| Blues music has inspired various styles of music such | | | | set is V-IV-I-I. These chords should be played with |
| as, jazz, rock and roll, and country. Learning blues | | | | the right hand. Remember to play seventh chords to |
| piano will help you learn these other styles of music | | | | give it that blues piano sound. |
| very easily. This article will teach you everything you | | | | When playing blues piano on the left hand, you follow |
| need to know to play blues piano. | | | | a simple pattern of eighth notes. This pattern is |
| The 12-bar blues is the most common progression | | | | I-III-V-VI-VIIb-VI-V-III. If you are playing a C chord |
| for blues piano. Most musicians use seventh chords | | | | in the right hand, you would play the notes |
| when playing this form of blues. The song is broken | | | | C-E-G-A-Bb-A-G-E. When playing the F chord, you |
| up into three sets, with each set consisting of four | | | | would play F-A-C-D-Eb-D-C-A. Finally, when playing |
| bars. We will play the song in the key of C. The | | | | the G chord, you play G-B-D-E-F-E-D-B. |
| roman numeral I will illustrate the first tone (C) in the | | | | Learning to play blues piano is not very difficult. Once |
| key of C. IV will mark the fourth tone (F), and V will | | | | you have mastered the 12-bar blues in the key of C, |
| mark the fifth tone (G). | | | | you should work on learning to play it in other keys. |
| To play the first set of blues piano, you simply play a | | | | Mastering the blues piano is a great foundation to |
| I-I-I-I. The second set is IV-IV-I-I. Finally, the third | | | | learn other styles of music. |