Playing the blues on the piano is not as hard as it may seem, and if you are fairly comfortable already with the piano, and you’d like to learn the blues, then here are a few simple tips to get you …
How to play piano blues – left hand variations Part I
Here is the basic left hand rhythm which we used in the tutorial ‘How to play piano blues, part one and part two': We are now going to progress onto a slightly harder left hand, which uses the …
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How to play piano blues – left hand variations Part II
This left hand is similar to Part 1 however we are now going to introduce some new notes. Here’s how it looks – So you will now see that we have a D sharp and an E in the middle of those …
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How hard is it to learn to play the piano?
To help answer this question, it really depends on what you want to play. If you want to play something straight out of the charts, like a Coldplay or Adele song, then it’s probably not going to be …
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What is improvisation, and is it really possible?
If you look up the definition of improvisation, you may get this: To invent, compose, or perform with little or no preparation. To play extemporaneously, especially by inventing variations on …
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12 bar blues chords for piano
Playing the blues often comes down to a straight forward chord progression, which anyone can learn and play on the piano within minutes. Some of the most famous blues, boogie and rock 'n' roll songs …