Eighteenth in Frank’s HUGE collection of killer blues piano licks to add to your bag… by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle…
Blues Piano Lick 018 (in the Key of E)
A four-bar blues lick based on the E Minor Pentatonic Scale played in broken descending triplets, at first left hanging on Fa, then fully resolved to Do…
Listen to Frank demonstrate one way to play this (with double chop left hand at 100 bpm)…
Blues Piano Lick 018 Fingering Suggestion
Also notice the shape of each of the four unique three-note-groupings…
Blues Piano Lick 018 Practice Tips
- Scat it the way you want to play it and play it the way you scat it.
- You always practice with rhyth tracks, right?
- You always record yourself and listen to the playback immediately, right?
Blues Piano Lick 018 Choreography Tip
- Playing this (or any other passage of music) with freedom and ease is impossible if you play using only your fingers.
- Keep your arm and hand and fingers constantly moving using all six degrees of freedom and enjoy the results!
more like this… Blues Piano Licks
Nice beat Brother.
(I really should go back to the piano. But it would be the third time I’d have to learn everything back… Oh well. One day. But I keep your lessons ready…)
Cheers
Thanks a million for the much needed positive feedback and moral support brother. All the best!