Learn to play playing a variety of classic 12-bar blues riffs, grooves and scales presented in just sixteen single-page Steps (scroll down for a list of all Steps). There’s no need to read music because all patterns and scales are presented using easy-to-follow piano tablature (‘tab’). No Notes Blues Primer allows absolute beginners of all ages to concentrate on finding their fingers, finding their way around the keyboard and making music.
A performance of Step 1. Learning to walk can be found here.
No Notes Blues Primer
List of 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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