3 Exercises to Master Slow Blues Piano Improv

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00:47 Minor walkdown progression 02:16 Play with backing track 02:53 A minor blues scale 04:31 Exercise 1: 8th notes 06:46 Play with backing track 07:42 Exercise 2: triplets 09:15 Play with backing track 09:57 Exercise 3: slides 11:12 Play with backing track 11:35 Conclusion

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This exercise also gets you a little bit of "Saturday in the Park" by Chicago (very little - but it's a start).

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Some progressions just sound cool and invite to play around with them - this is one of those for me, thanks a lot!

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I think this little lesson here is my favorite one,no matter what you play in this scale it really sounds good.

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[@findus8269]

Ok, but this isn't jazz at all.

[@TheWoogie2]

@@findus8269 I mean, jazz is an incredibly broad genre, but some of the best jazz songs ever are relatively basic blues progressions at their core. No need to shit on someone who's just beginning by belittling what they're learning.

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I'm going insane with all of this because I still need a keyboard! Used to play classical but going to go in this direction.

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Hello Jonny, Could you do more videos for slow blues please. Thank you so much for every thing

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Very cool, Thanks I have no music training but trying keys and I gained much from this lesson.. I started playing Stevie Wonders isn't she lovely to these notes,, Well a little.. Thanks just subscribed

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I love how after the last excerise example when Johnny speaks to the camera, the backing track is still running but with some cool playin ^_^

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[@666toxxic]

very nice, thx, but I prefer start it to the last bar, Am-Am7...F#7..Fm7..and one ..Am...

[@SeagullMoonJunior]

What a great tutorial ! Very useful. As a guitarist playing acoustic Blues for a couple of years , I just started playing the piano. This Lesson shows it can actualy be really fun learning scales ! I have just one (maybe stupid) question (which has been asked before I think, but I couldn’t find the answer) : do you use the pedal on this one ? all the blues I played on piano so far was without pedal , but this chord progression and rhythm in the left hand seems like it needs some pedalling ? Or am I completely wrong ? (As I said, I’m not very experienced with the piano ) thanks a lot !

[@PianoWithJonny]

Adding a little pedal will help smooth it out a bit! Thanks for watching!

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The exercise reminds of the song "Hello" by Lionel Richie way back in the 80's. LOL.

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Great lesson, you should have mentioned the importance of the stank face though on the extra tasty lines

[@MartinFlieger1]

Again a great lesson, thank you so much! I have question about fingering, when starting from another note do you recommend to keep the basic fingering (e. g. D-note #3) or start with another finger?

[@kosuag6349]

Should I use the pedal while doing this

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i couldn't find the downloads. You know the ones you said were there.!!

[@OyeChico.x8]

This is great, thanks. My question is about the base chords, does it always have the same beat all along the song ?

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Yep

[@Zoco101]

Jaoao, it does in this exercise, but advanced players share the beat interractively between both hands, and the pianist's job is largely defined by what else is in the band anyway. Sometimes you've gotta play the beat, but often you don't. Look how sparse Count Basie often was. He was one of the blues/jazz players from Kansas City, who most helped to establish the Swing movement. The tune Splanky is a good example.

[@denispolack4414]

Trop drôle! Avec ces accords on peut jouer du blues comme ici, de la pop (Saturday in the park , Isn't she lovely...) en fonction du rythme (exercice 1).

[@zerone.consultant]

Hi Jonny, how can I fit a chord progression with a scale or vice versa. As an example in your video here your chord progression is in A minor Blue scale??? I try to understand. Thanks.

[@Pianoandguitarplaywr]

is it possible to slide from a white key to a black key?

[@thriller718]

Where can I download the backing track from? I don’t see any link on his website. Anyone?

[@kdecalifornia]

Hi Jonny! Thanks a lot for this great video. I am just wondering... Can the A minor blues scale be used in other blues styles than slow blues? And can the C blues scale be used in slow blues? Thanks again!

[@berndkoelbl3852]

Hi Carlos ! You can use the Aminor, or Cminor Blues scale for other blues-songs. It`s not the question of `slow`or `fast!`

[@maloneycraig]

Hi Jonny Curious about how the sliding up to the major 3rd from the minor 3rd works in other keys. For example: in B major sliding up from D to D# is a lot trickier than in A minor / C major sliding up from Eb to E. Do you just use two fingers in keys like B major? Thanks!

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10:11 I would like more details on these =p

[@scottwins2]

The Blues sounds better on an old Upright

[@joemechwar4338]

Where is the backing track to download?

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You can download the backing track on the lesson page after logging into your membership.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

When you show the slides it doesn’t highlight the black keys which it should.

[@ahmed25march]

hello my friend , why we call it 8th notes ?

[@live2groove]

Good lesson, but being from Chicago, when you say "a slow blues" you expect a very specific form. Still a good lesson though

[@Zoco101]

That's true, line2groove. It doesn't have to be a 12-bar or 24-bar, but the importance of these classic forms should have been explained. If we're not careful, everything becomes a blues, and then of course, it's just another excuse to over-analyse a form that needs to be felt more than analysed. As a jazz musician, I used to analyse the blues far too much. Then a jazz teacher told me I didn't need him for blues - I just needed to let go. Since I already knew a lot about jazz and 12-bar sequences, the only concrete blues tip he gave me was to find two notes and make something happen. I would add to that: pump each note or lick till it's begging for mercy. Never move on to a new note until it feels necessary.

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will yo

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i would recommend christian fuchs youtube channel for anyone trying to expand their blues playing

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[@Zoco101]

Hey guys. Method is OK, but remember that blues are 90% feeling and 10% method. Jonny forgot to mention that. You have to follow your instincts and be ready to break all the rules you learned before. A blues performance is like a street fight. Fight dirty! Speaking of which, try to set two notes against each other. Make them argue! A good blues artist is a scary person who seems to be sad or angry the whole time. So use your sadness and your anger. My other tips are, use the whole keyboard, play "wrong notes", exploit dissonance (particularly minor 2nds) and when in doubt, spread your chords.

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I can’t hit thumbs up. It’s on a black key!

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[@uncleswell]

Aren’t these 16th notes, not 8th notes? “1 e + a 2 e + a …” You’re playing on the “a”. Am I missing something?

[@MassimilianoCarosi]

Why you never speak about pedal? Don’t you use it at all or what?

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Please...play more and talk less.

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