Blues Piano for Beginners 4, Let''s build Licks (Now With Sheet Music)

[@felixsafire]

Christian lays out the Blues snd breaks it down for us! 0:16 snakes of elements-Blues is combining a few elements in different and interesting ways to make something longer 0:50 Licks are the ingredients that define the taste of Blues-curry Licks: 1:59 figure 1 3:40 figure 2 6:15 figure 3 8:56 The “thing” with F7-adjust the lick: replace the E by the Eflat to avoid a clash 10:56 Some Fun 13:06 Drone Lick 16:50 combine the elements, energy, jumping the right hand 18:05 an important detail GOLD

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

How lovely again. Thank you very much. Gets pinned up immediately. :-)

[@pinkynote]

Want to learn Blues ? Right here, right now. Just order music sheet(s), follow video and practice... eat, drink and practice. Don't forget to sleep. Tomorrow will be a beautiful Blues day. Thanks Christian. Dee

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Your comment made my day! Thank you!! :-))

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

My sofa is standing uphill. Thats what a blues musicians place should look like.

[@jennywren8937]

Even the trees look uphill here!

[@felixsafire]

You live in a juke-joint?

[@wayneyeargain9064]

I've been following this series since video 1 and it's a great learning experience. Bought the download and they are a perfect match with the video's. Since I can't go to Berlin for lessons, this system works for me. Thank you Christian! I'm learning the blues.

[@kirkster501]

Very important to be careful at the end of the licks. As I said on video 3, the sheet music Christian makes available on his website helps enormously I developed a bad habit at the end of licks skipping one of the C-G and C-A "bounces" in the left hand and I could not work it out in my mind. I bought the sheet music for a few euros and I spent about two hours VERY slowly going through this again and again and again until I got it !!! :). It is time well spent - you have all your life to learn this so it is important to get it right. Sometimes when it does not "click" it is best going away from the piano and coming back a day later and, somehow, your brain figures it out! Thanks again Christian for all your hard work on this series, you are a genius!

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Thanks Kirkster for your lovely comment!

[@pedromariano2100]

Great Christian..Fuchs....great..i like This....

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Then I like you in return! .-)

[@pascalaldridge5747]

Best teacher, thank you for everything, best regards from Würzburg

[@margoritamuradyan7412]

super 👌 lesson

[@moniquevervloet1]

This time I've download the sheetmusic and its so helpful for the lessons . thanks, I like your way of teaching

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Thank you! Keep on downloading. :-)

[@dawnwhitehead]

Hi Christian: I too very much enjoy your method of adding just a small amount to each lesson segment. It’s not too taxing on the brain and one cannot fail to recognize exactly where things are going wrong in order to correct errors and misunderstandings. So easy to just repeat the “broken” phrase and fix it before continuing. I have played flute for 10 years but chord naming and progressions are sketchy in my mind due to classical studies which tend to focus more on learning to execute the repertoire. This is so much fun! Thank you! I am 80 years old and professional piano player husband is amazed at my swift progress. I am on lesson 4 and downloaded the very helpful sheet music today. Thanks again ! ❤️🥳

[@jeraldcuccurullo2497]

You got me addicted to practicing your material non 🛑 stop??😇🎵🎶🎹🙏☮️

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Still better than all other addictions! :-)

[@jennywren8937]

...but this is not a face covering Christian, I always look like this! No wonder I got the blues, but life is uphill for most of us, so we look for the bits we like best and get lost in music. I get lost more than most, but I love these tutorials keepin' me brain working. Thanks a big bunch Christian.

[@wolfgangromer7133]

Wolfgang Römer Christian, on your question to Herman Reinhardt: I worked “Blues Piano for Beginners” 1 to 3 and think it's a big jumb but not too big. The advantage of No. 4 is that you can feel the effort is worth it. That motivates (I'm 84 years old) Are there notes for exactly No. 4?

[@yujie19691010]

老师，您最后弹的是什么曲子呢?太好听了。

[@dannuttle9005]

1:59 figure 1 3:43 figure 2 6:13 figure 3 8:57 the "thing" with F7 10:53 some fun 15:28 transpose licks to F and G

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Thanks, Dan! i pin it.

[@aac085]

GREAT LESSON! THANKS CHRISTIAN

[@olivierbriot644]

Hi Christian I find your videos and sheet music extremely well done and useful. I have a small question : in the videos, the notation of the keys seems to start from 0 (C0, D0, etc...), so is the center C the C3 or C4 ? I am just learning to read sheet music, so it makes a difference for me ...

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

C3 is middle C! ;-)

[@olivierbriot644]

@@ChristianFuchsBlues Thanks Christian ! I have now found why I was confused : my piano has a key to shift the whole keyboard by one octave, and it had been activated (does not reset on power off) - problem solved I now understand clearly the notations :-)

[@rudolftenvoorde7472]

Hi Christian, thanks for the video! I have a question for you, if you have time. When I play a 12 bar blues form especially in boogie woogie I sometimes lose count in which bar I am, do you have tips for that?

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

There is just one method: play so slow or little in the right hand. that you CAN count the bars. And only then you add stuff. Always from left to right. ;-)

[@jennywren8937]

Sing along. Not nrcessarily recognised lyrics. Make up something funny to help you remember. Now where. Am I....Hope this helps, Jen.

[@nataliapikua2198]

Dear Christian, I have a question that won't let me sleep. The fun element I try to play has different rhythms in the right and left hand that I seem not be able to master at this point, it takes me a lot of time to practice (more than other things we've learned). How to approach it? Either my left hand loses the 12 bar blues swinging motion or my right hand begins to play the swinging notes. I can hear and see your right hand is doing a much more choppy motion. What should I do?

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

These things cannot really solved by text. One would have to be there and see what you do wrong exactly. That is clearly a disadvantage of leaning without a teacher present. If you get stuck, I recommend just to move on to something else before loosing sleep over it.

[@nataliapikua2198]

@@ChristianFuchsBlues thanks Christian, apart from that, the lesson was spot on. After you answered my comment I looked for some additional rhythm excercises and after I did them for a couple of days, it was enough for me to master the fun pattern as well! :)

[@airbus889]

I deeply appreciate it your efforts here Christian, you have the best blues lesson on youtube by far. Greetings from Argentina. Agustín

[@dr.psprojects9591]

Hello Christian, I just purchased all of the books you have available on your website. Where is the notation for the licks you are showng in this video and the previous three for beginners.

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Coming very very soon! ;-)

[@bulletontheroad4041]

Nice. I like your bluesy feel. I have a question about finger position when playing chords. I'm a piano begginer and I've just learned to play chords with 1, 3, 5 fingers but you use 1, 2, 3 fingers. As I'm just starting to learn it was easy for me to switch to 1, 2, 3 finger positions. But I have a question: should I use that position only when playing blues and use 1 3 5 in other styles? Should I use 1 2 3 in other styles? I guess 1 3 5 is used for some reason so it's not ok to abort it? If I use 123 in blues and 135 elsewhere will that be to much confusion for my fingers? I'm little confused now how should I study piano so I won't have problems later.

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Hey Bullet! There are always standard finger settings, the one you learned,, and fingersettings that change in a certain context. Like wanting to tie chords. Here 1,2,3, makes it possible to tie to the next chord. You will never have the same finger settings for a note in all of your music. Learning the standard is good. But be ready to modify according to the context.

[@patweir100]

Hi Christian, can you help can you tell me where is the turnaround lesson please?

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

It's in part V at mins 13 or 14. ;-)

[@85tefo]

@@ChristianFuchsBlues now it makes sense, Jeje Great videos!

[@jkristia2011]

Awesome channel. (I just recently found it). Does any of your 'learning material' sheets cover what you have taught in this series ? Oh - and what is the song playing in the background of the intro ?

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

It will, after a little more I will do sheet music covering all episodes...

[@renateblatnik2879]

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[@hermanvideo]

Greatly explained again Christian. I'm not that far yet but I totally get it.

[@ChristianFuchsBlues]

Thanks, Herman! Do you think the jump from the last video of this series was too big?

[@hermanvideo]

@@ChristianFuchsBlues I am now working on serial number 2. I am a bit of a late student at 71 years old. ;-)

[@suryasunplugmelody4071]

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