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Rockin Blues Bass Lines 1

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
01:39:00

Learn 12 essential blue piano accompaniment techniques.  You’ll learn shuffles, slow blues, walking bass, country blues, stride, 4-on-the-floor, and boogie blues.

Course Objectives
  • Learn 4 Blues Shuffles for a solid left-hand foundation
  • Explore 4 Blues Walking Techniques
  • Master Chunky Blues, Countryesque Blues, Stride Blues, & Blues-Boogie Octaves
Learning Focus
  • Accompanying
  • Basslines
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A smorgasbord of left-hand for the blues
This course covers twelve left-hand patterns for a blues in C. Some of these we've seen in previous courses, some of which are new. I found the boogie octaves the most challenging, I would need many more hours to master that one with some flexibility in the right-hand. The first four left-hands are built up slowly and are based around `the chop'. This includes a turnaround which I forgot about when moving onto the other bass lines. The next set of four bass lines are based around a walking bass. The final four bass lines are a mixture.
Great fun learning these essential bass lines.
Definitely loved getting these must have magic tricks in my bag. The backing tracks with increasing tempos are an essential added bonus to master these lessons.
Great left-hand blues basics
This is a very helpful step-by-step foundational series in blues. It doesn’t move too fast and allows you to learn at your own speed as you build upon the previous lesson.
A lot in this.
I like this course, and I like the boogie octaves.

Course Lessons

1
Rockin Blues Bass Lines 1 – Lesson 1
30:45

Blues Chords, 12-Bar Blues Form, Shuffle Patterns 1 & 2

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2
Rockin Blues Bass Lines 1 – Lesson 2
22:58

F7 & G7 Variations, The Turnaround, Shuffle Patterns 3 & 4

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3
Rockin Blues Bass Lines 1 – Lesson 3
21:59

Blues Walking Bass #1, #2, #3, #4

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4
Rockin Blues Bass Lines 1 – Lesson 4
23:18

Countryesque Blues, Chunky 4-On-The-Floor, Boogie Octaves, Stride Blues

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

A smorgasbord of left-hand for the blues
This course covers twelve left-hand patterns for a blues in C. Some of these we've seen in previous courses, some of which are new. I found the boogie octaves the most challenging, I would need many more hours to master that one with some flexibility in the right-hand. The first four left-hands are built up slowly and are based around `the chop'. This includes a turnaround which I forgot about when moving onto the other bass lines. The next set of four bass lines are based around a walking bass. The final four bass lines are a mixture.
Great fun learning these essential bass lines.
Definitely loved getting these must have magic tricks in my bag. The backing tracks with increasing tempos are an essential added bonus to master these lessons.
Great left-hand blues basics
This is a very helpful step-by-step foundational series in blues. It doesn’t move too fast and allows you to learn at your own speed as you build upon the previous lesson.
A lot in this.
I like this course, and I like the boogie octaves.
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