Tunes, Chords and Techniques in all Styles
One way to make the basic piano blues sound more interesting and musical, is to start with a beginning before you play your repeated 12 bar blues scheme. Below are two blues beginning examples in the key of F which you can try and practice.
Both examples are using notes of the F blues scale.
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In addition to playing blues licks, being able to apply the blues scale and play it fluently over a left-hand pattern is essential for your blues piano soloing.
As a first step, familiarize yourself with the blues [...]
To enhance the basic piano blues, you can play seventh chords instead of just major triads. Dominant seventh chords are an essential ingredient to blues, gospel or jazz. [...]
To be able to play blues licks is a great skill to have as a piano player. Or even better, to be able to come up with original licks on the spot. The blues scale is quite [...]
Playing blues on the piano is a great way to learn soloing for other styles such as rock [...]