Complete Blues Keyboard Method: Mastering Blues KeyboardThe conclusion to this power-packed blues method begins with a review of concepts of improvisation and harmony. Techniques such as tremolos, octaves, grace notes and two-handed chords will be introduced. Various styles such as Chicago blues, New Orleans R&B and jazz blues are covered. This book lays the foundation for a lifetime of exploration and enjoyment playing the blues by including many other topics such as chromaticism, motivic development, melodic expansion, groove and articulation. |
Contents
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| 9 | |
The Basic Forms | 15 |
The Double Melodic Line and Its Uses | 21 |
CHAPTER 3VARIETY IN TURNAROUNDS | 30 |
Improvising Your Walking Bass Lines | 36 |
More About Stride | 43 |
Implications of Keyboard Action in Comping | 50 |
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3rd and 7th 94 Track Ab/Bb add2 Amin Art Tatum bar 9 beats big band block voicing blues progression blues scale boogie-woogie CHAPTER Chicago blues chord in bar chord progression chord tones chord voicing chorus chromatic CMaj7 cycle of 5ths Dmin dominant 7th chord drawbars eight-bar eight-bar blues eighth notes Emin7 example feel unless marked finger Fmin7 gliss Gospel music guitar Hammond Organ harmonic III7 iimin7 improvise Intermediate Blues Keyboard James Booker Jimmy Jimmy Yancey left hand Leslie speaker listener major marked Straight 8ths Meade Lux melody Memphis Slim Minor motif neighboring chord octave Otis Spann patterns pedal percussion phrase pianists piano play Professor Longhair quarter notes Records repeated rhythm section rhythmic values riff right hand root solo soloist sound stride style swing feel unless tremolo triad triplet feel tritone substitute tune turnaround twelve-bar blues unless marked Straight vocal walking bass walking bass line