In just 16 single-page Steps Blues Primer introduces absolute beginners to bluesy riffs, grooves and scales and shows how these can be played as classic 12-bar blues. These musical building blocks can be recombined and modified easily as budding improvisers’ confidence builds. All Steps can be played either solo or as duets (by TWO absolute beginners) – half as hard and twice as much fun!
Blues Primer uses easy-to-follow piano tablature (‘tab’) making it easier for beginners to develop a variety of foundation keyboard skills.
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The 16 Blues Primer steps:
Step 1. Learning to walk
Step 2. Shuffle Riff
Step 3. Playing with a beat
Step 4. Backbeat Groove
Step 5. Chords 1, 4 and 5
Step 6. 12-bar blues
Step 7. The blues scale
Step 8. Using the blues scale – ‘inversions’
Step 9. Blues Scale Blues
Step 10. Syncopated Rhythm
Step 11. Syncopated Groove
Step 12. Syncopated Groove Blues
Step 13. Syncopated Riff
Step 14. Turnarounds
Step 15. Straight 8s and swing
Step 16. Playing the blues
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