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Jazz & Blues Piano 1

This course (from Play Blues Piano) teaches you how to play jazz-blues from the ground up. You'll learn different accompaniment patterns, bass lines, riffs, chord voicings and licks. This is a great course to work on after my <a href="https://jazzedge.academy/courses/learn-jazz-piano-the-basics/">Learn Jazz Piano (The Basics)</a> course.

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Jazz & Blues Piano Part 1

This lesson teaches you a great bluesy two-handed comping riff that works over the various dominant chords in a 12-bar blues form. You’ll learn to build the chords for this riff note-by-note, transpose them through the blues form, and practice playing in a rock and shuffle groove setting.

Jazz & Blues Piano Part 2

In this lesson you will learn an advanced “turnaround” chord, study the theory of the I, IV, and V chords in the blues form, practice playing and identifying the dominant chords in various inversions, and learn some great practice exercises for mastering these concepts.

Jazz & Blues Piano Part 3

In this lesson you will learn 2 left-hand basslines and 2 right-hand riffs which you will be able to mix-and-match to create four different two-handed blues grooves. We will also discuss the skill of transposition as you bring these basslines through the blues form.

Jazz & Blues Piano Part 4

Use the 2 left-hand basslines and 2 right-hand riffs to create a total of four blues grooves. Work with the rock and shuffle jam tracks, transpose the grooves to new keys, learn the inversions of the dominant 7th chords, and get some comping practice using a simple rhythmic idea.

Jazz & Blues Piano Part 5

In this lesson we will build on the blues concepts we have already studied with the goal being to create an entire blues arrangement. You will learn a right-hand part, left-hand shell voicings, and a standard jazz ending, as well as study the skill of transposition and play along with some great jam tracks.

Jazz & Blues Piano Part 6

In this lesson you will study the skill of transposition, practice playing the blues arrangement at faster tempos using the jam tracks, learn an intro and classic blues ending, and practice using both of the left-hand basslines within the arrangement.

Jazz & Blues Piano Part 7

Learn how to build “4-way close-position rootless voicings” for major, minor, and dominant 7th chords. We will then focus on the specific dominant 7th chords of the blues form (I, IV, and V chords). Begin the study of walking bass lines with a simple two-handed exercise.

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