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Bernie’s Blues – Slow Blues

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Instructor
Jonny May
Workshop
Advanced
01:03:57

Create the classic slow blues sound with this original tune. “Bernie’s Blues” covers all the essentials to groove in this style with fills, slid notes, and reharmonization.

Course Objectives
  • Learn an original Slow Blues Tune
  • Explore various left hand approaches, from simple to complex
  • Incorporate improvisation using the blues scale
Learning Focus
  • Improvisation
  • Lead Sheets
  • Songs
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Very Nice Blues
Bernie's Blues has been a lucky discovery for me. I guess it will also be a pleasure to play it for friends and family when it will be rehearsed sufficiently to let them listen to my efforts including some improv.
Hard work equals success
This is my first Blues attempt which I thoroughly enjoyed. Even though I consider myself an advanced player, I had to relisten to many lessons to make sense of what Jonny was teaching. I wish more written examples accompanied these lessons as I found it difficult. In many lessons, Jonny spoke about using chords, especially in lessons 4 & 5 where printed examples would have made it much easier to understand. To back this up, I refer to another teacher John Proulx, who supplies many printed examples to demonstrate exactly what he is teaching.

Course Lessons

1
Bernie’s Blues – Slow Blues – Lesson 1
11:17

Lead Sheet, Melody and Chords

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2
Bernie’s Blues – Slow Blues – Lesson 2
10:02

Root Chords, Quarter Note Patterns

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3
Bernie’s Blues – Slow Blues – Lesson 3
15:15

Anticipations, Inverted Chords, 3/7 Approaches

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4
Bernie’s Blues – Slow Blues – Lesson 4
15:48

Adding 10ths, Improvisation

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5
Bernie’s Blues – Slow Blues – Lesson 5
11:35

Popping Chords, Soloing

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Featured Reviews

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Very Nice Blues
Bernie's Blues has been a lucky discovery for me. I guess it will also be a pleasure to play it for friends and family when it will be rehearsed sufficiently to let them listen to my efforts including some improv.
Hard work equals success
This is my first Blues attempt which I thoroughly enjoyed. Even though I consider myself an advanced player, I had to relisten to many lessons to make sense of what Jonny was teaching. I wish more written examples accompanied these lessons as I found it difficult. In many lessons, Jonny spoke about using chords, especially in lessons 4 & 5 where printed examples would have made it much easier to understand. To back this up, I refer to another teacher John Proulx, who supplies many printed examples to demonstrate exactly what he is teaching.
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