Street Jam Blues (Piano Improvisation)

This is an original composition that I made based on some of the late Professor Longhair's (a popular New Orleans Pianist) techniques. The song is based around a 12 bar blues pattern in C Major that includes improvisation throughout using C Major scale, Pentatonic, etc. Hope you enjoy, any comments, good or bad, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for listening

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Improvisation
• Piano
• 12
• bar
• blues
• Jazz
• Professor
• Longhair
• New
• Orleans

[creativecompanion]

My 8 year old son wants to make blues on the piano.  Any tips for getting started? He has a good ear and plays other instruments by ear.

[cubanplaya121]

@creativecompanion I would recommend having him work around a I IV V progression. Maybe have him listen to a basic blues progression like that so he can hear the changes. He could start simple going from a C major chord, up to an F major chord, back to C Major, then up to a G major, down to an F major and back to C major. From there I would introduce him to pentatonic scales for improv.

[toothpik93]

i signed in to youtube just to tell you that you're amazing- Dude you're amazing!!!

[SmianiexD]

damn cool ;)

[TIPXL]

OMFG sweet

[AZgurlz12]

so ive decided that im gonna marry you (dont take that in a creepy way haha). youre amazingg!!<33

[MrBellsBlues]

Wait are you just rolling down on the C7 chord when you do that roll?

[ali271290]

is this dangdut genre o blues??=O HAHAHA! theyre sumthin in common here xD

[Jotyajdh]

great job, loved listening

[owneichensehr08]

@cubanplaya121 good advice..Im a self taught blues guitarist and dabble on the keys here and there too...listen, listen, listen..one of the biggest things with blues is having a feel for it and knowing where the changes are..it seems simple..but youd be surprised how many people dont have that basic idea down..the notes are fairly simple to get used to in the long run..but phrasing is where its at..which comes from listening and studying what youre hearing

[HanaGeee]

wicked. this is amazing!

[gregharper11]

awesome mate, love to see a tutorial on the repeated section, thoroughly enjoyed that