Start to Learn The Blues Piano Style
Jun 7th, 2010 by surfnwho
What exactly is blues piano? It is a music style and once you learn to play it on the piano you will stop sweating the learning of other music styles. Keep on reading and by the end of this article, you will know a great deal about blues music and playing it on the piano.
To start with, you must know 12-bar blues. This is a very common progression if you want to do blues piano playing. To play this particular blues form, most pianists make use of seventh chords. A song is broken into 3 sets. Each of the set consists of 4 bars. Start by playing the song on the C key. Use ‘I’ to illustrate the tone (C) in the C key. The IV tone is F and the V tone is G.
The initial set is played as I-I-I-I. The next set is played as IV-IV-I-I. The final set is V-IV-I-I. Use your right hand when playing these three sets on the piano. To come up with a sound that’s just like blues piano, try to master playing 7th chords. For your left hand, follow the 8-note pattern.