The Blues Scale Video

Hello again.  I really like the flexibility that the blues scale gives to improvising on the piano.  The key of C is easy to remember but you will discover great improvement in your playing if you practice the blues scale in other influential keys.  Practice it in C, Ab, Bb, Eb.  If you accompany guitarists,…

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A Well-Thought-Out “Improvised” Solo

The thing I really like about this video (besides the dancing), is that the Boogie Woogie Piano solo is totally all pre-thought-out licks (I count 22 different riffs he plays).  Not to take anything away from his skills .. . he’s great, but he’s not all over the place improvising.  He’s got a lot of…

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