If you can read the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B you already know enough to enroll. If not, you can request a free how-to pamphlet when you register. Jazz, rock and roll, gospel, and even country western music all have their roots planted in the blues. This workshop will teach you the blues scale, the blues form, shuffle rhythms, bass lines, improvising techniques, blues and boogie-woogie patterns and how to give you pop tunes that bluesy feel. Whether you re a trained pianist or a total beginner, this workshop will have you playing the blues in no time.
Piano players don t just play tunes, they play styles.
Learn how to play Broadway, ragtime, contemporary ballads, rock and roll, country western, waltzes, bossa novas, cha chas, tangos and more. At last, learn the secrets of sounding like your favorite piano players. Ear Most people believe you have to be born with a special gift in order to play music by ear. If you can pick out the melody to Mary Had a Little Lamb on the keyboard you re ready to take this class. Finding the melody is the easy part.