Boogie-Woogie Piano for Beginners
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Once you have purchased this book, you can then email us to receive a FREE download of mp3 recordings and pdf versions for all of the music examples in the book. Most of the recordings include play-along tracks with a rhythm section, so you can have fun jamming along with the band!
Here is an overview of the sections contained in this book:
Section One - Starting Out with the Left Hand Pattern
Section Two - Adding Triads in the Right Hand
Section Three - The Twelve-Bar Boogie-Woogie Progression
Section Four - Creating Right Hand Patterns from Triads
Section Five - Working with Four-Part Chords
Section Six - Varying the Left Hand Pattern
Section Seven - More Right Hand Patterns from Four-Part Chords
Section Eight - More Left Hand Patterns and Right Hand Rhythms
Section Nine - Right Hand Triplets and Rhythmic Displacements
Mark Harrison is one of the highest-rated contemporary music educators and authors in the world today. His instruction books are endorsed by Keyboard Magazine, Jazz Times, and Performing Musician Magazine, and are used at numerous music colleges and universities. Mark's books have helped many thousands of musicians in over twenty countries worldwide.
Mark Harrison
Mark Harrison has a Bachelor's degree in Medieval Studies from Lancaster University. He is a Curator at the Royal Armouries, Tower of London and has a strong interest in the early medieval world. He lives in Colchester, UK.
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Boogie-Woogie Piano for Beginners - Mark Harrison
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Introduction
Welcome to Boogie-Woogie Piano For Beginners. This book will start you on the road to playing authentic boogie-woogie piano, even if you are a complete beginner. You’ll get started right away by learning some essential boogie-woogie patterns which sound great when playing solo piano, or on your first (or next) gig with a blues band!
Please email us at books@harrisonmusic.com with Boogie-Woogie Piano For Beginners
in the subject, to receive your FREE mp3 audio recordings of all the music examples in this book! Most of the audio recordings feature a rhythm section on the left channel, and the piano on the right channel. To play along with the band, turn down the right channel to eliminate the recorded piano. To hear the piano part for reference, turn down the left channel to eliminate the rhythm section.
Along with your free mp3s, you will also receive free pdf versions of all the music notation examples. So if your e-reader does not display the notation examples clearly enough, you can use the pdf versions as a convenient alternative.
Section One – Starting Out with the Left Hand Pattern
Like a lot of piano blues, the foundation of a great boogie-woogie piano performance is a strong and steady left hand pattern. Our first boogie-woogie piano left hand pattern uses the chord tones within a C major triad (C, E and G) and a swing eighths
rhythmic feel, as follows:
Example 1