I'm Learning the Piano! W87D4 - THE 12 BAR BLUES (Day 1) Bastien Piano for Adults p.109

In today's lesson, after a brief reflection on progress made thus far, I learn about the musical form 12 Bar Blues and begin work on a piece based on it. Later, I focus work on a few key problem areas of my arrangement of Angles We Have Heard On High.

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Topics Covered

12 Bar Blues form

Songs Covered

The 12 Bar Blues
Angels We Have Heard On High

Lesson Breakdown

0:00 - Intro & Lesson Plan
0:58 - A Little Bit of Nice Warm Up
6:21 - Highlighting Incremental Improvements
9:06 - Introducing “The 12 Bar Blues” (it’s not a song!)
12:28 - Practice Time: “The 12 Bar Blues”
31:12 - Difficulties w/ Chord Transitions
33:18 - From “The 12 Bar Blues” to “Angles We Have Heard On High”
34:08 - Practice Time: “Angels”
43:37 - Time’s Up & Thoughts on Today
45:27 - Outro