Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 42 min

Learn how to use the Blues Progression Matrix.

Willie · Professional · 67 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create a bassline for Tennille's Blues. I have included the sheet music for the bassline by itself along with the melody with…

Willie · Professional · 65 min

In this lesson you'll learn 4 intros that you can use for the blues and other styles.

Willie · Professional · 81 min

In this lesson you'll learn the next part of Tennille's Blues which can also be played as a composition on its own. I'll discuss the "strollin'" bass pattern an…

Willie · Professional · 48 min

In this lesson you'll learn 5 different endings that you can use for blues or other songs.

Willie · Professional · 63 min

In this lesson you'll learn the next part of Tennille's Blues, the last A section.

Willie · Professional · 83 min

In this lesson you'll learn more of Tennille's Blues. We will also discuss using scales in 3rds and 3 against 2 in your solos.

Willie · Professional · 88 min

In this lesson you'll learn the first part of Tennille's Blues. We will also discuss using range in your solos.

Willie · Professional · 68 min

In this lesson you'll learn the bridge section of Tennille's Blues.

Willie · Professional · 35 min

In this first lesson you'll learn the first 8 measures of our slow blues form and how to form a few different left-hand accompaniments.

Willie · Professional · 62 min

In this lesson you'll learn 6 different accompaniment patterns to use for your slow blues improv and compositions.

Willie · Professional · 59 min

Reharmonization means you are changing the chords, sometimes adding new chords, sometimes changing the existing chords. This gives you the ability to create doz…

Willie · Beginner · 10 min

In this lesson you'll learn about blues notes and how to use them to embellish your improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 12 min

In this lesson you'll learn to play the 2nd part of the blues head that uses a lot of turns.

Willie · Beginner · 12 min

In this lesson you'll learn about blues notes and how to use them to embellish your improvisation.

Willie · Beginner · 18 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create licks to jam over the blues by combining rhythms and notes.

Willie · Professional · 16 min

In this lesson you'll learn to play a blues head that uses a lot of turns.

Willie · Beginner · 35 min

Learn how to improvise in a slow, blues style. We will cover the use of the blues scale, minor pentatonic and "bluesy" pentatonic scales.

Paul · Beginner · 42 min

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 th…

Paul · Intermediate · 41 min

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 gro…

Paul · Intermediate · 57 min

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 t…

Paul · Professional · 39 min

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…

Paul · Professional · 41 min

In this course we’ll be studying some common alternate chords which can be inserted into the standard 12-bar blues progression in order to get that advanced, pr…

Paul · Professional · 34 min

This course focuses on bringing the standard 12-bar blues form into a more advanced and diverse chord structure by demonstrating some specific places where alte…