That's awesome! Good for you for sticking with it. Please consider posting your own video of you playing it so you can help inspire others not to give up! All the best
@@Maile-cv8zh Why are you trying to undermine his accomplishment, maybe he has other things to do with his time. Let him have his moment, no one cares if you can do it in a day, good for you.
Velocity Films practice with a simple melody like Mary had a little lamb with ur right hand and after 4 notes, start playing it on ur left hand so ur playing the same tune with both hands but one hand is lagging behind slightly, at first ur gonna find it really hard but it gets easier and helps a lot with playing different melodies at the same time
@@VelocityFilmsCO Don't think of it as two different things at the same time see it as juggling. Everything in music happens on the time grid just learn where each finger on each hand has to be on any beat and before you realize you'll be able to have the illusion of hand independence
wow...this is really easy to learn....it took me a week of practise and now i can play boogie woogie....i mean...there are still some mistakes here and there and you can obviously play it so much faster....but i'll keep practising...hopefully i'll be as good as you are one day
I say jump in with the right hand playing chords (as shown) right away. When you need a break from that, try to talk or read while just playing the left hand. In other words, both exercises will help you and can be done during the same stage of practice. Have fun!
There are great Boogie Woogie players on RU-vid, but they just can't teach it properly.🙁 Arthur, is the only one who offered a decent piano course for Boogie Woogie, for beginners.👍
I feel like plinking the bottles behind the bartender from across the room with a massive silver revolver. Lol seems like a fun drunk outlaw thing to do.
0:10: Learn left hand bass 0:34: Learn 12-bar blues form 0:54: Learn hand independence 1:49: Play a real Boogie Woogie rhythm 2:03: Practice Step 2 in keys of F and G 2:20: Learn a right hand lick 2:49: Put hands together 3:01: Learn lick variations 3:28: Put hands together 3:55: Practice variations over F 4:10: Practice variations over G 4:30: Put licks into context of a 12-bar blues 5:09: Learn an introduction 5:44: Learn an ending 6:09: LET’S BOOGIE!
You monster... I should be studying for school and you have turned my piano in to THE most addicting thing in the world i litelary cant step away from my chair
Almost 70, started piano from scratch 5 years ago, always loved Boogie, when played on old piano's, captures a nostalgic past. Your introduction is simple clear, inspirational for those passionate about wanting to learn. Thank you for keeping the fire burning.
Meh Ster the. 12 bar blues form is based on the 1-4-5 chord pattern. Imagine your thumb is the C chord. Now count D,E,F on your fingers. You should be on the fourth finger which makes F the 4 chord. Now count one more and the 5 is G. 4 bars on the one, two on the four, back to the one for two bars, one each on the the 5 and the 4, then back to the one for two bars. I hope that helps you. That's the basic pattern, but you can switch it up a little once you master it.
Glad I could help. Lol, Im a total beginner on piano myself, I just know about blues chord structures from playing it on guitar for 30 years or so. Variations include playing the one for two bars, two bars on the four, then back to the one for two bars. Then play the turnaround like usual. Also you can walk down the 5,4,1, then back to the 4 on the last four bars. Play with it and have fun.Above all keep playing! You can only get better.
Although I'd make a tweak to the pattern used here. Instead of: CCCC FFCC GGCC I'd tend to do: CCCC FFCC GFCC And maybe occasionally: CCCC FFCC GFCG (G could also be G7 in all of the above)
@@Kraliosa At the start, C-C-Eb-E-G-C-A-G means play these notes in order. Then C-G-C-A-C-C-C-A-C-G means the same thing (or else it's instructions to make Arg Thr His ...). But later on C-C-C-C-F-F-C-C-G-G-C-C means play 4 bars in the key of C, then 2 bars in the key of F, and so on. Not necessarily major, but some mode anyway.
I just started playing the piano with the help of an app and I want to try to do this but it will probably take me, as a beginner, a year or more rather than 6 months.
It took me ~2 weeks to reach the point around 2:30. I practiced every evening for ~30 min. I am not a piano player, though I play clarinet (I guess it helps a bit). I guess you could learn the basics quite fast. Of course, to have the flow it takes a bit more time.
Okay so you guys. I decided to learn boogie woogie last week. I was very determined. I played boogie woogie for at least 2 hours a day. I had a rough week. My boyfriend broke up with me, and I caught the flu... but when I wasn't writhing on the floor in agony, I practiced boogie woogie. It took me seven days to get to the end of this video; I just played a bit each day until I knew what I needed to work on. Today is the 8th day, and I CAN play what he plays at the end. I was planning on recording my progress to share with you, but my fever is too high and it might kill me. Just take my word for it for now. It is possible to use this video to learn boogie woogie!
Leeya I love this. Thank you for sharing!! I'm so sorry you had a very difficult week last week. Boogie woogie can definitely be therapeutic and perhaps you experienced that first hand. I'm very happy that you stuck with it and now have something to show for all of your hard work! Feel better soon!
I decided to learn Boogie Woogie as a coronavirus challenge. When I got locked up on March 17th, looked to RU-vid and found this. I hated you. It was impossible at first. Then... one... note... at... oops, start over. one... note... at... a... time... I finally got it! Now I can wink at people while I play this!!! Seriously! I literally took a sip of beer once doing a "bass solo". Of course I should confess that I can't improvise yet, but I can see there from here. THANK YOU
This is the most wikihow tutorial ever in that it passes off a learning complex and difficult skill as an easy series of steps that you could knock out in a few hours, provided of course that you already know how to play piano.
It doesnt seem super complex to me when its broken down, and its clearly worked for a lot of people in the comments. It looks scary, but after some practice youll find its definitely possible
I started piano 3 months ago and I've been on this tutorial for like 1 1/2 hours I'm at 1:53 It's not that hard man you'll get up there fast if you practice consistently :)
I started playing piano today, when I realized my guitar doesn't have the bewgie wewgie enough. Maybe in 2020 I'll be able to get this done as smooth as in the video
This tutorial is great! I had so much trouble in the past playing a left hand boogie rhythm while adding right hand licks. This makes the progression so much easier, and now I'm surprised I can do it. Thanks!
This video is amazing!! I’m shocked how much instruction he packed into one 7 minute video. Will require many months to achieve proficiency but learning to Boogie is why I started piano. Thank you!!
Thanks for the video it was the most concise once I've ever watched on YT. Most talk to much, play a lick super slow than go full on warp speed. Thanks.
Check out the more in depth course on hand independence at www.schoolofboogie.com , it's free. All my videos. If you still have problems try other things like playing the left hand by itself while trying to talk to someone, or watch tv, or read. You need to load whatever bass pattern you want to use into your left hand's muscle memory, otherwise you will not become independent. So, do what it takes for you to personally make your left hand memorize its short series of movements (just a one-measure pattern repeated over and over). Hope that helps.
Sure, I agree with Arthur, or You can just divide the left pattern into 8 pcs and right into 8 pcs too - and then play first left tone with first right tone, and so on...
This is an incredibly helpful tutorial. I've been playing Boogie Woogie for many years but kind of got stuck in only a couple variations and this will help me take it to another level. Thanks.
I did Subscribe yesterday and will look at more of your videos. After practicing last night I've already improved some. I'm mainly focused on getting a new left-hand pattern memorized (brain and fingers).
Excellent! Yes, the hand independence exercise should get your "foot in the door" with any new bass line, then add licks in the right hand starting with Lick #1
This is a very interesting and complete tutorial, but there is one thing that disappoints me a little. It’s when you’re doing the bass and you’re doing C F C G and directly getting to C after the G because personally I think it’s sounds better when you go back to F after the G. (personal opinion)
Play it however you like. The V to IV or V for two bars are both frequently used in this music. Often both are used in the same song. In the name of simplicity I chose to demonstrate this way. Follow your personal taste and play however makes you happy.
Allright so today (26th July) I begin learning this masterpiece. I don't even know how to play the piano but I don't care. I must try. Wish me luck, Guys! XD
Well COVID Lockdown has helped BUT 7 weeks in, I have finally gotten to the end of the video. YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! My first Boogie Woogie end to end! Thanks for the help and inspiration!
i am stuck on this rhythm(2:56)... I'm no getting on very fast with blues piano practice. i have no talent..... Its so hard, But i cant give up. My goal for this year is Boogie Woogie master.
As a guitarist and drummer of many years I've always wished I'd learned piano for this kind of thing. One week in at 20mins per night (usually stretches to 30-40mins) I have all the parts down individually and have the rhythm & baseline okay, really struggling playing the licks with the bassline though ('struggling' is an understatement!) Give me a couple of months... then a couple more to get up to speed! Brilliant lesson.
Next to do list - learn to play basic boogie woogie and try not to mess up. Lol. Thank you, will try this awesome tutorial though I think I will need some time to learn;)
I started piano 2 months ago. (inspired by Henri and Brendan, as well as other YT players) This is my second boogie piece to learn. The left hand bass and RH chords on this one are straightforward. Now to try those licks.
I came here about a year ago (or more i don't remember how much time exactly) when I new NOTHING about piano, I've been practicing on and off and couldn't get past part 2, today I finally got to part 3, and maybe I still have a long way to go but I *promise* I WILL upload a video when i learn it!! I thought this was impossible, but I will learn it you'll see!!!!!
Him:*Showing the left handed part* Me: Okay..seems easy enough- Him:*Hands move over 10x faster, straight flying on the piano* Me: ....... **Smacks hand violently on keyboard**
Simply the best lesson on Boogie on the whole of the web. Straight to the point, every element clearly covered. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Now I must go and do some practice.
Ok, awesome vid, it was a great help. But I also want to know what is the key or scale that is being used, or also the theory that explains the chords in the right hand, for example I understand the C6, but the other ones?? Pls, if someone can explain. (2:08) In this case, it would be a C minor with 6th?? (2:14) I think this one is a Gmaj7, isn't it??
Thanks Pato! At the risk of oversimplifying... Each chord in a 12 bar blues is (usually) a dominant 7th chord of some kind (mixolydian mode). This is the case whether or not you are explicitly playing flat 7th. Many times in the boogie woogie style they play the 6th and 7th interchangeably. At 2:08 it is a Cminor 6 over an F (in the left hand). This makes it an F13, since you are playing both the 7th and 6th of F. At 2:14 it is a regular old G dominant 7. (Not "major 7" since that would be the F#) Hope this helps. Theory explanations can become lengthy... I tried to simplify here and hope I didn't confuse you.
Good tutorial but it goes so fast in my opinion. I can play the boogie woogie bass but I have trouble with combining it with the licks. I have to just practice, even though I'm just at beginner/medium level in piano.
Yes, practice is the key. Focus on the hand independence exercises. I made this video move along quickly because I know people can pause it and rewind and take it at their own pace. Each step may require weeks of practice. Check out also www.schoolofboogie.com for more lessons
I love how you structured this into small steps - I haven't practiced piano for years and getting into learning boogie by myself would look too intimidating for me now to even try, but seeing it broken down into small learning tasks I think I might get to it soon.
Dang it's been a whole year already. This was one of the first things I learned cause I was bored during quarantine and now whenever I see a piano anywhere, I can't help but boogie woogie
Many years piano player. Try just tapping fingers on table.. The table has no give and actually may add speed on a piano. I use this still today Another thing is that by just a little practice about every other day on a piano may help.
