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The blues—part 1

What you’ll learn

Learn the basic structure of the 12-bar blues, along with left hand patterns for improvising.

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teacher:

Park Stickney

Topics: Chord progressions, Chords, Improvisation, Intervals, Left-hand patterns, Music theory, Musical structure, Slides, Voicing

Level 3

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