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Blues Piano & Improvisation in the Slow Blue Style

Slow Blues

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Course Navigation (1:10)
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The C Minor Blues Scale (3:06)
A Quick Improv (4:00)
Slow Blues in C - Basic Left Hand Chords (4:27)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet Eighths (3:43)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet Eighths with Backing Track (3:34)
A Quick Tip on Playing Along to Tracks (1:26)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Swung Eighths (Simple Left Hand Chords) (5:31)
Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths with Backing Tracks (2:32)
Thoughts on Practice (1:04)
Mixing Up the Rhythms & Improvising (4:03)
Including the Sustain Pedal (1:43)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Alternating Rhythms (Basic Left Hand Chords) (3:36)
Jumping Left Hand Pattern (4:49)
Easy Left Hand Version (Without the Jumps) (2:15)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise with Jumping Left Hand - Triplet Eighths (3:29)
Minor Blues Exercise - Triplet Eighths (Simplified Left Hand Pattern) (2:02)
Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths with Jumping Left Hand Pattern (1:53)
Minor Blues Exercise - Swung Eighths Simplified Left Hand (Without Jumps) (1:46)
A Quick Improv - Swung & Triplet Rhythms Over Left Hand Jumping Pattern (5:55)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet 16ths (with Left Hand Jumping Pattern) (3:58)
Minor Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet 16ths (Simplified Left Hand) (2:00)

Building the Blues

Crushed/Slide Notes (2:13)
Rocking 3rds Riff in C (from the 5) (5:51)
Rocking 3rds Riff (on the 5) - 12 Bar Blues Exercise
Octave Harmony (4:10)
Octave Harmony Exercise - Swung Eighths (4:00)
Octave Harmony Exercise - Swung Eighths (Simplified Left Hand) (2:30)
What You've Learnt So Far - Etude/Practice Piece (4:04)
Building the Improv (3:01)
Left Hand Chromatic Transitions & Turnaround Walk-Up (6:10)
Left Hand Pattern With Chromatic Transitions & Turnaround Walk-Up (2:46)
Turnaround Walk Up in Left Hand (Simple Version) (2:08)
Syncopated Rhythms (3:19)

Let's Take It Up A Notch

Slow Blues Lick 1 (3:38)
Slow Blues Lick 2 (2:20)
Slow Blues Licks 1 & 2 Practice Piece - Etude 2 (7:58)
Chromatic 3rds Turnaround with Octaves (7:14)
Chromatic 3rds Turnaround - Easier Variation (3:21)
C7 Tremelo Chord Finish (1:42)
Blues Licks 1 & 2 - Etude 2 (with Chromatic 3rds Octave Turnaround) (4:38)
Progressing in Blues - Etude 3 (8:52)
Alternating Swung & Triplet Exercise (With Left Hand Chromatic Transitions) (4:46)
Octave Harmony Triplet Rhythms Exercise (6:35)

Major & Minor Contrast

The Major Blues Scale (2:25)
Major Blues Scale Exercise - Triplet 8ths (5:05)
Major Blues Scale Exercise - Swung 8ths (4:39)
Practice Improv Play Along with the Major Blues Scale (5:48)
Improvisation - Mixing the Major & Minor Blues Scales (1:46)
A Classic Blues Chords Riff (7:03)
Classic Blues Chords Rocking Riff Over the Left Hand (3:50)
Classic Blues Rocking Riff - Playing Around With the Rhythms & Order of the Patterns (3:15)
Integrating the Classic Rocking Riffs Into Your Improvising (4:52)
Slow Blues Lick 3 (4:11)
Slow Blues Lick 3 with Left Hand (2:32)
Slow Blues Lick 4 (5:56)
Slow Blues Lick 5 (3:43)
Slow Blues Lick 5 Extended (2:12)
Blues Licks 1-5 in Practice - Etude 4 (7:07)
Etude 4 with Alternative to Lick 5 (Supplement Only)
It's Improv Time (3:57)
A Few Tips on Improvising with Scales (1:23)
Slow Blues Lick 6 (3:54)
Slow Blues Lick 7 (5:36)
Slow Blues Lick 7 with Left Hand (& Exercise) (3:44)
Tremelo 3rds (3:26)
Octave Blues Scale Solos in Right Hand (3:31)

Putting it All Together

The Slow Blues Cruise - Etude 5 (11:35)
The Slow Blues Cruise - Etude 5 - Part 2 (9:45)
The Slow Blues Cruise - Full Piece Played Slowly (Practice Reference) (3:41)
A Short Intro on the Dominant 5th (1:52)
Putting it All Together in Improvisation (2:45)
Play Along Improv Practice - 45bpm (3:40)
Play Along Improv Practice - 60bpm (2:15)
It's Over to You (0:31)
Alternate 8 Bar Blues Progression (5:42)
Alternate 8 Bar Blues - Applying Your New Skills (5:13)
Closing Thoughts (1:07)

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