This course gets you improvising with Blues Scale at the same time that you gradually develop the hand independence necessary to improvise over different left hand patterns. Lots of rock and some pop styles are covered, along with the most popular chord progressions in rock and pop music.

The 'C' Blues Scale (Part 1)

Getting a good start, one note at a time

The 'C' Blues Scale (Part 2)

Adding a 2nd note

The 'C' Blues Scale (Part 3)

The first 3 notes in the Blues Scale

The 'C' Blues Scale (Part 4)

Adding a blues note: F#

The 'C' Blues Scale (Part 5)

Almost the whole scale

The 'C' Blues Scale (Part 6)

The complete 'C' Blues Scale

Moving LH (Part 1)

Beginning to move the LH

Moving LH (Part 2)

Playing a 12-bar blues progression

Moving LH (Part 3)

A classic rock chord sequence

Moving LH (Part 4)

Alternating between 2 chords

Hand Independence (Part 1)

A more active LH pattern

Hand Independence (Part 2)

Continuing with LH boogie style

Hand Independence (Part 3)

More independence between the hands

Hand Independence (Part 4)

Steady quarter-notes in both melody and accompaniment

Hand Independence (Part 5)

Varying the melodic rhythms

Hand Independence (Part 6)

Adding dotted quarter-notes

Hand Independence (Part 7)

Applying a boogie pattern to the 12-bar blues

Hand Independence (Part 8)

Jamming on the chords to "Freebird"

"Rockin' Blues"

Uptempo 1950's Rock and Roll

"Blues Scale Boogie"

Putting the elements together

"Cool As A Cucumber"

Applying the blues scale to cool jazz

Intro to the 'A' Blues Scale

Improvising in a new key

'A' Blues Scale (Rock Ballad)

Playing a solo over the chords to "Stairway To Heaven"

"House of the Rising Sun"

A classic folk/blues song

The 'A' Blues Scale (Fast Rock)

The chords to Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower"

The 'A' Blues Scale (Classic Blues)

A blues style that influenced The Rolling Stones

The 'D' Blues Scale (Rock Ballad)

A groove similar to Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb"

The 'D' Blues Scale (Fast Rock and Roll)

Jerry Lee Lewis-style Rock and Roll

A contemporary rock chord progression (part 1)

Soloing over the chords to Adele's "Rolling In The Deep"

A contemporary rock chord progression (part 2)

Adding a LH rock rhythm to Adele's "Rolling In The Deep"

Playing in a Band (Part 1: Piano)

How to create piano parts that fit into your band's overall 'sound'

Playing in a Band (Part 1: Organ)

Coming soon!

Contemporary pop/rock accompaniment

Playing a rock groove with a very popular chord progression

Pre-rock style

"What A Wonderful World"

Basic "Doo-Wop" patterns

I/vi/IV/V with 4 bass line variations

"In The Still Of The Nite"

A classic "Doo-Wop" song

Playing "Doo-Wop" with melody

Melody, bass, and chords simultaneously 

(and a comparison between 4/4 with triplets and 12/8)

The Major Blues Scale

Introducing a new scale

Soloing over a "Doo-Wop" beat

Improvising with the Major Blues Scale

Developing rhythmic flexibility in your left hand

Improvising your own "Doo-Wop" accompaniments

Early Rock and Roll: 12-bar blues in 'C'

Varying your RH comping rhythms

Early Rock and Roll: 12-bar blues in 'C'

Soloing with various RH rhythms