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) • Video
Bobby Shew, Bags' Groove (F Blues) • Bag's Groove
Chet Baker, Red's Blues (F Blues) • Chet Baker - Red's Blu...
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Blues March (Bb Blues) • Art Blakey & the Jazz ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, C Jam Blues (C Blues) • C Jam Blues (Live)
Charlie Parker, Billie's Bounce (F Blues) • Billie's Bounce / Char...
Charlie Parker, Now's the Time (F Blues) • Now's The Time / Charl...
Thelonius Monk, Blue Monk (Bb Blues) • Thelonious Monk - Blue...
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: www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/downloa...
Blues Riff Examples for Bb Instruments
Riffs 1 & 2 www.dropbox.com/s/0xnjqcf0rrl...
Riff 3 www.dropbox.com/s/i9vcq6os7ra...
Bags' Groove 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

[@beboron3930]

Thank you!

[@cooganbeggs4942]

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge Mark! I’ve been struggling with improvisation for many years and it’s now time to go back to the basics 👍

[@gmindlin]

Clear and concise. Loved it.

[@drpfh2008]

Good stuff. Thanks for posting. Gives me more tools for my weekly blues jam activities.

[@matiaslerenaclaussen6502]

Please share the sheet of the presentation

[@ernestkwadzoalorde1305]

I still don't get it and I don't know why

[@MarkMorganTrumpet]

Man I’m sorry to hear that. If you want to setup a lesson, we can go over this in detail and answer any questions you have.

[@trumpettradesman]

Useful stuff here! Thank you