🎹 As a classically trained pianist I started out by buying a bunch of books. This was the wrong approach to learn jazz vocabulary and improvising.
I believe the best way to start is to learn the 12 bar blues. You can start out very simple and add more and more as you get comfortable.
👉 Free PDF download “Blues Piano Guide” https://frazierpianostudio.com/blues
00:00 Introduction
01:52 Root position chords over the blues
03:33 Root in LH, Shell in RH
04:57 Better rhythm
06:35 Walking bass
08:06 Shell extensions in the RH
09:38 Shell only in the LH
10:56 Building a solo with blues scale
13:30 Major blues scale
16:05 Shell in LH improvise with RH
17:10 Open 5ths/4ths chord solo
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