How to Create a Blues Solo on Piano (Scales & Phrasing)
Learn how to improvise a blues solo on the piano with important scale theory concepts and lyrical phrasing. In this part of the blues piano series, learn how to form the blues scales from their respective pentatonic scales (major and minor), and then create a melodic and lyrical piano solo over the 12 bar blues form: ascending and descending improvisation, developing a lyrical motif, bringing out beats 2 and 4 as accents, and subset motifs. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Blues Performance 00:11- Topics covered in Part C (Soloing over the Blues) 00:54 - Building the Blues scales from the Pentatonic Scales 03:19 - Ascending & Descending Improv 04:44 - Developing a “Lyrical” Motif 06:16 - Bringing out the 2 and 4 as accents 07:44 - “Subset” Motifs 09:02 - Revision ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #BluesPiano #BluesScale #PianoImprovisation
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