An important instruction guide to the blues-style piano by the author of Six Blues Roots Pianists. Complete with music transcriptions and excerpts from the original recordings of 22 piano greats.
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An essential book for blues pianists,
This review is from: Barrelhouse and Boogie Piano (Paperback)
A fantastic book. It gives you history, transcriptions and tips. It's not a great method book though, so between this and a good blues method book you can learn a lot about blues piano. You need to get recordings of the transciptions though to really get the feel for the differnt styles, and really understand the subtleties of the rythms that the notation really cannot fully show. Its fun to just listen and look through the transcriptions at times. I've tried playing as close as I can to the recordings then once the feel is there used it as a springboard for my own explorations. This book helps you both learn the music and appreciate it more.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Classic boogie and blues piano,
By Paul Deighton (Baildon, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barrelhouse and Boogie Piano (Paperback)
I cut my teeth on this book, I bought it in the Spring of 1981 and bored the heck out of my parents, wife and then children learning classics like Peetie Wheatstraw stomp and Honky Tonk Train.Recently I just bought another piano and I've picked the book up again. If you want to play classic boogie and blues piano then you must have this book! Does it still come with a floppy vinyl record?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book!,
By YeahSoMaybe? "computersandmusicperson" (Beaverton, OR United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barrelhouse and Boogie Piano (Paperback)
This book is flat out great! Lovingly edited and transcribed. I have to be honest - it's not for rank beginners necessarily, but it's worthwhile. I bought this many moons ago. How long ago? When it had a flexible phonograph acetate you could play instead of a CD! Anyway..the included music is a great help. Now with the CD, the cool thing is in Windows Media Player 10 or above, you can reduce the speed 50% without changing the pitch - good for taking the parts apart i.e. "what notes was he playing on that line or phrase??"
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Before the juke box, radio and television, the wandering musician provided much of America's entertainment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shake your fat fanny, barrelhouse blues, piano blues, blues piano, boogie woogie, piano roll, been reissued Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peetie Wheatstraw, New York, Robert Shaw, Alex Moore, Cow Cow Davenport, Sunnyland Slim, Meade Lux Lewis, Piano Red, The Cows, All Rights Reserved, Honky Tonk Train, Park Ave, Romeo Nelson, Roosevelt Sykes, Atlanta Bounce, Barrelhouse Buck, Black Boy Shine, Cripple Clarence Lofton, International Copyright Secured, Jelly Roll Blues, Memphis Slim, Sugarland Blues, Barrelhouse Welch, Blues Classics, Cow Cow Blues New!
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Before the juke box, radio and television, the wandering musician provided much of America's entertainment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shake your fat fanny, barrelhouse blues, piano blues, blues piano, boogie woogie, piano roll, been reissued Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peetie Wheatstraw, New York, Robert Shaw, Alex Moore, Cow Cow Davenport, Sunnyland Slim, Meade Lux Lewis, Piano Red, The Cows, All Rights Reserved, Honky Tonk Train, Park Ave, Romeo Nelson, Roosevelt Sykes, Atlanta Bounce, Barrelhouse Buck, Black Boy Shine, Cripple Clarence Lofton, International Copyright Secured, Jelly Roll Blues, Memphis Slim, Sugarland Blues, Barrelhouse Welch, Blues Classics, Cow Cow Blues New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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