Blues Fundamentals II
Course Lessons
- PDF Handout
- Building Blocks
- Turn Arounds
- The Blues Form
- Gospel Blues
- O.P. Blues Vamp
- Bass Lines
- Comping
- C Jam Blues
- Tenor Madness
- Blues in the Closet
In this course I walk through a bunch of strategies to learn how to play the blues. The blues we will be learning is in the style of Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, or Wynton Kelly.
There are some differences in the chords and approach in this style of the blues than a standard boogie woogie or rock and roll blues.
Course Objectives #
In this course you will learn:
- the building blocks of the blues sound
- the blues form
- voicings at the keyboard
- how to improvise over the blues
- how to comp
- how to build bass lines
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