You Can Teach Yourself Blues Piano Book + Online Audio - Mel Bay Publications, Inc. : Mel Bay

You Can Teach Yourself Blues Piano (Book + Online Audio)

by Uri Ayn Rovner

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Description

Contents

Samples

Series

Product Number:

95280M

Format:

Book + Online Audio

Skill Level:

Beginning

Notation Type:

Standard Notation

Pages:

Binding:

Squareback Saddle Stitched

Size:

8.75 x 11.75

ISBN:

0-7866-9334-7

ISBN13:

978-07866-9334-4

Series:

You Can Teach Yourself

Publisher:

Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Date Published:

11/13/2015

The exciting sound of the blues, born in America, finds its way into all styles of music heard around the world. These days everyone hears that familiar "color" in rock, pop, folk, classical, and other jazz styles. This easy-to-follow and complete programmed course teaches you to create your own blue music at the piano. Explanations and examples are given and become even more advanced. This book works more easily for you when you already know a little about reading piano music. Playing the blues teaches you essential music theory in a fun hands-on way, so a piano teacher can include this as a part of regular lessons. All the elements of basic blues are here. This is a guide, a textbook, and a teacher. If you study music and want to know how to play the blues style, this is the book for you! The accompanying online audio contains 26 of the exercises and examples from the book.

Review of music notation

The Major Chord

Creating A Song With Chords

The "I" And "V" Chords

C-Saw

Waltz Of "D-Light"

Your First Song

Introducing The "IV" Chord

The Key Signature

You're The One

All's Well That Ends Well

Review Of Part One

Chord Inversions

Using Chord Inversions In A Song

Ship Shape

The Twelve Bar

Creating A Twelve Bar Song

A Dozen To Go

Create Your Own Twelve Bar

Extending Chords With Sevenths

Melodic Riffs With Sevenths

Use Your Riff

Put That Number On The Wall

Accompaniment Patterns

Twelve Bar Bop

Review Of Part Two

Blue Notes

Melody Check

Tap Tap Tap

Fake A Twelve Bar

Dallas Blues

Analysis Of Dallas Blues Melody

Frankie And Johnny

Back In The Cabbie

The Basic Blues Scale In "C"

Using The Blues Scale

You Got The Color Of Blue

Create Your Own Blues

The Complete Blues Scale

A Poor Man Like Me

Review Of Part Three

Introductions

The Hesitating Blues

Turnarounds

Create Our Own Intro And Turnaround

Fills

Joe Turner

Minor Blues Progression

Inspector Blue

More Extended Chords: 9ths

Create A Song With 9ths Accompaniment

Borneo Bay

Voicing 13ths

I'm Thinkin' Of

Alternate Twelve Bar Chord Patterns

Introduction To Tishomingo Blues

Tishomingo Blues

Blues Montgomery

Review Of Part Four

Glossary

Audio Sample

Series: You Can Teach Yourself

Ensenate a Tocar El Piano

Ensenate A Tocar La Guitarra Clasica

You Can Teach Yourself About Music

You Can Teach Yourself Accordion

You Can Teach Yourself Autoharp

You Can Teach Yourself Banjo

You Can Teach Yourself Banjo By Ear

You Can Teach Yourself Blues Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Blues Harp

You Can Teach Yourself Blues Piano

You Can Teach Yourself Classic Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Country Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Dobro

You Can Teach Yourself Drums

You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer

You Can Teach Yourself Electric Bass

You Can Teach Yourself Fiddling

You Can Teach Yourself Fingerpicking Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Flamenco Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Flatpicking Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Folk Singing Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Gospel Piano

You Can Teach Yourself Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Guitar by Ear

You Can Teach Yourself Guitar Chords

You Can Teach Yourself Hammered Dulcimer

You Can Teach Yourself Harmonica

You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Piano

You Can Teach Yourself Lever Harp

You Can Teach Yourself Mandolin

You Can Teach Yourself Mandolin By Ear

You Can Teach Yourself Pan Flute

You Can Teach Yourself Piano

You Can Teach Yourself Piano by Ear

You Can Teach Yourself Piano Chords

You Can Teach Yourself Recorder

You Can Teach Yourself Rock Guitar

You Can Teach Yourself Song Writing

You Can Teach Yourself Tin Whistle

You Can Teach Yourself to Compose Music

You Can Teach Yourself to Make Music with Homemade Instruments

You Can Teach Yourself to Sing

You Can Teach Yourself Uke

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