How to play the How Long Blues | Piano Tutorial by Eeco Rijken Rapp 

0:21 0:56 Bassline 3:23 Right hand F 6:45 F to Bb 9:29 Bb to F 11:45 F to C 13:24 Turnaround 16:00 Endings 16:30 Lets keep it simple (ending) 17:45 last part slowly 18:41 All together

Hi ! Eeco. Je suis français ! à 120 %.... I saw Memphis slim on stage in 1981. I took 1 year of piano lessons in 1979..... i discovered James Booker ( la claque ! ) i 've been listening to boogie, jazz or rockabilly since then. I learned by myself. Two long, not so easy..... I FOUND YOU ! YOU ARE MY SAVIOR ! I still haven't got a piano but i 'm watching your videos like a catholic would stare at the pope ! GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER. MERCI DU FOND DU COEUR; Xavier C.

I rely on you, naming the notes as you play them because most other instructors don't and I have a learning disability. Thank-you

This is amazing, I've wanted a straight forward explanation of this song for ages! Thanks very much.

Thanks for this great Tutorial in a great Blues song, despite I struggle sometimes to get the proper notes with your Hand, especially when middle - or Ring finger seem to be involved.

I love your second video on this piece for improvisation.

Sounds nice. Easy enough for small hands, Thanks!!

I think you create the melodic phrases on the spot, and this is amazing! Αfter all its about improvisation and you can always do something different...

Thanks Eeco. Superb lesson. If you could ever do a tutorial for prescription for the blues it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks Eco for showing in detail the right hand chords settngs of this blue song: Almost got them right!

One of my favorite!thank Eeco!

superb camera angle, and the immediate finger action on keys with some restrained voice keeps one’s attention. Excellent! :-)

Thank you! I love this song. I have been following this tutorial and mostly have it now, but you didn't teach us the ending! :)

Wonderful to see you do a tutorial. You explain things in great detail and it is gratefully appreciated. Hope to see you do more of this. Totally outstanding !!!

Really great tutorial, I appreciate so much how you go through the left hand so slowly and carefully!

Fantastic Eco any chance of a score? Thanks Derek

my fav piece, thx Eeco

Nicely Done! You make it look so easy... I need the B scale practice.. LOL

I like your approach to teaching this blues song. I find it very slow on my part to sync both hands, and maybe I have a slower mind atr 79 year of age

Very kind of you to learn out this still and Beutiful blues.I shoud try to learn it on you vay as soon as possible!

Just starting to play piano; this is the song I am aiming for.

Very helpful. You advocated a sweet jam session!

Really enjoyed the "how long" tutorials, many thanks. Could you expand further on your improvisation? Some turn around, etc would be really useful. How about a guide to the piano parts when you're singing? Thanks

very nice work. just a little remark : in the first bar (at 3:34) you play F / Fminor / A7. i think Bb7 instead of Fminor sounds much more interesting.

Fantastic!!

Thank you all for the comments..keep tickling that like button! boogie on!

Awesome lesson. Dank je Eeco :)

I'll put this on my phone and learn it, may I make a request you do a lesson on turnarounds like you do at 16min:15secs into the video that's one thing missing from my boogie that lick, You and Albert Ammons use it a lot. Loved the lesson.

Awesome. Do you have the sheet. Wonderful❤

Great job boss!

Thank you for this very good video. I too would like to be able to play the song and for that the sheet music would be very helpful. Can I get them somewhere?

Please leave a comment if you have questions or what piano tutorial you would like to see in the next video ! Thank you Eeco

THANK YOU SO. MUCH SIR

Hi Eeco! Thanks for the video, great playing. I was wondering if it was possible for you to post some piano sheet music of some of your videos, in particular this one. I think it would be the easiest way to learn your interpretation of this nice song. Thanks!

thank you! is this based on the Jimmy Yancey or Pinetop Perkins version?

At the 5:07 mark when you start the song you don't play the C in the left hand for the first F chord. You play F then A then C and back to A but instead of playing C again you go right to F. Is that how you do it or not because at the beginning when you first play the song at the 21 second mark you play F,A,C,A,C

I like this wish he had some sheet music to follow

Nice tutorial Eeco .Groetjes uit Sluis .

How Long Blues Tutorial

Great tutorial eco is there any sheet music available derek

Hi Eeco, I enjoyed learning this song. Any suggestions about improvising to add to the song would be appreciated. Thank you! Jennifer

hi, can i have got the sheet please :) ?

this is great just what Ive been looking for , yes please new video how about CC rider many thanks

hi ecco still working on this great video have you thought any more about writing a tutorial book , I 'm sure many players like myself that have read music all of their lives would love it thanks again derek

You are not presenting a clear, carefully thought out , measure by measure tutorial. It feels like you didn’t work out each measure in your head before beginning. It’s like you are improvising as you go along.

I really appreciate that you are trying to teach this song. But, your teaching here is very poor and very frustrating. I hope you have improved your teaching ability.