Editore: Schott Music Ltd. London
A systematic method for learning licks, accompaniment patterns and improvisation

Boogie Woogie and Blues music has always been a popular style amongst pianists, but it can be all too difficult to find interesting, effective and fun teaching methods.

Discovering Boogie & Blues Piano take you step by step through technical aspects of the playing style, as well as guidance in improvisation, historical information and recommendations for further listening, an ideal introduction to this style of music.
The book is accompanied by a CD recording of all exercises and pieces performed by the author.

Contiene:

•   - Aims of the Course, History of Blues and Boogie
•   - The Blue Notes, the 12 Bar Blues Scheme
•   - Improvisation, Features of Boogie-Woogie
•   - Building the Melody: Alternating Thirds
•   - Building the Melody: Third Syncopations
•   - Experiments in Improvisation, Liberating the Drone Note
•   - It's Groove Time
•   - The Blues Scale
•   - Double the Hands, Double the Groove
•   - Two-handed Comping Variations
•   - Seventh Chords, Adding to the Blues Scale
•   - Thirds Lick and Scale Loops
•   - Triplets in the Melody
•   - Improvisation in C Minor
•   - The Next Level Up
•   - Two into One
•   - Blues Ballad in A Minor
•   - Improvisation in A Minor
•   - Comping Pattern I
•   - Crushed Notes, Read the Small Print
•   - Boogie Chain III
•   - Boogie Walking Basses, Boogie Walk in G
•   - Trills
•   - Walking Bass Variants, Counter Line on G

and more