Playing the Blues

Learn to play with a swing feel and play the blues with the resources on this page and many more located in this Google Drive folder

• Blues heads in multiple common keys: Concert Pitch, Concert Pitch Bass, Bb Instruments, Eb Instruments
• Common scales for improvisation
• Rhythm Section Parts
• Piano Voicings for an authentic sound:
  1. With roots (solo piano)
  2. LH Shells (3, 7)
  3. LH Shells (3, 7 + one extension)
  4. LH Shells (3, 7 + two extensions)
  5. Pentatonic Voicings (open 4ths)
  6. Rootless Voicings: the "Sound" shape
  7. Polychord Fraction Voicings
  8. Standard Chord Progressions for practice in all 12 keys
• Accompaniment tracks for playing heads and practicing improvisation (see below)

Blues Accompaniment Tracks