Quick and Easy Trumpet Tips: How to Play the Blues

If you are learning how to improvise, the blues is one of the best places to start. Here we break down the form of the blues and how to play over the chord progression.

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Suggested Listening
Miles Davis, Bags' Groove (F Blues)    • Видео  
Bobby Shew, Bags' Groove (F Blues)    • Bag's Groove  
Chet Baker, Red's Blues (F Blues)    • Chet Baker - Red's Blues (1985)  
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blues March (Bb Blues)    • Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Bl...  
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, C Jam Blues (C Blues)    • C Jam Blues (Live)  
Charlie Parker, Billie's Bounce (F Blues)    • Billie's Bounce / Charlie Parker　The ...  
Charlie Parker, Now's the Time (F Blues)    • Now's The Time / Charlie Parker　The S...  
Thelonius Monk, Blue Monk (Bb Blues)    • Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (1954)  
Sonny Rollins, Sonny Moon for Two (Bb Blues)    • Sonnymoon For Two  
Clifford Brown, Sandu (Eb Blues)    • Sandu  

Free Jazz Book for Scales (Pg 31 for Blues). Great resource for learning all the basics of jazz theory and how to practice jazz: https://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/downloa...

Blues Riff Examples for Bb Instruments
Riffs 1 & 2 https://www.dropbox.com/s/0xnjqcf0rrl...
Riff 3 https://www.dropbox.com/s/i9vcq6os7ra...
Bags' Groove https://www.dropbox.com/s/grkb2h8v6tm...

Intro 0:00
Blues Explained 0:14
Blues Form 1:20
Memorizing the Blues Sound 2:33
Anchor Points 2:46
Adding Variety to a Blues Progression 3:03
The Blues Scale 4:14
Playing in 2 & 4 Bar Phrases 5:46
Making the Changes 7:38
Ending 10:10