Essential Blues Licks tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including 12 bar blues riff, lick 2, lick 8, lick 7, lick 6. Lessons are combined into courses. About. Finally, if you want to hear how I use blues licks and riffs in a solo, checkout my St. Louis Blues improvisation. You'll learn beautiful jazz chords, fills, and more. Each blues piano grip is very unique, so there are different techniques that are common to each grip. For example, below is an exercise to practice your 8th notes: Once you have completed the above exercise, trying improvising short musical “licks” or “riffs” with the notes from Grip 1. Blues Fire Licks are played in the very high upper register of the piano. Let’s dive in! Blues Piano Lick #1 Before trying to read this lick, make sure that you listen to the audio file (right below the lick) to hear how it should sound. The basics of blues piano lessons consist learning the "12 bar blues" and the blues scale. We’re going to start of with simple single-note lick ideas, and then we will introduce other intervals into the licks like minor and major thirds. PWJ offers regular courses, workshops which include teacher interaction, and challenges which are divided into a 4 week learning format. The first riff is really common in TV and Film. However, they should be used sparingly. The ideal range for Fire Licks is between the third C from the top of your keyboard (C6) all the way up to the very highest C (C8). Lessons. Now that you’ve learned your blues piano grips, let’s next look at how to use each grip. I also encourage you to practice this licks with the included backing track, which can be downloaded on this page after logging into your membership. You’ll learn an easy lick, an intermediate lick, and an advanced lick. However, they don’t understand how to connect these licks into longer phrases called blues lines. They are available for digital viewing and print purchase. Next, you’ll learn Grip 3 techniques. Step 3: Copy the link to your video in the field below. If you don’t know your C Major Scale, you can learn in our Key of C Major course. Become a better piano player today. If you want to learn more 8th note blues exercises, checkout our 10-Lesson Blues Challenge. The key to improvising smooth blues piano lines is to connect your short licks and riffs into longer musical phrases. He makes this tune interesting using a steady groovy riff and his trademark piano licks. View guided learning tracks for all music styles and skill levels, Complete lessons and courses as you track your learning progress, Engage with other PWJ members in our member-only community forums. Piano With Jonny offers three core content types: Courses are comprised of lessons and are based on selected styles of music and learning focus topics. To practice exercises to master C Blues scale, checkout our 10-Lesson Blues Challenge. Once you’ve practiced the above exercise, try improvising short licks and riffs. An excellent resource is the Bible of Blues Licks – 120 Licks and Riffs for Piano (Beginner/Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced). It’s important to practice the C Blues Scale scale up and down the piano so that you comfortable with the fingering. Learn how to play smooth blues piano licks using 3 essential Grips. You can start at the beginning and work your way through each lesson in sequential order. Visit our support desk to search our knowledge base or contact us for support related inquiries. Next, you’ll learn Grip 2 techniques. However, the key is variety! If you’d like to practice these licks in other keys, a great resource is the G Blues Improvisation course (Beginner/Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced). For example, here is an excellent triplet exercise: Once you complete the exercise, try improvising short blues licks and riffs with triplets. 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