Learn the tune “Georgia On My Mind” in the soulful style of Ray Charles, starting with the most basic arrangement techniques and gradually increasing the complexity.
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Beginner Courses
If you’re new to the blues, start here! You will learn the 12 bar blues form, basic voicings, how to count the slow blues, filling in space, and improvisation drills and exercises.
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Learn to play the slow blues in the key of C. We cover the basic chord changes, and then explore chord substitutions and improvisation over the 12 bar blues form.
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In this course we explore harmony and voicings, guidance for playing hymns, and improvisation techniques for jazz standards, gospel hymns, and church songs.
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In this step-by-step course we cover the blues form, bass lines, shuffle patterns, chord voicings, turnarounds & improv. Learn to play authentic Chicago Blues piano.
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We explore the core elements of improvisation such as: chord tone soloing, approach patterns, target tones and chromatic passing tones.
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We use the minor blues progression to explore pentatonic, blues scale, and modal improvisation. We apply these concepts to the famous tune “Mr P.C.”
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Online Blues Piano Lessons at PianoGroove
PianoGroove offers blues piano lessons with 8 world-class blues piano teachers. Our blues piano teaching team includes Grammy winners and university professors giving you an unparalleled level of insight and professional guidance to learn blues piano online. We have the largest selection of online blues piano courses to suit all levels and abilities of players. Whether you're just starting your blues piano journey, or you're a seasoned player looking to learn new tricks from our Grammy winning blues artists; we have you covered.
PianoGroove's blues piano lessons and courses are organised by Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced can be split into 3 general categories of blues. These lessons range from complete beginner level, to advanced blues tutorials taught by some of the world's best blues piano players.
Beginner Blues Piano Lessons
If you are looking for beginner blues piano lessons you are in the right place! Our course on "Slow Blues For Beginners" is one of our most popular beginner blues piano courses and is well suited to beginner and early-intermediate level students.
New Orleans Blues & Gospel
Study with world-renowned New Orleans blues players including Grammy-winner Jon Cleary, gospel specialist Davell Crawford, and New Orleans piano guru Josh Paxton. Dive into our huge library of New Orleans style piano lessons.
Jazz Blues Form & Improvisation
Our course on 12 bar blues improvisation introduces the jazz blues form and how to improvise over the blues with a backing. The jazz blues is more harmonically-sophisticated style of blues which is well suited to jazz improvisation.
Free Blues Piano Lessons
Each course on PianoGroove contains a free blues piano lesson so that you can sample the teaching style and ensure that the courses are a good fit for your current level.
Beginner Blues Piano Lessons
If you are new to blues piano, the first step is to learn the 12 bar blues form which consists of the I chord, the IV chord and V chord. These 3 chords can also be referred to as the tonic chord, the subdominant chord, and the dominant chord, and they are used to create the most basic version of the blues, also know as the 145 blues.
12 Bar Blues Piano Lessons
8 Bar Blues Piano Lessons
The 8 bar blues form is closely related to New Orleans blues. Start with the lesson on 8 bar blues for beginners which explains the most basic chord changes found in the 8 bar blues form and how to outline the 12/8 pulse found in Junker style blues.
Once you understand the basic chord changes you can delve into the lessons on 8 bar blues chord substitutions. The 8 bar blues form has a potentially infinite number of chord substitution options. For a very sophisticated version of the 8 bar blues check out this James Booker "True" piano lesson.
Slow Blues Piano Lessons
Our slow blues for beginner course is a step-by-step course covering the essential elements of the 12 bar blues for solo piano performance. We start right at the beginning and learn how to count the slow blues using a 12/8 pulse. The slow blues is typically played with a 'tripet feel' which we can outline and count using the 12/8 pule. We then play the blues using triads, 7th chords, and introduce the suspended triad fill which can be used to tastefully fill in the space when playing slow blues piano.
Slow Blues Turnarounds
We explore blues turnarounds for beginners and other types of blues turnaround such as the gospel style turnaround, New Orleans style turnaround, and turnarounds with blues scales.
Slow Blues Stylistic Techniques
We explore a selection of stylistic devices which will enhance your blues piano and create a more authentic slow blues sound. We start with slow blues passing chords which are usually dominant chords either a half step above or a 5th above the primary chords in the 12 bar blues. We then explore the use of suspended chords in the blues which are commonly used in gospel style blues.
Slow Blues Improvisation
The improvisation module of the slow blues course introduces triad based improvisation where we use the notes of the triad and the chromatic tones that exist within the triad shape.
