Piano Blues Lesson

Audiences often see Blues music as an emotionwill be known as chord one.
filled pieces - hence the term "Feeling blue".2) Now play your second chord two times then
Defined by Wikipedia as: "The name given to bothchord one twice - pause.
a musical form and a music genre created3) Now play your third chord (again any chord
primarily within the African-American communitiesyou choose) once, your second chord once, and
in the Deep South of the United States"your first chord twice!
The blues is often used as a base for jammingNote: You should try and play these with one
sessions world over popular particularly withhand, in order to improvise over the top of the
guitarists and pianists. The Blues are often used asblues set with your other hand!
stepping stones for learning further music genresPiano Blues lesson - Part Three
such as Jazz. With many of the best Piano playersLooking further within the piano blues lesson we
citing the blues as one of their core influences.will now try learning blues scales, the difference
Piano Blues Lesson - Part two:between a blues scale and a regular scale is that
Moving into the start of the Piano Blues Lesson,the blues scale emphasizes the blues notes:
we begin with concentrating on the 12 bar blues -The used notes are:
which is the most typical blues style piece most1, flat 3, 4, 4 (sharp), 5, 7 (flat).
are familiar with. It's important to master thisFor examples the blues scale in G would be: G -
before moving on.Bb - C - Db - D - F - G
To begin with you'll need to pick any sevenI hope you get to take something away from
chords, as a demonstration we will use chord B:this rewarding Piano Blues Lesson.
1) Play chord B four times, pause. This (chord B)