Boogie Woogie Lesson 11

Left hand used by Pete Johnson have fun!

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Music

Tags:

• swing
• piano
• boogiewoogie
• pianolesson
• petejohnson

[VirtreousOrKiniko]

That sounds creepy...

[rounder2u]

This is the left hand found in e.g. 'Rock It Boogie', by Johnson. Thanks Eecho, for showing the fingering for this one!

And starboy288 is absolutely right about the challenge this left hand gives. A too big challenge for me...

Johnson plays it at 170bpm at the recording of 'Rock It Boogie' (recorded feb 1944. 3 min 3 sec) that I have got, and one can sense that even the mighty Pete Johnson has to give this left hand a thought now and then during the recording.

Keep swinging friends! /Rounder

[123plumberman]

thanks any tips on playing with two hands

[Releze60]

Indeed x) , Otherwise everything is good :D

[starboy288]

Johnnie Johnson uses a slightly similiar bass line in the middle of his video of "After Hours" in the key of G, (like this one you're teaching us in G too) on the tape he made for Homespuntapes.com. Takes a lot of dexterity and continual practicing to keep the left hand steady and secure while you do something with the right hand. That's the real challenge, getting the balance between the two hands.

[wisedup]

great flavor for boogie woogie...mov'in music!

[Tomboogie]

Thank you again for another great left hand boogie, Im going to practise this one, but I see that it will take a lot of time! Tom :D