blues and boogie woogie piano: ten 12-bar tips

More on blues/boogie in my book: http://bit.ly/billsbook

Piano improv: boogie-woogie / blues piano choruses, in E, with some advice for learners. This starts off with a slow improvised blues approach, before changing to use a boogie-woogie bass with runs and riffs (licks) in the right hand.

By the way, the progression is a standard 12-bar in E. However, instead of playing B7 - A - E at the end of each chorus, I'm playing Bm7 - Am7 (and sometimes Am9) - E.

Stuff to watch out for here include the way I'm playing blues licks in quite a percussive way on the keyboard, the contrast between soft and loud phrases, and glissando (slide) technique. It's worth looking at the latter pretty closely, because if you execute a clumsy slide during a fast boogie-woogie, it'll really hurt your fingers!

If you're interested in more blues and boogie-woogie piano tips and tricks, be sure to check out my channel - and my book, How To Really Play The Piano.

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[saltyboy555]

fantastic tips, absolutely in love with all your videos, annoyed you lied and only gave us 8 tho, self promoting bastard

[billhiltonbiz]

@saltyboy555 Muhahahahaha! Ta for the comment, though!

[MrCry1ngReaper]

really like that "piano is a percussion instrument". Never thought of it like that.

You should make more video's like this where your's just playing

[billhiltonbiz]

@MrCry1ngReaper Heh heh - glad you like it :)

Currently making a bunch of new instructional vids, but I'll certainly bear in mind the request. Thanks for watching!

[BruDiggity]

Ugh... slow down for us dummies?

[vlancaster4812]

WOW...I think you have practiced a couple hours or so. sounds great!

[vlancaster4812]

WOW...I think you have practiced a couple hours or so. sounds great!

[italianbeast21]

i could watch this all day. This my friends, is how you play the piano.

[davincidecoder754]

lol to start take it slowly

WTF

[860125mwj]

nice piano playing. Is that the e blues scale your playing.. I like playing the blues scale. I play it in b blues,c blues,g blues and f blues. Im trying to learn as many keys as possible. I just started playing the c blues scale with both hands going up and down which is much more difficult than playing the walking bass. Im still learning my scales. I know all the major scales but its the minor scales that confuse me a little. U should try and add some dominant 9 cords. those chords sound mean

[LementicMusicTV]

Yeah, it look great and it sound good, but please pay attention for the loudness of this Video :)))))

Its to quiet and It's (no) fun to listening.... :(((

Big greetings from Munich City