Every blues piano player should know it because although it is played quite regularly it sounds awesome, not tired or overplayed. In this lesson, ill teach you three simple blues riffs that pack a lot of punch. This best selling book, 100 ultimate blues riffs by andrew gordon is an exhaustive guide to some of the best musical phrases that make up blues piano keyboard playing. During the last two lessons we discussed the blues click here to learn about the 12 bar blues if you havent read this lesson yet and now after we added the seventh note to the chords check it out in the blues chords lesson were ready to add some chord progression to the plain blues in order to spice it up a little bit. Oct 17, 2017 ray charles was one of the most important piano players in the history of the instrument. Contains 30 piano sheets and audio samples of improvisations based on blues licks. Oct 11, 2015 in this article ill show you a couple great bluesy licks and how to transpose them for use across a 12bar blues form. They play the exact right notes at exactly the right time, with exactly the right feeling. How do you apply the blues to the piano or keyboard. The 30 musthave blues piano licks blues transcription and bass arrangements. If you cannot hear the audio samples click the following links. Whether he is channeling otis span or creating his own genre, there is no finer keyboard player. Not only are these really fun to play, but they will also help you to understand the blues scale on a deeper level. This keyboard tutorial demonstrates a number of simple, but impressive, jazz riffs and runs that anyone can play, given sufficient time and dedication.
These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons. If you have the heart of a musician, you have to learn to play piano. This handout shows musical examples of some of the most common licks and. Students should, of course, study the solos of great jazz players to derive even more source material. We are now going to shift the focus onto our left hand and explore some useful left hand shuffle patterns and some groovy single note basslines. Make one more blues using the rest of the 30 musthave blues piano licks.
In this article ill show you a couple great bluesy licks and how to transpose them for use across a 12bar blues form. This page contains a variety of educational materials that are offered here free of charge. Therefore would it be a great idea to learn licks over 251 chord progressions. Jonathon wilson has been a professional composer and pianist for over twenty years. Yaahn is on the hammond organ left side of screen on this song. Blues piano improvisation advice and tips play blues. In this lesson, youll learn the approach ray charles took in the main riff for the song what id say. Its takes a little bit of practice to get under the fingers but not something that is difficult. Oscar peterson plays standards piano signature licks. Easy and helpful blues piano lesson for an old school lick in c dating. Free sheet music piano blues by the most likes by the most well noted by the most commented by new releases by the most downloaded by the most listened by the most listened human original instrumentation first by works titles by composers by oldest additions with video first level.
Everything you need to know to become an accomplished performer of blues piano kriss, eric on. Extending this idea to even more exciting, piano improvisations. A collection of oscar petersonstyle jazz piano licks to help understand key features of the peterson style. What you have to do here is to learn that the major pentatonic is a totally. Pentatonic licks 15 pattern 3 for electric guitar solos in. Nov 01, 2011 blues licks for piano by blake neeley naming this book blues licks took a lot of nerve. This is a short organ lick done during a hard break. A guitar licks goldmine awaits in this incredible blues collection. The 30 musthave blues piano licks blues groovewindow. Paddy milner is not only recognised as one of the leading blues piano players in the world he is currently keyboard player of choice for sir tom jones, following several years with the late great jack bruce, but also as a superb original songwriter and distinctive singer. The description below is for the pdf and audio files.
Learning piano with pete sears pete sears brings an incredible knowledge of roots music to the table. Blues piano licks play blues piano with willie myette. These piano lessons will teach you how to play blues solos with speed and skill, and most of all have fun playing the piano. The only way that ive been able to get through this is to use my computer so i can do a screenprint, save the image, crop to the tablature and print. Thats why i created the new play blues piano series. Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues piano licks. You will need to practice licks over and over again in order to fully understand their function in piano music. With its 200 licks and phrases, conceived by the most famous guitarists, this coursebook is a veritable blues cyclopedia imperative for everyone working on blues. Copying the solos of professionals is a great way for young players to. In this video i am going to show you some longer melodic ideas or licks with arpeggios and using different minor sounds on a cm blues. Learning licks is great, but you need to go deeper. Jan 20, 2008 how to play the sixth easy blues piano lick, including a stepbystep demonstration. Print and download in pdf or midi blues licks piano. Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons.
Part of learning, understanding, and master ing a language involves studying the basic parts of speech. Blues licks how to play blues piano free sheet music. The most important thing you can do is learn them, and then practice them the right way. Exploring different avenues in piano music will introduce you to various and interesting techniques.
However, if you can, take this 2 5 1 lick in the key of c and see if you can transpose it into the other 11. Join pianogroove pro to access all downloads and learning resources. Its going to show you how to really get these sounds across and also how to create some great licks with the diatonic arpeggios also some of the other great arpeggios available like quartal harmony and shell voicings. There are 8 essential licks short melodic phrases to learn in the mastery of the boogie woogie piano style. If you are wishing to order the pdf mp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. The lick is this song is done during a hard break during a bbminor groove. Basic piano skills are necessary to successfully accomplish tasks such as licks. I use this riff all the time as a way to either end a. Play the blues with the right and left hand on piano how to. Slow blues piano in c piano blues exercise youtube. Before you start, though, be sure to sign up for my free mini course accelerate your jazz skills. Unless your blues song fades out, you want the final verse to end on chord i instead. Pdf jazz riffs for piano renata goncalves academia.
Print and download in pdf or midi 30 must have blues licks in c. Top ten easy blues piano licks image via wikipedia. This dvd is jampacked with tasty lead lines, phrases, and riffs personally taught to you by. Welcome to lesson 3 in this course on chicago blues piano. Do you know the feeling when youre listening to your favourite guitarists and they play a lick that sends shivers down your back. Blues left hand shuffle patterns tutorial pdf, examples. Another early 2008 video tutorial originally done for expert village. Twobar blues licks for jazz ensemble waggoner music. In todays video im going to teach you a tasty lick that will be a great source material for soloing, creating melodies, and fills. The book is 37 pages in length, poorly written and full of filler material that shouldnt be there. Oct 19, 2016 blues piano improvisation is an essential skill for a blues piano player.
By learning these 8 licks and their variations a student can then recognize and learn by ear the majority of right hand licks that they will encounter on boogie woogie and blues recordings. The following 6th and 5th string root diagrams show how you can. Oscar petersonoscar peterson style blues riffs free sheet music riffs for piano on. Jonathon wilsons collection of blues licks in c 30 must have blues licks in c sheet music for piano, guitar download free in pdf or midi. Everything you need to know to become an accomplished performer of blues piano. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can. Play blues bass lines and endings on the piano how to. These are fantastic, simple ideas composed by former ljs contributor camden hughes, and he packed these full of fantastic lessons. King got his start in the early 1950s as the beale street blues boy, but rapidly became a national figure with an approach too broad to be pigeonholed by a particular geographic location.
Handout with images as per used in the tutorial and text explanation, audio only and midi files 4x all improvisation versions available for premium couturians. Instead were gonna offer some practical advice and tips to help you focus on some essential blues piano improvisation practice. Blues licks piano sheet music for piano download free in. By joining the patreon community you are in the company of 200 others supporting and helping shape the. In this video series the talented and sizzling jonathon wilson guides you through 30 musthave blues piano licks, riffs that, once mastered, could turn any musician into a talkedabout sensation. Want to learn how blues piano licks can be used over blues, rock, gospel, and jazz chord changes. Over 350 concise musical examples to illustrate what youre learning. Piano improvisation technique corcoran high school. So in this lesson, im giving you 25 easy iivi licks. Use my search bar to find exactly what youre looking for. Lick analysis and the lick legend licks are the musical sentences of the blues language. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page.
The licks presented here are classified according to genre ternary or binary licks, 128 licks, intros, turnarounds, riffs etc. Easytoread explanations of 7 elements of improvisation, in 5 skill levels. It covers the fundamental principles of the blues and includes indepth theory and techniques, along with example blues pieces to learnstudy with downloadable audio. Five pentatonic licks in pattern 3 for electric guitar solos in the styles blues, rock and pop with music notes, tab tablature and sound. Print and download in pdf or midi blues licks piano arrangement by nilo estrela. Even though the lick and lefthand are written out as eighth notes, they are really played with a triplet feel.
If these questions are giving you the blues, read on and well discover tricks thatll have. How to play blues piano riffs with the right hand wonderhowto. To read them, you will need to have the free adobe reader program installed on your computer. How to play the most awesome licks over any blues chord. This is a collection of thirty different blues licks ranging from beginning through advanced. Now lets take our study of the blues scale further and use the notes of the minor blues scale, the major blues scale and the extended blues scale to create different types of blues licks of riffs.
Guitar virtuosity for the everyday man 2 advanced rhythm 93 lesson 1 stylistic rhythms 94. The following terms and their abbrevi ations are used to define these specific elements at work in the licksthey are used to diagram the. Their licks remain as the common language of the blues guitar solo style. How to play the blues on the piano or keyboard dummies.
The videos show the licks in c, but you can download sheet music which has the licks in nearly all keys. I have been following jonathan wisons blues licks from expertvillage. Blues turnarounds, by pete farrugia ba hons, dip mus. As well as the video tutorial, ive included a pdf of this fun lick in the 12 major keys. Mar 9, 2017 share this take your playing to the next level. Twobar blues licks for jazz ensemble by jeff waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over the blues progressions in bb and f. How to play the most awesome licks over any blues chord free guide by antony reynaert.
These licks can be used in a variety of styles of playing blues, boogie woogie, jazz, rock, country, etc. If youre having trouble, try each lick individually before putting it together. The short clip in lesson 10 is a video of the instructor sitting down at the piano and improvising lessons. To get started playing these jazz passages, take a look. The blues lick this is a blues lick that gets played all the time. Anthony has organized the collection into five groups representing the five most common styles of slow blues tunes. How did they use the final turnaround to create such a satisfying ending.
Piano blues licks in this free lesson you can learn many of the piano blues licks that i use regularly in my band and wherever there is a good blues jam. These videos dont really need to be watched in any particular order. These slow blues guitar licks are from anthony stauffers 50 slow blues guitar licks you must knowcourse in which youll not only learn the lick itself but also where it fits within a standard 12bar progression. Just read the praise from the likes of dave brubeck. Blues turnarounds the easy approach this talk of i, iv, v is a little bit heavy on the theory, but there is a easy way to locate these chords that doesnt require you know all the mechanics behind it. One simple form and yet the blues is played in jazz, rock, pop, country, and, well the blues. Jonathon wilson collected these 30 blues licks, and by putting them on musescore you can transpose them into any key you want. The pdf for this lesson is available through patreon in the patreon fb group. His playing was featured on the soundtrack for the hit 2019 film. An essential part of the repertoire of every blues guitarist is a collection of turnaround licks. Make sure you click on each sound file to hear the lick played.
A few more exemplifications of options to choose notes from. If you studied lessons 1 9 basic blues piano, practiced the patterns and riffs with both hands, and you pretty much understand the ideas that were presented in the lessons, then you are on your way to playing and improvising the blues. Jonathon introduces each clip, letting you know of any tips or hangups that set the lick apart, and then provides a valuable demonstration of how to play and practice the riff alongside a full band. Lesson 3 the metronome practice chords, scales and licks 101. Pete, unlike some artists, knows what he is doing and is a fine teacher. In this course were going to focus around a postwar chicago blues style that applies to many other styles of blues and improvised music. Many of the documents on this page are in pdf format. Ive demonstrated the lick in the key of c, but you should learn it in all the other keys too. The complete blues piano the complete blues piano is a comprehensive guide to playing and improvising blues piano. We explore the core elements of improvisation such as.
An introduction to blues turnarounds, intros and endings by scott blanchard have you ever listened to a favorite blues tune and wondered how they put the intro together. How to play jazz riffs and runs on the piano piano. Below you can find blues piano lessons covering the basic blues form, the jazz blues form and blues improvisation lessons. Highlights of the art of improvisation the art of improvisation is a twovolume set that includes the features listed below, and more, to help you learn and master jazz improvisation. Each riff will be played for you at a fast speed, then a slower speed and then in most cases, at an intermediate speed. Waggoner these sheets may be used as source material for students working on solos over blues progressions in f. An introduction to blues turnarounds, intros and endings. Dec 10, 2017 heres another fun 2 5 1 lick for the piano.
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