The most comprehensive course on Blues soloing. Learn essential techniques for generating awesome blues lines, including harmonized 8ths & triplets, slides, turns, rolls, runs, smash licks, and more.
Course Objectives
Learn the Blues form, Chords, Scales, and Shuffles
Master Blues harmonized Lines with Slides
Learn how to play turns and rolls & how to combine them with runs
This is a super comprehensive course on all the building blocks to play the blues. It's very extensive and not a casual commitment, as it will take weeks if not months to absorb, however Jonny leaves no stone unturned about every element of how to improvise and solo. It's a 'train your brain' approach the likes of which I've not come across previously. There is also a Beginner/Intermediate 10-lesson course, which I also completed (not knowing about this one). In retrospect I'm glad I did because assimilating this material takes a lot of playing until it becomes ingrained.
Hard work, but so worth it!
I loved this course! I went from not knowing the first thing about playing the blues to being able to sit at my piano and just play for as long as I want, coming up with lines, working in licks and runs, and building up to some really fun and impressive sounding stuff in the high ranges. I am so thankful for this course, and for Jonny's gift for both playing and teaching. I feel like my whole world has opened up. It was a lot of work, and it took me about four months to complete the course (lessons 8 and 9 were particularly challenging for me), but the hard work has been so worth it. I did appreciate the moments here and there where Jonny reminds us that the work isn't easy and success isn't going to happen overnight. That was definitely true in my case.
Absolutely Brilliant !!!!!
Full marks to Johnny - much as been said about what comes first - blues or jazz. My last tutor said Jazz - he's wrong.. a Barry Harris graduate..not that there is anything wrong with Barry Harris. I have learned more with this course in 4 and half months than I have learned over several years. The techniques have stuck and will transfer to Jazz so learning blues first is a ABSOLUTE MUST, it focuses on technique and you wont regret it. But dont be fooled - it is rigorous, not for the faint hearted and requires determination and resilience. If you dont have that - dont go there. The eureka light goes on, when you've cracked an element that you thought you never do, it becomes really enjoyable and inspiring to know thats when you know you can play the piano. Bear in mind there are many more keys to cover, its only the beginning... I think I can see the base camp of Mount Everest, Thanks again Johnny.
This is a super comprehensive course on all the building blocks to play the blues. It's very extensive and not a casual commitment, as it will take weeks if not months to absorb, however Jonny leaves no stone unturned about every element of how to improvise and solo. It's a 'train your brain' approach the likes of which I've not come across previously. There is also a Beginner/Intermediate 10-lesson course, which I also completed (not knowing about this one). In retrospect I'm glad I did because assimilating this material takes a lot of playing until it becomes ingrained.
Hard work, but so worth it!
I loved this course! I went from not knowing the first thing about playing the blues to being able to sit at my piano and just play for as long as I want, coming up with lines, working in licks and runs, and building up to some really fun and impressive sounding stuff in the high ranges. I am so thankful for this course, and for Jonny's gift for both playing and teaching. I feel like my whole world has opened up. It was a lot of work, and it took me about four months to complete the course (lessons 8 and 9 were particularly challenging for me), but the hard work has been so worth it. I did appreciate the moments here and there where Jonny reminds us that the work isn't easy and success isn't going to happen overnight. That was definitely true in my case.
Absolutely Brilliant !!!!!
Full marks to Johnny - much as been said about what comes first - blues or jazz. My last tutor said Jazz - he's wrong.. a Barry Harris graduate..not that there is anything wrong with Barry Harris. I have learned more with this course in 4 and half months than I have learned over several years. The techniques have stuck and will transfer to Jazz so learning blues first is a ABSOLUTE MUST, it focuses on technique and you wont regret it. But dont be fooled - it is rigorous, not for the faint hearted and requires determination and resilience. If you dont have that - dont go there. The eureka light goes on, when you've cracked an element that you thought you never do, it becomes really enjoyable and inspiring to know thats when you know you can play the piano. Bear in mind there are many more keys to cover, its only the beginning... I think I can see the base camp of Mount Everest, Thanks again Johnny.
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