My learn piano blues course consists of 58 videos, split into 16 modules. A full list of the videos can be found below.
My online blues course teaches blues piano from scratch and builds your ability in a modular way. As you progress through the course, you’ll learn left hands, right hands, bridges and endings which you’ll use together to make your own blues piano compositions. I’ll show you the blues scale early on, giving you everything you need to start improvising – and we’ll progress to advanced licks and an impressive tutorial song to consolidate your new skills. Finally, we’ll move onto some popular blues songs, including music by the great Jerry Lee Lewis and my own personal favourite, Ray Charles.
Each section has a progress bar on the right so you can keep track of the sections you’re comfortable with:
You can mark sections as complete to help you track your progress, although you’ll always be able to return to a section if you need a refresher:
The most amazing thing about this video course is that anyone can follow it. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never played the piano, because you can watch the videos and see exactly which notes to play. If you already play in a different style, you’ll quickly progress through the earlier videos and benefit from the more advanced tuition in my later videos.
I think you’ll love this course – but there’s no need to take my word for it – I offer a 100% no-quibble money back guarantee. If the course isn’t right for you, just email me within 30 days of signing up for a full refund, no questions asked.
If you can read music, then you can also take advantage of the free sheet music with many of the tutorials. Following the sheet music isn’t essential, but it may prove useful after watching the videos as it will allow you to sit at the piano and follow the music, without the need to repeat the videos. The choice is yours!
Course contents
Each ‘unit’ below is one video plus any associated materials, such as PDF sheet music and guidance notes. The run time of each video is shown below in brackets.
Module 1 Intro & left hand parts 1 – 3
Kick start your blues and boogie woogie piano course by learning three left hands.
Unit 1 Introduction
Unit 2 12 bar blues guide (9:35)
Unit 3 Left hand – part 1 (3:50)
Unit 4 Left hand – part 2 (2:59)
Unit 5 Left hand – part 3 (3:50)
Module 2 Right hand parts 1 – 4
Time to introduce some right hands – here, you’ll learn four different combinations that work well with the left hands you’ve already mastered.
Unit 1 Right hand – part 1 (5:10)
Unit 2 Right hand – part 2 (4:08)
Unit 3 Right hand – part 3 (5:23)
Unit 4 Right hand – part 4 (4:05)
Unit 5 Bridging the gaps between chords (10:32)
Module 3 Improvisation
Mastering my version of the blues scale which will help you to create your own blues riffs and start improvising.
Unit 1 Blues scale in C (9:09)
Unit 2 Improv note by note (8:29)
Module 4 Bridges parts 1 and 2
In this module, you’ll learn two different bridges which can be used to link up what you’ve learned previously.
Unit 1 Bridge – part 1 (5:07)
Unit 2 Bridge – part 2 (4:35)
Module 5 Endings parts 1 and 2
These two endings are the perfect way to finish off your blues compositions.
Unit 1 Endings – part 1 (3:30)
Unit 2 Endings – part 2 (2:37)
Module 6 Left hand parts 4 – 6
Time to learn some new left hands to add to your repertoire.
Unit 1 Left hand – part 4 (3:42)
Unit 2 Left hand – part 5 (2:58)
Unit 3 Left hand – part 6 (4:33)
Module 7 Right hand parts 5 – 8
These four new right hands will give you plenty more combinations to try out.
Unit 1 Right hand – part 5 (3:57)
Unit 2 Right hand – part 6 (4:30)
Unit 3 Right hand – part 7 (4:39)
Unit 4 Right hand – part 8 (5:30)
Module 8 Technique
This module introduces techniques you’ll need to be a great piano blues player.
Unit 1 Slide tutorial (6:33)
Unit 2 Triplets – beginner (4:49)
Unit 3 Triplets – intermediate (5:18)
Unit 4 Triplets – advanced (7:19)
Unit 5 Major vs minor blues (6:06)
Unit 6 A minor blues {4:18)
Unit 7 D minor blues (3:46)
Unit 8 E minor blues (3:41)
Module 9 Tutorial songs
Try your hand at these tutorial songs and put into play what you’ve learned so far.
Unit 1 Tutorial song (8:53)
Unit 2 Slide ’em Pete (3:48) (plus demo video)
Unit 3 Freestyle Blues
Module 10 Advanced
This module includes an advanced lick, an advanced left hand and three advanced right hands for you to master.
Unit 1 Advanced left hand (5:05)
Unit 2 Advanced lick (4:04)
Unit 3 Advanced right hand 1 (3:51)
Unit 4 Advanced right hand 2 (3:05)
Unit 5 Advanced right hand 3 (1:57)
Module 11 Jerry Lee Lewis
It’s time to try a little Jerry Lee! Get to grips with one of his most famous songs, Whole Lotta Shakin’, before trying out the much loved Great Balls of Fire.
Unit 1 Whole lotta shakin’ (9:23)
Unit 2 Great balls of fire – intro (2:28)
Unit 3 Great balls of fire – right hand (4:26)
Module 12 Ray Charles
Impress your friends with some classic blues numbers from Ray Charles, starting with the ever popular What’d I Say which is split into 6 videos. I’ve done this to allow you to master this song section by section.
Unit 1 What I say Part 1 (5:13) – includes complete run-through of the song (1:16)
Unit 2 What I say Part 2 (4:43)
Unit 3 What I say Part 3 (6:08)
Unit 4 What I say Part 4 (4:21)
Unit 5 What I say Part 5 (3:53)
Unit 6 What I say Part 6 (3:05)
Unit 7 Hit the road Jack (5:37)
Module 13 Nora Jones
I kick off your Nora Jones songbook with a tutorial on how to play Nora Jones’ beautiful song, ‘Don’t know why’.
Unit 1 Don’t know why – intro (3:51)
Module 14 Fats Domino
Get your Fats Domino repertoire into gear, starting with the classic Blueberry Hill which is still heard and played all around the world today.
Unit 1 Easy Left (5:33)
Unit 2 Harder Left (2:18)
Unit 3 Ain’t that a shame (5:51)
Module 15 Chuck Berry
Kick off your Chuck Berry songbook by learning the all time classic ‘You never can tell’.
Unit 1 You never can tell (easy) (6:18)
Unit 2 You never can tell (advanced) (4:08)
Unit 3 Johnny B. Goode (6:26)
Unit 4 No particular place to go (10:18)
Module 16 Stevie Wonder
Get to grips with Stevie’s number one hit song Superstition, ever popular since its release in 1972.
Unit 1 Superstition (intro) (5:23)
Unit 2 Superstition (middle) (7:39)