How To Play Blues Piano and Improvise over Blues Changes

[gianPUCP20]

woooooooooooowwwwwww, I HAVE THE SAME KEYBOARD!!!!. CASIO!!! I LOVE BLUES AND JAZZ AND THIS A GOOD VIDEO LESSON , GREETINGS FROM PERU

[metalopolis1]

good morning instructor 

[jordododo]

hey! ive got the samekeyboard :)

[Phyrex999]

Hair!

[strongglory]

So the blues Pentatonic scale always lower the 3rd?

[dwagothegod]

Wait so you saying you give me a lesson over the phone? Over the phone sucks :(

[fdawson00]

Mark,

Nice job on the piano.

By the way, do you still have openings for lessons? I live in Salt Lake City and am interested in learning jazz, blues, and improv. I've taken formal piano for 10 years but learned a lot of site reading and not blues or improv.

Please let me know if it is possible for me to sign up with you for some lessons.

[pianowebman]

@fdawson00 .. Yes, I do have a few openings for jazz piano students in my schedule. Just call me at 847-401-1721 . I will look forward to speaking with you. Best Regards

Mark Miller

[pianowebman]

@pianowebman

I still have 2 openings if you would like to study with me.

KInd Regards

Mark Miller  mobile 847 - 401 -1721

[pianowebman]

@fdawson00

I still have 2 openings if you would like to study with me..

KInd Regards

Mark ( mobile 847 - 401 - 1721 )

[grafftutorials]

What a brilliant mustache...

[xkrnposerx256]

isnt this more jazz than blues 0_0??

[Torn80cj]

Really both blues and jazz together in a way. Blues uses the flattened 3rds 5ths and 7ths. I'm not sure on all the exact rules for jazz, but jazz does have some of the same things as the blues. I think jazz uses a major 7th, but I could be wrong. It sounds kind of like the blues in minor, but with something else that I can't explain what it is. But I have heard of several types of blues, and the term jazzy blues was one of them. This is probably the kind of blues he is playing.

[tbengal55]

@Torn80cj Jazz uses everything bud. And it's all based off of the blues. Jazz couldn't exist without it. He uses some 'jazz voicings' on his chords, instead of the simple c7 f7 g7 c7 form of the blues, which is very rarely used anymore, except by blues standardists. He plays a major pentatonic in this, which is nice, but I prefer the minor (C Eb F G Bb C) over the blues. Often, I'll just switch to the 'Blues Scale,' Which adds the minor 5th of the scale to the minor pentatonic C Eb F F# G Bb C

[CaldogTheFr0g]

@xkrnposerx256 man I would hate to be trying to draw a line between jazz and blues. careful with that one!

[boogie7777]

Mark, At 1:24 I cannot see what key your index finger is placed on in explaining the F-13 chord. Thanks.

[evol0018]

wow, thanks for this. it helps me a lot...

[mleeblues]

Hi, thanks for that. It's just got me off to a great start!

[liveforever222]

that was rely useful, thx

[pianoboss1]

awesome thanks bud

[brianmuntz]

Awesome way to learn!!! Love the video

[calv860]

I went to your site, very proud of what i saw there!

the music sheets are free to download right?

[jamez11117]

What is the website??

[weisserstein]

This really helped me a lot. Thanks so much.

[thenarrowdoors]

well good leson but you're playind C D Eb FG for scale blues pentatonic of C but I thought it was C Eb F F# G Bb? its cuz one is Cmajor n other is Cminor?

[pianowebman]

Hi " thenarrowdoors"

The scale you are referring to ( C, Eb, F, F#, G and Bb ) is what I call the " pure blues" scale or the blues scale.

The " blues pentatonic" scale is a quite different scale. Both can be used for blues improvisation. Hope this helps!

Mark Miller 847-401-1721

[HasserVision]

Great video! I took piano lessons throughout my elementary, middle and high school years, and like a lot of people, lost track of practicing, performing, etc. I've been thinking about getting back into lessons just to learn blues improvisation. Your vid has helped encourage me further! Thanks very much!

[pianowebman]

Hi HasserVision,

Thanks for your comments.

If you'd like a free lesson I'd be happy to show you how to play songs very quickly with my unique chord method. Let me know. Best Regards Mark Miller Mobile 847-401-1721

[bravelittlebeemer]

Good stuff, really helped with my blues improv. I liked the real jazzy stuff at the end too. Thanks for the vid!