| Audiences often see Blues music as an emotion | | | | will 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 both | | | | chord one twice - pause. |
| a musical form and a music genre created | | | | 3) Now play your third chord (again any chord |
| primarily within the African-American communities | | | | you 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 jamming | | | | Note: You should try and play these with one |
| sessions world over popular particularly with | | | | hand, in order to improvise over the top of the |
| guitarists and pianists. The Blues are often used as | | | | blues set with your other hand! |
| stepping stones for learning further music genres | | | | Piano Blues lesson - Part Three |
| such as Jazz. With many of the best Piano players | | | | Looking 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 most | | | | 1, flat 3, 4, 4 (sharp), 5, 7 (flat). |
| are familiar with. It's important to master this | | | | For 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 seven | | | | I 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) | | | | |