumpet players to hone their soloing skills. The feels, tempos and keys have been varied to broaden your blues experience. Styles include: shuffle, funky, slow blues, jump blues, rhumba, swing, and more.

Book and CD. Anyone interested in learning to play blues keyboard can pick up this book and get started right away. This well-paced, comprehensive method covers everything from basic to advanced techniques. Beginning concepts include basic chords, scales, blues melodies, improvisation, turnarounds, intros, the 12-bar blues form, walking bass, and playing in a band. Intermediate topics include chord extensions, blues techniques, building bass lines, playing in key, ii-V substitutions, and slow blues. Advanced techniques include tremolo, octaves, grace notes, and two-handed chords. The book covers a variety of styles, including Chicago blues, New Orleans R&B, and jazz blues, as well as topics like chromaticism, motivic development, melodic expansion, groove, and articulation. Packed with sample licks and songs, this book is essential for any keyboardist serious about learning the blues. An MP3 CD demonstrating examples in the book is included.

Features several original blues compositions, each in the format of two 12-bar choruses. For each piece, an outline is provided on the facing page for the pianist to improvise additional 12-bar blues choruses. At various points in the book, opportunities are afforded for the student to compose 12-bar blues pieces.

The Total Blues Keyboardist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of blues keyboard playing. For beginners to advanced players, this book teaches blues theory, rhythm, and improvisation, and includes authentic techniques and examples in all blues styles--from Delta, New Orleans, and Chicago blues to Memphis, gospel, jazz, soul, and funk blues. Learn 8-bar, 12-bar, and 16-bar progressions, as well as classic intros, endings, and turnarounds. In addition, discover the best approach for playing with other musicians or a full blues band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included.

In this 60 Track CD + Book You'll Learn Basic Blues, Boogie Piano, Walking Bass, Stride Piano and much more. Packed with Riffs, Licks and Tricks You can Learn and Incorporate into your Playing Style.

Each Chapter Surveys a Different Style from Boogie Woogie to Barrelhouse and Introduces such Concepts as Chord Structure, Blues Tonality, Bass Lines and much more. Also contains a Chapter on Learning to Improvise.

A step-by-step breakdown of the piano styles and techniques of Dr. John, Pete Johnson, Professor Longhair, Pinetop Perkins, and others that uses their actual licks to teach. 14 songs are covered: Big Chief (Professor Longhair) · Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino) · (The Original "Pinetop") Boogie Woogie (Pinetop Smith) · Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) (Pinetop Perkins) · Confessin' the Blues (Jay McShann) · Cow Cow Blues (Cow Cow Davenport) · Cryin' in My Sleep (Jimmy Yancey) · Diving Duck (Otis Spann) · Everyday I Have the Blues (Memphis Slim) · Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade "Lux" Lewis) · The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) · Roll 'Em Pete (Pete Johnson) · Route 66 (Charles Brown) · Tipitina (Dr. John)

18 Songs including Alabama Jubilee, Bumble Boogie, I Love A Piano, Jelly Roll Blues, Nola, St. Louis Blues, Swanee, Tiger Rag, Twelfth Street Rag and others. For the Late Intermediate to Early Advanced pianist. Chord symbols shown.

While building the necessary skills, this book provides extensive musical and stylistic insight to the blues style of piano playing. It includes harmonic patterns, tempos, syncopation, blue notes, grace notes, and compound meters.

In this private lesson for beginning to professional blues pianists, Deneff covers: major and minor blues modes; workouts for the right and left hand; building fluency in all 12 keys; suggested fingerings; practice tips; and soul, gospel, boogie woogie, R&B and rock styles.

Electronic Keyboard. The 12-Bar Progression, Shuffle Patterns, Turnarounds and Endings, The Blues Scale, Basic Soloing Technique.

Ever wanted to play the blues, but weren't sure where to start? Blues Piano will teach you the basic skills you need. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and even the tricks that the pros use. And, you get seven complete tunes to jam on. Listen to the CD, then start playing along! Covers: scales and chords; left-hand patterns; walking bass; endings and turnarounds; right-hand techniques; how to solo with blues scales; crossover licks; and more.

Collection of 14 original pieces including Simply Blue · Light Blue · Baby Blue · Deep C Blue · Soft Blue · Cool Blue · Parisienne Blue · A Darker Shade of Blue · Bright Blue · Midnight Blue · True Blue · Azure Blue · Classic Blues · Denim Blue.

Source for Blues Riffs and Licks. Features Fills, Embellishments, Turnarounds, Tags, and much more.

CD includes Examples of Lessons in Book. Sections on Blues Basics, Shuffle Rhythm, Blue Scales, and more. A Hands-On Course in Traditional Blues Piano.

CD includes Examples of Lessons in Book. Sections on Straight Time Eight Note Rhythm, Basslines, Endings and much more.

Features several original blues compositions, each in the format of two 12-bar choruses. For each piece, an outline is provided on the facing page for the pianist to improvise additional 12-bar blues choruses. At various points in the book, opportunities are afforded for the student to compose 12-bar blues pieces.

CD contains Examples of Lessons in Book. Sections on Boogie Styles, 12-Bar Blues, 8-Bar Blues, Set-Ups and Turnarounds and more. In Depth Session with a Master Musician.

CD includes Examples of Lessons in Book. Sections on Blues Variations, Blues Techniques and Improvisation and Vamp Ideas. Building a Blues Repertoire. Follow up to Vol. 1.

CD includes Examples of Lessons in Book. Sections on Styles, Church, Major/Minor and more. Excellent 3 volume series on Blues Piano.

CD Demonstrates Examples and can be used for Play-Along. Explores into Chord Extensions, Blues Techniques, Building Basslines, Slow Blues and much more. Blues Forms such as the Twelve-Bar Blues and the Eight-Bar Blues are Explored.

CD Demonstrates all Examples and can be used for Playing Along. Book contains Examples in Styles of the Masters, Explanation of Theory, Lessons on Building Chords and Songs to use for Practice.

Easy Piano Arrangements of Jazz & Blues Favorites

A colorful repertory of popular-style piano pieces in easy-to-intermediate grades

Great Licks and Interviews with the Stars. Learn from the Legendary Performers in their own words. Licks in the Style of each Performer are included. CD includes all the Licks Recorded by a Live Band.

This book and CD will give you the tools you need to transform the music that you read into the way it should sound when played. Written music offers the notes, but it may not completely tell you how to perform them. Playing the blues in an authentic manner requires specific techniques that are difficult to notate. However, it can be achieved by combining note reading along with listening to a recording of how it is supposed to sound. Once and for all, the Listen & Play approach puts an end the often-heard lament, "I'm reading it correctly, but why doesn't it sound like the blues?" The CD includes performances of all the examples and tunes----some of the music is played at a slower practice tempo to make learning easier.

CD Demonstrates Examples and can be used as Play Long. Techniques such as Tremolos, Octaves, Grace Notes and Two-Handed Chords are introduced. Various Styles are covered.

33 Blues Favorites arranged for Easy Piano including Chicago Blues, Fine And Mellow, Mean Old World, Memphis Blues, Rock Me Baby, St Louis Blues, Sugar blues, West End Blues and others. Lyrics included. Chord symbols shown.

An easy, yet thorough instructional book using famous, classic blues and rock tunes to introduce students to the 12-bar blues and simple blues improvisation. Each song is prefaced by a one-page worksheet to help students master pattern identification, fingering, syncopation, and harmonic progressions. Perfect for novice blues pianists, who will derive much pleasure playing authentic tunes and developing their improvisational skills. 10 Solos: Bumblebee Blues · Blue Suede Shoes · Hound Dog · I Got You · In the Mood · Jailhouse Rock · Jump, Jive an' Wail · Night Train · Shake, Rattle and Roll · Tutti Frutti.

In this 94 Track plus Book You'll Learn to Play 12-bar Blues, Right and Left Hand Riffs, Variations, Turnaround and much more.

You'll learn all about blue notes, blues scales, blues progressions, grace notes and tremolos. It also includes Blues arrangements of original and traditional songs.