A good intro builds excitement and establishes expectations before jumping into a tune…
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blues piano licks
A good intro builds excitement and establishes expectations before jumping into a tune…
Based on a mutant Bluesy scale (1-2-b3-5-6-b7) played in descending triplets over three octaves…
Based on the Major Blues Scale played in ascending triplets over three octaves…
The Minor Blues Scale played in descending triplets over three octaves…
Three simple notes (5-6-1 = So–La–Do) work great over all three chords…
A simple three note pattern (b3-3-1) played on each chord.
A simple three note pattern (b3-3-5) played on each chord…
This idea plays the exact same pattern (5-6-1) over all three chords…
A very common blues and boogie idea is to “slide” the minor third into the major third of each chord…