Q. I have this task at school to play the blues and improvise and so on. I am a beginner But not a complete beginner on the piano.
I need some notes LETTERS. And I need to know what the bass line for the normal blues is. Like the one that goes: da DA da DA da DA da DA. U know, the tune u think of when someone says blues.
Thanx :)
A. What's going to make it "blues" isn't the notes in the melody--the chord changes are going to make a bigger difference in whether it sounds bluesy or not.
A standard 12 bar blues progression in C goes like this (one letter per bar)
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C
To jazz it up a little, substitute some 7th chords for the regular major chords (I'm assuming that if you're to the point where you're improvising blues, you know what a 7th chord is). Something like this:
C C C C7
F F7 C C
G7 F7 C C
Note that it goes to the 7th chord every time there is a chord change in the next bar. Actually, you can throw a 7th in anywhere you want, but this is a common way to do it.
A common blues bass line is what's called a "walking" bass line. Played straight using eighth notes, it's a common bass line in boogie woogie--in blues, it's often played at half tempo with "swung" quarter notes (like a dotted quarter, then an eighth).
To fit the 12 bar pattern I've shown you, it would go something like this (The ^ mark is the beginning of each bar):
^C E G A ^Bb A G E ^C E G A ^Bb A G E
^F A C D ^D# D C A ^C E G A ^Bb A G E
^G B D E ^F A C D ^C E G A ^Bb A G E
Hopefully, that's enough to get you going.
What are chords like F7 and Eb 7 (E-flat 7)? What are the notes for all of the chords?
Q. I need to know this so I can play solos in the band that I play in. When I solo, I want to follow the chords (meaning that I'll play any of the notes within the appropriate chord) so that it will sound good.......at least. A link to some website with chords would be good also. Thanks.
A. virtual piano: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/index.htm
piano chords: http://www.nfo.net/MFILE/
How do I raise the scale of a song in half a tone harmonically?
Q. Hi,
I am playing a song on the piano, and I would like to raise the scale in half a tone in the middle of the song. Is there a way that it could sound good harmonically? Like an harmonic move that sounds good.
Thank you!
Ziv
A. You could just "go up".. composers to that all the time. Another technique is to play the 5th (or V7) of the new key you are going into. So if you are playing in A... then play an F7 chord... it will lead you into Bb (1/2 tone up)
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Title : How do I play the blues on the piano?
Description : Q. I have this task at school to play the blues and improvise and so on. I am a beginner But not a complete beginner on the piano. I need s...