Learn to play the Blues in a variety of authentic styles from Boogie Woogie to Rock and Roll…
Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, The First Lesson
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #1
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #2
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #3
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #4
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #5
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #6
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #7
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Variation #8
- Major Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, Commonly-Used Harmonic Variations (Video)
Minor Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony
- Minor Blues 12-Bar Form & Harmony, The First Lesson
- 12 Bar Minor Blues Form & Harmony, Variation #1 , #2, #3, etc. (coming this summer!)
Blues Rhythm
- The Big Three Blues Feels
- Shuffle/Swing Rhythm & Notation
- A Lesson in Rhythm
- Practice Tracks: Straight Drums
- Practice Tracks: Slow Triple-Feel Drums
- Practice Tracks: Shuffle Drums
Blues Scales
- Minor Blues Scale, Theory & Ear Training
- Major Blues Scale, Theory & Ear Training
- Other Blues Scales (stay tuned!)
- Mixolydian Scale-Chords, Theory & Ear Training
Blues Vamps
Blues Comping Patterns
- Comping Pattern #1
- Comping Pattern #2
- Comping Pattern #3
- Comping Pattern #4
- Comping Pattern #5
- Comping Pattern #6
- Comping Pattern #7
- Comping Pattern #8
- Comping Pattern #9
- Comping Pattern #10
- Comping Pattern #11
Blues Vocabulary
A potluck of bread and butter vamps, grooves, licks, riffs, runs, fills, breaks, pickups, walk-ups, walk-downs, tags, intros, endings, and turnarounds in various keys…
(The following links are temporarily down as Frank reorganizes this section and upgrades the images and audio. Stay tuned for frequent updates)
- Grace Notes
- Repeated Notes
- Tone Clusters
- Duplet Riff #1
- Duplet Riff #2
- Duplet Riff #3
- Triplet Riff #1
- Triplet Riff #2
- Triplet Riff #3
- Triplet Run #1
- Triplet Run #2
- Triplet Run #3
- Intro/Turnaround #1
- Intro/Turnaround #2
- Intro/Turnaround #3
- Ending #1
- Ending #2
- Ending #3
- Ending #4
- Ending #5
- Ending #6
- Ending #7
- Ending #8
- Ending #9
- Ending #10
- Pickups (coming soon!)
- Third Phrase Licks
Practice Tracks
- Straight Drums
- Slow Triple-Feel Drums
- Shuffle Drums
- One Chord Vamps Bass & Drums, Various Keys (coming in 2020! Any Requests?)
- Two Chord Vamps Bass & Drums, Various Keys (coming in 2020! Any Requests?)
- 12-Bar Blues Bass & Drums in Various Keys
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