Blues Piano Lesson - Improvising in D

[akosmensky]

thanks a bunch! you are a great teacher!

[larzabell]

Fmaj in third inversion? I dont think so!

[ZelekxDD]

@larzabell ok hes got the minor and major a bit mixed up get over it ... awesom vid over all :)

[youauburn]

Hi, I've watched plenty of youtube vids. Yours are the best I've seen so far!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!

[jackbaixista]

thanks brother! I'm learn playing keyboard and your lesson help me. (sorry my ingles, i'm from Brazil)!

[rghoyos]

hit the road, Jack!! very good tips, thank you

[k0ekjebakker]

damn the blues is so bad ass on every instrument

[VanDalgyonTheDark]

you are goodblues!

[3rdJulyOfAugust]

i`ve only been on the piano for about a minute and with the chords you used i`ve been able to make an improvisation that just sounds like how i`ve always wanted to play piano but never really known how to achieve such a sound, thanks for a good video :D

[SalahADC]

que acordes usas?

that consistent use?

[SalahADC]

Muy bueno, good job !

[auggiedoggy]

I'm quite new to piano. Could one learn piano starting with blues rather than the traditional way? Second question would be, would you recommend it? Ultimately this is the style I want to play. Thanks for this and your other videos! 

[kollose]

@auggiedoggy

YOU CAN LEARN ANY STYLE YOU WANT!! AS LONG AS YOU PRACTICE YOUR SCALES, LEARN TO READ MUSIC AND AND UNDERSTAND THE THEORY OF MUSIC

[krisisftw]

If this is the D blues scale where is the Bb7 chord coming from ? Like whats the progression here ? I-III-?-?

I'm so confused ^_^

[fliperson]

dude you're awesome

[joecool965965965]

wow amazing thanks alot. hey have u checked the message i sent?

[bhebrews1214]

great stuff bro!!!

[Dorsch123]

you always play the scale which sounds very like a major scale, i want to play the old blues which is very sad and there i should not use the major scale ?

But which Scale should i use?

[Mauser91]

No he uses a blues scale and so should you.

Well for blues anyway. But mix it up a bit. no reason to limit yourself to only playing the blues scale.

[tbmharmonix]

Really useful thanks

[tobythedog1020]

nice

[slacker437]

Damn nice, man :D

I always sucked at improvising.

[blobbiek5]

thanks man, you've helped me a lot :D

[chjscarlos]

Muito bom, Parabéns!

[jessie0760]

your cool and great jazz and blues piano player,,i dig you...*****

[sarahglass1128]

thanks, you're good.

[BarkeeperLF]

awesome vids man!

[HabanaBoyJDog]

your awesome i just learned the blues scale off you thanks bro

[nachod30]

muy bueno!

[ciervo42]

gooooooood

[Johnson0118]

Good stuff! Probably a good idea to zoom in just enough, so you still see all the keys you play. (missed part of the chords sometimes) Also, it'd be a real help if you could write down the chords and things in the sidebar, I'm a beginner and don't know any chords by heart yet... Thanks a lot.

[pianomother]

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[mightydoe]

wow i was watching this vid in krakow, and i cant wait to get home in the usa to get on my piano...i have learned a LOT just by watching this a few times TYVM

[bluegiger]

The way you play an awesome piece and then break it down and explain it piece by piece so we can actually get it sets your videos apart. The fact that we can see your fingers clearly helps heaps too. Thanks for your great work!

[ejrocks01]

awesome man

[santer1]

i tried some of this and it's fun. tks mucho

[melaniesuehine]

nice!

[ihazaburgr]

smooth.

[mrcelada]

is the blues scales similar to the used y bossa nova?

[PiAnOdUdE976]

Damn ur good. I always wanted to play blues, but I'm to lazy to try and learn it

[94577557]

nice!

[vonmitsen]

Guru! Tus és muito bom mesmo. Parabéns. Von Mitsen, do Brasil.

[dilan2284]

i Like it

[flaihai1]

Very inspiring videos, thanks a lot!

[Fiskeeliten92]

Great video!!!

[pobz100]

Just clarify that this sequence is a play on the minor blues and not Blues in D.

[SonnyJug11]

Thank you very much for this!

[Joseph88keyz]

Nice ! Thanx for this!

[satanswizard2]

hi ben (:

this is awesome

but sorta hard to learn from

it would be sweet to explain more (X

[HomeMade2020]

Thanks Guru! I've just started playing with my dads band "rockabilly, rock 'n' roll style" and this has helped me a lot considering I'm a guitarist and only a few weeks ago I only improvised around the chords themself!

[singerchar]

Great lesson! The one thing I need to work on is the rhythm of the blues piano. You got it down! I'm just trying to copy the rhythms you got on there...thank you so much!

[cahutman]

Thanks man really helpfull ive posted my results has a vid response check it out and thanks again.

[logitech172g25]

10/10 love blues

[BQSurfer]

And by the way: I cannot tell how thankful I am!

You're a really cool guy thx man, when i compare u with my music teacher i can say u are like thousand times better, and know much more than him!

[BQSurfer]

when this is D there should be an f sharp at the beginning,shouldn't it? Thats what my music teacher in school said, and now im really confused because i have to do my own blues but in this sheme (example): D-D-D-D ; B-B-D-D ; A-B-D-D, And this what u play here sounds like a blues but its a completely other sheme.

[MusicGuru12]

Hey,

I am playing the D Blues scale which is based a bit on the D minor scale, in that it has an F natural in whereas D major has an F#.

The chords I am improvising around are based on the minor. You may have been asked to do a blues song in the 12 bar blues sequence. In that case base your song around:

D, G and A, improvising over the scale I show in the video.

D-F-G-G#-A-C-D

Hope this helps.

Ben

[BQSurfer]

Hey thx man! So can i play like this:

D-D-D-D ; F-F-D-D; A-F-D-D

Ben(We have the same Name :D)

[MusicGuru12]

Hey, Yeah. As a right hand solo that would be pretty cool.

Try using the G# when you can. So a run like:

G#-G-F-D would sound pretty cool.

Hope this helps =)

[BQSurfer]

Thx :D

Yes i need to do a 12-bar blues sequenze, someone is goin to play the chords and some other stuff, someone is going to sing,I did something now, the chrods in the left hand are now like u said D-D-D-D ; G-G-D-D; A-G-D-D

but im still not sure if i can use them like this.

[InspectorLee1997]

@BQSurfer is echt nicht schlcht (: gefällt mir auch sehr gut ... (: möchte auch grade gern jazz/blues piano lernen ... bin aber autodidakt ----> habs nirgends gelernt -.- ...

sehr gut gemacht (:

mfg

[Filmmaker920]

Thanks, this helps me a lot!

[wjnorton]

thanks!!!

it's really helpful

[jjneckbone]

Thanks MusicGuru you are THE best! I continue daily to become better all thanks to you! I owe a GREAT debt of gratitude...if you ever find yourself in Connecticut USA, just email me and Dinner is on me!!

Keep this up, you are the BEST instructer on youtube, HANDS DOWN!! I'm sure we all agree!! - much love...

[DeathAtEaster]

Try the key of "E". It gives it a great "Reckless" feel.

[pknox1234567]

Man hands down dude you are the best teacher ever I mean every one else on here wants to get on here an show off but you can tell it's coming from your heart. The way how you break down lessons is just amazing. I use to ride the YELLOW SHORT BUS AT SCHOOL AND ITS EVEN EASY TO ME....*) Lol

[sonoflurch]

i love this! i like D G and F the most.

[TYSOHN]

I just made use of this lesson within the last half hour. I can't believe how a 2 minute video taught me so much. Thanks again, and keep 'em coming whenever you can.

[TYSOHN]

Wow what a nice mellow sound it gives off.

[RL82]

This had a cool minor blues type of sound... VERY nice!

[HowtoFeelGoodorg]

Thank you for sharing your cool riffs so we can learn them!

[sony2hd]

nice zoom but i couldn't see some of your fingers left hand. but i like it better...closer view. the fingers i could not see, i still knew what you were talking about because you said the "note." Thanks dude.

[Betsnipe]

Blues from D sounds really cool man :) So used to G and C :P Thx for posting!

[brandomness]

i agree with every part of this sentence. D is so beautiful!

[knotty75]

fun stuff. Thanks for posting.