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How to Play Blues Piano by Ear

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Whether you're a beginner, an amateur, a professional, or a teacher, you can develop the skills essential for a blues stylistic performance with this excellent step-by-step guide. The hands-on instruction presented includes information on basic chords and patterns, improvisation, blues...

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Todd Lowry

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Table of Contents

Introduction
About The Online Audio
Chapter 1: What Is Blues Piano?
Chapter 2: WHAT IS PLAYING BY EAR?
Chapter 3: Mental Approach to Playing by Ear
Chapter 4: Posture, Hand Position, & Finger numbers
Posture
Hand Position
FINGER Numbers
WARNING SIGNS
Chapter 5: HOW TO PRACTICE
Chapter 6: The Musical Alphabet & the Piano Keyboard
Chapter 7: Basic Chords
CHORD FORMULAS
7TH CHORDS
CHORD SYMBOLS
Chapter 8: The 12-Bar Blues Progression
Chapter 9: The Basic Left-Hand Pattern
THE BARRELHOUSE BLUES
Chapter 10: Right-Hand Improvisation Using the Blues Scales
THE BLUES SCALES
SWING FEEL
USING THE C MINOR BLUES SCALE
Chapter 11: Blues in G
Chapter 12: Special Blues Techniques
GRACE NOTES
TREMOLO
MELODIC LEAD-INS
DOUBLING THE RHYTHM OF THE LEFT HAND
Chapter 13: Straight-Eighth-Note Blues
Chapter 14: Early Rock-and-Roll
Chapter 15: Gospel Blues
Chapter 16: Boogie Woogie
Chapter 17: Other Blues Styles
SLOW BLUES IN 12/8
FUNKY BLUES
MINOR BLUES STYLE
NEW ORLEANS RHUMBA BOOGIE
Chapter 18: Using Tritones
JUMP BLUES
Chapter 19: Blues Intros & Endings
INTROS FOR FAST BLUES
INTROS FOR SLOW BLUES
BLUES ENDINGS
Chapter 20: Once More, With Feeling
DYNAMICS
TEMPO
EXPRESSION
Chapter 21: Playing in a Blues Band
Chapter 22: Improvisation ideas
Play-Along Tracks
APPENDIX I: A Brief History of Blues Piano
APPENDIX II: Blues Piano Players

Whether you're a beginner, an amateur, a professional, or a teacher, you can develop the skills essential for a blues stylistic performance with this excellent step-by-step guide. The hands-on instruction presented includes information on basic chords and patterns, improvisation, blues styles and genres, licks and playing techniques, and much more. Historical information on the roots of blues piano music is presented, along with a list of notable blues pianists. It's all here in a single indispensable volume, along with demonstration audio tracks available online.

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