How to play 12 BAR BLUES on Piano - Boogie Woogie Basslines Tutorial

A Piano tutorial explaining how to play 12 Bar Blues, teaching the harmonic formula using 3 different left-hand bass lines in 3 different key signatures. First video in its series for Blues Piano for beginners.
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12 Bar Blues: 1:27
Boogie Woogie Bassline 1: 2:18
Boogie Woogie Bassline 2: 5:50
Boogie Woogie Bassline 3: 7:42
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[@kevingodding9316]

More blues😊

[@BitesizePiano]

@@kevingodding9316 100%! :)

[@tjsmith2748]

As children we played this over and over. ( I was 5). Always the base never knew a right hand to play so we just threw in chopsticks! Grew up playing boogie woogie chopstix. 85 now stuck on that tune!!! ❤️

[@olivia.102]

Thank you for being my online piano teacher! :D

[@andy65guitar]

This tutorial just paid for my keyboard. If I can learn this I can do anything.

[@AIreadsmydiaries]

Great lesson thanks, more boogie and blues lessons would be brilliant

[@BitesizePiano]

Many more planned! An entire Blues series in the line-up :)

[@espinozaalduenda4136]

You could do jazz improvisations, although it's similar to blues it could be good. I leave it at your disposal (you are very good I love your videos)😁

[@dominiquetaxi420]

Hi! Thanks à lot for your video, I have request , I am guitar player and we usely play blues in key of E or A ,so i have tried to figure out the same you have show in those key but i can't could you help me pls ?

[@douggreene442]

This is ok This is similar to what Jerry Lee Lewis does I have been trying to learn Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire I have been trouble learning the introduction thanks Doug Greene

[@mmartin7483]

Oh my goodness.. you took me back to my early teen years. Boy did we all rock n roll to "Great Balls of Fire". :-):-):-) Thank You.

[@kevinferguson122]

I would love to see a tutorial for You've Got a Friend. I've been looking at other tutorials for it but nobody else seems to explain things as well as you do.

[@leslygeorge5751]

Good day Madaam, Thanks for the lessons God bless you Lesly George

[@lorraewright3561]

Great! I’d love to learn Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger. Fingers crossed!

[@axelsureda6054]

You never give your money has the 3rd bassline on the second part, so catchy

[@BitesizePiano]

oh yeah! :)

[@charlieharpman2107]

Hi, nice lesson. Great variation. The one that I have seen in the past was playing c e g a , f a c d , g b d e on the left individually and playing the ceg , fac , gbd on the right respectively on the and. This tutorial is great for practice. Thank you for posting it. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you! Pleased you enjoyed :)

[@anniefreesky]

You r the best teacher ever!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup for this. Your videos like this are well appreciated.

[@mangomosaics]

This lesson is Pure Gold... now I'm off to practice 🥰

[@BitesizePiano]

Happy playing! 😄🎹

[@sanderoid81]

Love it thanks.

[@rupa1772]

Hi!.In a 12 bar blues progression there are 4 beats in a measure in a 4 4 voicing.Will each beat represent a chord played ,so 4 beats represent chord played 4times and should it be played on bass ?

[@BitesizePiano]

It depends what the left-hand chords are doing! Typically you would play on the beat as it helps 'drive' the music.

[@Guto-df3hq]

Incrível, esse canal me inspira a estudar piano! Valeu demais 👍🏻🇧🇷

[@kevingodding9316]

Great lesson 😊👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you! Pleased you enjoyed :)

[@anniefreesky]

OMG at the beginning it sounded so professional! U r so good at piano! I told my dad about u and now he is asking me if u play Billie Joel?

[@BitesizePiano]

I have some Billy Joel planned for sure! :)

[@anniefreesky]

Great! 👍. Can’t wait. I will show my dad! BTW, I’m the same person struggling on memories. The one u replied too.

[@gtasrbija8397]

Best Boogie Woogie piano tutorial!

[@angeloperri1128]

PLEASE keep making more of these. I just started trying to learn and love the Boogie Woogie. Your tutorials are awesome, and definitely help

[@BitesizePiano]

Definitely making more! :)

[@2isuru]

Geez.. you are so great. Wish to see more theory based ones.. ❤️

[@garycallum7641]

Excellent thank you

[@MrCharlie066]

Fantastic tutorial as usual. This style is so fun to play! And it's my Dad's favourite, can't wait to surprise him with it one day. :)

[@titussquier7454]

I have been wanting and trying to play boogie woogie or blues style piano for years, when I watched your tutorial, I learned it in a day. Thank you so much for making these videos for us and I hope you never stop. Because of you, I can now play 12 bar blues, and I enjoy every minute of it! Thanks again, Titus P.S. Could you make a tutorial of Walking in The Air by Chloe?

[@titussquier7454]

Again, thank you so much, you made it so easy!

[@BitesizePiano]

Hey! That's awesome! I'm so pleased it's helped :) I've already done Walking In The Air from the Snowman film on my channel?!

[@titussquier7454]

Thank you! It is the same song. Also, thank you for being active with comments and such.

[@titussquier7454]

I have a question for you. What was your hardest song to play of all time, and what was the most fun song you played?

[@honestinsincerity2270]

I know nothing about piano but I do know a little music theory. Weren't you technically stepping out of key when playing the third version of the lick in the key of C? I thought all the white keys are whole notes and C major should have no flats or sharps, correct? Edit: I'm not saying you're playing it wrong or anything cause that's definitely the traditional 12 bar blues lick but I'm just wondering if my rudimentary understanding of piano keys is correct

[@BitesizePiano]

Yes I guess you could say that! The blues scale is a set formula and isn't a diatonic major/minor scale, which is why it sounds so distinct. The 3rd bassline is adding the dominant 7th on top, which means the 7th note taken from the minor scale (in this instance a Bb). You're correct that C major doesn't have any sharps or flats.

[@honestinsincerity2270]

@@BitesizePiano Awesome, thank you for explaining and great tutorial!!

[@peterharrison747]

Thanks for a great tutorial Peter UK

[@brunobarranco3605]

You are the best teacher.

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad you think so!

[@mauricioferreira4157]

Awesome, more blues please more blues, thank you

[@BitesizePiano]

I have done much blues - browse my channel!

[@dougjolley4849]

Great lesson. One thing baffles me. In bassline 3, how do you know to use b flat (instead of b natural) in measures that use the I chord? b flat is not a note in the C scale while b natural is. Same issue with the e flat in measures that use the IV chord. Thanks.

[@BitesizePiano]

The Bb is part of the C7 chord, which is the major triad with the minor 7th. The Eb is the part of the F7 chord (same theory applied!)

[@dougjolley4849]

@@BitesizePiano Thanks so much for your reply. Pardon me for pressing the issue; but, here's where I'm getting confused: It is my understanding that, by definition, the first 4 chords of a 12-bar-blues progression is the I chord (in the key of C that would be the C chord). It would seem to me that if we add a Bb to the C chord to make it into a C7, that would take it out of the definition of a 12-Bar-Blues progression because we are using a C7 chord as the I chord instead of a plan vanilla C chord. Perhaps I'm putting too fine of a point on it; but, it appears that we have some lattitude and I'm just wondering how we tell how much lattitude we have. Put differently, what tweaks can we make to the progression without taking it out of the definition of 12-bar-blues and what tweaks take the progression out of the definition of 12-bar blues? I do hope this is clear. Thanks.

[@janetdransfield9448]

Easy to learn with you

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I'm glad you think so :)

[@sanall.g9095]

🙏 Thank you very much for this very helpful presentation

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[@childhood5227]

thank you very much you nice

[@Chimunculous]

I’m a beginner and have always wanted to learn some boogie woogie, but have never found a decent tutorial. This one was fantastic and I had so much fun with it, thank you! I love your channel!

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad you had fun! 🤗🎹

[@stuartsmith4657]

another great one. also looks like you just hit 300k subs, congrats!! :)

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Thank you!🎹

[@kurteckert8937]

Great tutorial ! Explained well and excellent visuals Got me playing boogie boogie in a day ! Always wanted to learn it

[@BitesizePiano]

Awesome! Thank you! :)

[@musicalhamsa5892]

Can you please do a course of boogie Woogie?

[@BitesizePiano]

This is the next one following this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYDXlqSairaBgpY More to be added in the near future!

[@freeflyer6170]

You do an excellent job in teaching. Thanks so much.

[@BitesizePiano]

You’re very welcome!

[@rajab830]

Wow

[@barryhunt8527]

Better to use the index finger on the G for the first C key baseline 👍🕺🎶🇬🇧

[@BitesizePiano]

If that feels better for you then go for it 🤗

[@wilfredricarte2061]

Nice and interesting, was that 2nd lesson you are about to give today?

[@BitesizePiano]

I’m not sure what you mean?

[@Taichistretchingspace3479]

GI Blues would be great ...thanks from NZ

[@trytoplaypiano]

Thank you! You're great! With a big heart!

[@RockinRic]

Great lesson. Many thanks.

[@BitesizePiano]

😁

[@raymondsilverman8309]

Thanks!

[@rumenerangabomoise5751]

Thank you for caring about the beginners. Will you prepare another completing tutorial mixing the three Boogie Woogie baselines?Or extending demonstrations for each baseline to a concrete song?

[@devanandgandharva1507]

Some more

[@jello-tarzan]

Good lesson, thanks. Maybe you could frame the shot so we can always see your hands clearly. Sometimes they are quite a bit off. No offense!

[@BitesizePiano]

This is a much older video of mine, watch my newer ones 👍🏻

[@jello-tarzan]

@@BitesizePiano I did, great channel, thanks for the help!

[@fazboz]

Great lesson thank you

[@BitesizePiano]

My pleasure! :)

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hello you are a beautiful piano teacher.

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Excelente!!!!!!

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[@wilfredricarte2061]

Nothing less than a professional boogie woogie, nice.

[@trytoplaypiano]

Thank you so much!

[@BitesizePiano]

You're welcome!

[@duckmxscrooge1897]

Very helpful! Thanks 🙏

[@BitesizePiano]

You're very welcome, pleased it helped :)

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Thank YOU.

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Great. Thanks Ms

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[@sindollface]

Can’t find the rest of this

[@BitesizePiano]

The rest of it?

[@sindollface]

@@BitesizePiano followed link, filled out to take a peek but the peek wasn’t the rest of this blues video. They r elementary sheet music lesson??

[@BitesizePiano]

@@sindollface that’s just a link to check out my course - it has no relevance to this video. This video is a complete lesson.

[@romankarpenko5024]

Спасибо Вам. Очень полезное видео!

[@BitesizePiano]

Sorry I don't understand!

[@romankarpenko5024]

@@BitesizePiano Thanks you. Very useful and good video!

[@nelsonjorge5798]

Thank you from Colombia Francesca, for sharing your love for the piano and your teachings with the world; since now, I am coming to your channel fascinated with you and with every achievement you help me to achieve

[@barbarastuff2023]

Thank you - I love how you teach - really easy to follow!

[@BitesizePiano]

Pleased you find it helpful :)

[@donlessnau3983]

I can't understand half of what she's saying. Between the terrible acoustics and echo and her heavy accent, I can't make out most of this content. Not very good.

[@BitesizePiano]

Wow, that's a bit of an exaggeration isn't it?! I have an English accent. Not my problem/fault that you can't understand ;) I don't agree that there are 'terrible acoustics and echo'

[@petermcdermott3996]

@@BitesizePiano ah cun understand ivery thin ye say, hinnie ,divnt worry aboot thon Lessnau gadgee, hees obvislee had a deprived childhud.

[@mmartin7483]

@ don ... You won't hear a clearer English than her's. Try listening to a Scottish teacher.. perhaps then you might appreciate this one more. She's good . Thousands say so.