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- Contents -

About the Author
Introduction

PART I: THE BASICS
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Typical Blues Keyboard Instruments
Keyboard Posture
Organization of the Keyboard
Musical Notation-Pitch
Musical Notation-Time
Other Important Symbols and Info
Putting It All Together: The Grand Staff

Chapter 2: Basic Music Theory
Intervals
Scales
The 12 Major Scales
Modes of the Mapr Scale
Minor Scales
Key Signatures
Relative Minor
Parallel Minor
The Circle of 5ths

Chapter 3: Harmony
Introduction to Triads
7th Chords
Chord Progressions
D.S., D.C. and Coda

Chapter 4: Blusic Theory
Blue Notes
Pentatonic Scales
The Minor Blues Scale
The Major Blues Scale
The 12-Bar Blues
   Simply the Blues
Blues Lyric Structure
   Lonesome Blues
Transposing the Blues Progression


PART 2: BLUES STYLES
Chapter 5: Early Blues
Blues Origins and History
Blues on the Move
Folk Blues/Delta Blues
Robert Johnson's Style
   Clarksdale Blues

Chapter 6: The Barrelhouse Style
Barrelhouse Blues Piano Style
   Texarkana Stomp
Triplets and the Shuffle Feel
Barrelhouse Variations
   Rustic Shack Blues
"Champion" Jack Dupree
   Champion's Blues
Classic Intros, Endings, and Turnarounds
Two-Handed Variations
Introduction to Blues Improvisation
   Clarksdale Blues

Chapter 7: New Orleans Blues
New Orleans and the Caribbean Inflence
8- and 16-Bar Blues Progressions
Professor Longhair's
"Rhumba Boogie" Style
   The Professor's Blues

Chapter 8: Chicago Blues
Introduction to Chicago Blues
The Piano in Chicago Blues
Chicago Shuffle Feel
Chicago Bass Patterns
Extended Intro
Stop Time
Otis Spann's Chicago Style
   South Side Blues

Chapter 9: Boogie Woogie
Introduction to Boogie Woogie
The Jimmy Yancey Style
Advanced Boogie Technique
Albert Ammons. Meade "Lux" Lewis, and Pete Johnson
   Evolution Boogie
More About Improvisation
   Chicago Blues Play-Along

Chapter 10: Stride and Ragtime
Scott Joplin and Ragtime
The Piedmont Blues
The Left-Hand Stride Style
   125th Street Blues

Chapter 11: Gospel Blues
Gospel and the Blues
Rubato Style
Playing the B-3 Organ
Advanced B-3 Ideas
Secondary Dominants
More Secondary Dominants
Blues in Triple Meter
   Sunday Blues

Chapter 12: Rhythm and Blues to Rock and Roll
A Memphis Sound
Playing Off a Riff
   Whole Lot of Rockin Goin' On
Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, and Little Richard
Ray Charles and His Style
   Say What?
Playing Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes

Chapter 13: Jazz and the Blues
Intro to Jazz
Walking Bass Line
A Kansas City Sound: Count Basie
   KC's Other Blues
Bebop Blues
Charlie Parker and the Bird Blues
Minor Blues and Variations
   NY Subway Blues

Chapter 14: Funk, Soul, and Motown
Intro to Funk, Soul, and Motown
Sixteenth Notes
Sixteenth-Note Practice Ideas
The Motown Sound
   Soul City Blues
The Stax Records Sound
   Orange Peppers
James Brown and Other Funky Styles
   How Mr. Brown Feels


PART 3: ADVANCED CONCEPTS
Chapter 15: Playing in a Blues Band
Playing with Bass
Playing with Guitar
Playing with Singers. Horns, and Harmonica
Playing with Drums and a Full Band

Chapter 16: Improvisation and Composition
Advanced Improvisation Ideas
Building a Solo
Composing Your Own Blues

Chapter 17: Advanced Techniques
Playing in Octaves
Rolling Octaves
Basic Block Chord Ideas
   Shoe Shop Blues
Fast Playing
Advanced Concepts
Conclusion
Suggested Listening