Blues

Major Blues Scale Exercises

Major Blues Scale Style Practice

Learn the most important piano scale for improvising over any musical style - the Major Blues Scale. We’ll cover essential exercises to master finger control, dexterity and speed, and we'll explore several techniques for improvising with this scale over various styles.

Learn Oscar Peterson piano improvisation licks and riffs using major and minor blues scales, chord outlines, blues ornaments and harmonized lines.

Revamp the traditional Amazing Grace piano hymn into the Slow Gospel Blues style. We'll take the basic lead sheet and add a left hand gospel groove, right hand embellishments, a stock gospel intro and outro, and discuss how to improvise a solo.

Question and Answer

Amazing Grace Lead Sheet & Chords

Amazing Grace Traditional Hymn

Improvisation

Hands Together

Slow Gospel Blues Left Hand

Right Hand Embellishments

Revamp the traditional Amazing Grace hymn into the Slow Gospel Blues style. We'll take the basic lead sheet and add a left hand gospel groove, right hand embellishments, a stock gospel intro and outro, and discuss how to improvise a solo.

Transform the Amazing Grace piano hymn into the Slow Gospel Blues style. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll add a left hand gospel groove, right hand embellishments, a stock gospel intro, and discuss how to improvise a solo.

Amazing Grace Lead Sheet & Basic Chords

Jazzing Up the Chords

Amazing Grace - Traditional (Easy)

Embellish the Right Hand

Slow Gospel Blues Left Hand

Put the Hands Together