Chords for Improvising Blues Piano - Tim Richards, 5. Left-Hand Shuffle / The Rocks
Tempo:
55.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
F
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Hello, [G] my name is Tim Richards.
I'm going to continue to show you some really basic
blues piano techniques, as featured in [Ab] my book, Improvising Blues Piano, published by
Schott [G] Music.
This fifth clip focuses on a left hand style called the left hand shuffle.
Let's go.
So once you've mastered the barrel house left hand, [E] you can upgrade it to the left
hand shuffle.
Same notes, but eight to the bar.
[D]
[C] Unlike the barrel house, this one can
be as bouncy as you like.
In fact, there's a piece in the book called [A] Bouncy Boogie.
[Bm] [Eb] That in the key of D.
Before we look at any individual pieces, I'm going to suggest that you master some on-off,
off-on chord rhythms.
[Bb] Now, with the barrel house, these are quite easy.
Here's an [G] on-off
rhythm.
First [N] chord on the beat, second chord off the beat on the two-hand.
That'll be in
between the left hand.
Now, when you're playing eight to the bar, that off the beat chord
will be with the second of the pair of [G] quavers.
So you need to [N] master that around the twelve
bar sequence until you're absolutely comfortable with the chord changes.
The left hand shuffle itself is just the simplest version of a whole family of left hand styles
called the rocks.
They all use double notes, that's around the root and fifth, but they
involve sometimes a sixth and a blue third as well.
[F] The simplest example in the book
is on-off boogie.
Straight eights.
I think it's really important [D] to sort the coordination of these rhythms
out with on-off chords in the right hand before you try anything more adventurous.
So on-off
boogie, try the on-off chords in every bar [F] before you go any further.
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
Another example [D] uses this left hand.
[G]
[N] We're going to play a different type of on-off chord
in which the second chord is on the three-hand rather than the two-hand.
That's a bit later
[B] than the last example.
[G]
[Bm] [A] [G]
[N] Blues with pickups, page 66, demonstrates combining on-off chords with some thirds ideas
in the key of G with a left hand shuffle.
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[C] [G]
[N]
I'm going to continue to show you some really basic
blues piano techniques, as featured in [Ab] my book, Improvising Blues Piano, published by
Schott [G] Music.
This fifth clip focuses on a left hand style called the left hand shuffle.
Let's go.
So once you've mastered the barrel house left hand, [E] you can upgrade it to the left
hand shuffle.
Same notes, but eight to the bar.
[D]
[C] Unlike the barrel house, this one can
be as bouncy as you like.
In fact, there's a piece in the book called [A] Bouncy Boogie.
[Bm] [Eb] That in the key of D.
Before we look at any individual pieces, I'm going to suggest that you master some on-off,
off-on chord rhythms.
[Bb] Now, with the barrel house, these are quite easy.
Here's an [G] on-off
rhythm.
First [N] chord on the beat, second chord off the beat on the two-hand.
That'll be in
between the left hand.
Now, when you're playing eight to the bar, that off the beat chord
will be with the second of the pair of [G] quavers.
So you need to [N] master that around the twelve
bar sequence until you're absolutely comfortable with the chord changes.
The left hand shuffle itself is just the simplest version of a whole family of left hand styles
called the rocks.
They all use double notes, that's around the root and fifth, but they
involve sometimes a sixth and a blue third as well.
[F] The simplest example in the book
is on-off boogie.
Straight eights.
I think it's really important [D] to sort the coordination of these rhythms
out with on-off chords in the right hand before you try anything more adventurous.
So on-off
boogie, try the on-off chords in every bar [F] before you go any further.
[Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
Another example [D] uses this left hand.
[G]
[N] We're going to play a different type of on-off chord
in which the second chord is on the three-hand rather than the two-hand.
That's a bit later
[B] than the last example.
[G]
[Bm] [A] [G]
[N] Blues with pickups, page 66, demonstrates combining on-off chords with some thirds ideas
in the key of G with a left hand shuffle.
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[C] [G]
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
F
Bb
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Hello, [G] my name is Tim Richards.
I'm going to continue to show you some really basic
blues piano techniques, as featured in [Ab] my book, Improvising Blues Piano, published by
Schott [G] Music.
This fifth clip focuses on a left hand style called the left hand shuffle.
Let's go.
So once you've mastered the barrel house left hand, _ [E] you can upgrade it to the left
hand shuffle.
Same notes, but eight to the bar.
[D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Unlike the barrel house, this one can
be as bouncy as you like.
In fact, there's a piece in the book called [A] Bouncy Boogie.
_ [Bm] _ [Eb] That in the key of D.
Before we look at any individual pieces, I'm going to suggest that you master some on-off,
off-on chord rhythms.
[Bb] Now, with the barrel house, these are quite easy.
Here's an [G] on-off
rhythm.
First _ [N] chord on the beat, second chord off the beat on the two-hand.
That'll be in
between the left hand.
Now, when you're playing eight to the bar, that off the beat chord
will be with the second of the pair of [G] quavers. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So you need to [N] master that around the twelve
bar sequence until you're absolutely comfortable with the chord changes.
The left hand shuffle itself is just the simplest version of a whole family of left hand styles
called the rocks.
They all use double notes, that's around the root and fifth, but they
involve sometimes a sixth and a blue third as well.
[F] The simplest example in the book
is on-off boogie.
_ _ Straight eights.
I think it's really important [D] to sort the coordination of these rhythms
out with on-off chords in the right hand before you try anything more adventurous.
So on-off
boogie, try the on-off chords in every bar [F] before you go any further. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
Another example [D] uses this left hand.
_ [G] _ _
[N] We're going to play a different type of on-off chord
in which the second chord is on the three-hand rather than the two-hand.
That's a bit later
[B] than the last example.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [N] Blues with pickups, page 66, demonstrates combining on-off chords with some thirds ideas
in the key of G with a left hand shuffle.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [C] _ Hello, [G] my name is Tim Richards.
I'm going to continue to show you some really basic
blues piano techniques, as featured in [Ab] my book, Improvising Blues Piano, published by
Schott [G] Music.
This fifth clip focuses on a left hand style called the left hand shuffle.
Let's go.
So once you've mastered the barrel house left hand, _ [E] you can upgrade it to the left
hand shuffle.
Same notes, but eight to the bar.
[D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Unlike the barrel house, this one can
be as bouncy as you like.
In fact, there's a piece in the book called [A] Bouncy Boogie.
_ [Bm] _ [Eb] That in the key of D.
Before we look at any individual pieces, I'm going to suggest that you master some on-off,
off-on chord rhythms.
[Bb] Now, with the barrel house, these are quite easy.
Here's an [G] on-off
rhythm.
First _ [N] chord on the beat, second chord off the beat on the two-hand.
That'll be in
between the left hand.
Now, when you're playing eight to the bar, that off the beat chord
will be with the second of the pair of [G] quavers. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So you need to [N] master that around the twelve
bar sequence until you're absolutely comfortable with the chord changes.
The left hand shuffle itself is just the simplest version of a whole family of left hand styles
called the rocks.
They all use double notes, that's around the root and fifth, but they
involve sometimes a sixth and a blue third as well.
[F] The simplest example in the book
is on-off boogie.
_ _ Straight eights.
I think it's really important [D] to sort the coordination of these rhythms
out with on-off chords in the right hand before you try anything more adventurous.
So on-off
boogie, try the on-off chords in every bar [F] before you go any further. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
Another example [D] uses this left hand.
_ [G] _ _
[N] We're going to play a different type of on-off chord
in which the second chord is on the three-hand rather than the two-hand.
That's a bit later
[B] than the last example.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [N] Blues with pickups, page 66, demonstrates combining on-off chords with some thirds ideas
in the key of G with a left hand shuffle.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _