TUTORIAL • Eb Boogie-Woogie Exercise • Two-Handed Piano
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Here's a single chorus etude for intermediate players wishing to play boogie-woogie in the glorious key of Eb. This is my second tutorial on Eb boogie. The first video focused on just the left hand, but this video includes both a left hand and right hand pattern. This left hand pattern is slightly different than the previous one I taught, but it involves the same muscles and notes, so practicing it should be helpful here.
TWO TIPS:
1) You don't have to play this exactly as I do. All that really matters is that you're working on building your left hand strength and learning on how to feel the pulse together with both hands. If a simplified or totally different right hand pattern emerges, go with it!
2) Unless you're a seasoned intermediate or advanced player, this isn't a quick fix tutorial. If you enjoy it, allow yourself to work on this for weeks or months. Don't get discouraged by how long it takes. It's very difficult, but stick with it!
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thanks a lot for the tutorial, its a great boogie groove this one, and like the way you play it too.
Thanks!
One of the best instructionals I've seen Ethan - you keep it simple and concise. Love that LH pattern - but after 60 years playing what I play -- You can imagine the repetition needed at age 69 to get to the point where you forget the LH. :)
Thanks Tim! I hope you give it the left hand a go! Noodle around with the right hand, and you'd pick it up before long. Plus , what else is time for but practicing the same thing over and over again on piano!? 🙂🙃🙂
@@EthanLeinwand I am very much giving it a go. I love this mid-tempo barrelhouse style (more than the Albert Ammons School). It took me 6 months aged 12-13 to get the Dust My Broom type figures (shuffle left - triplets right) - people don't realise justr how much repetition of something is needed to really have the figure as part of one's chops. And I can assure you the older you get - the harder the muscle memory is to get ingrained. What is great about your videos afe that they concentrate on just the one thing - which is great and achievable (compare and contrast Dr John's videos!!!) . i remember talking to the Hammoond Player in Stanton Moore's trio -- who uses his left hand rather than pedals and was a piano player first about how he got his left hand so good at playing funk bass lines. He said he'd sit in front of the TV with a small synth on his lap - and just play the patterns over and over silently whilst watching TV. Peops don't realise what an obsessive thing playing an instrument is :) :)
So true. I remember practicing the traditional boogie left hand till I would fall asleep at the keyboard. That first push is so daunting. It's a funny thing that the more effortless it looks, the more effort it probably took. Some people think it's about talent, but it's really just about obsession !
Thanks for this Ethan! It's great! Trying to ultimately master State Street Special. Using this to cut my teeth. Good stuff!
Glad to hear it! Best of luck!
Hi Ethan,
I now feel the pulse in both my hands in playing the low down boogie in Bb. I studied also the turnaround completely. So, this tutorial, I will regularly practice, to become my own. As for the tutorial : Countryblues stride stompfeel in F: I started with the left hand doing all the needed strides. And began a bit playing the righthand stompfeel. What a joy! I continue to stick to my schedule ! Thanks, again.
Thank you for the update Rik! It inspires me to keep making them!
With much pleasure!
These tutorial videos are great, thanks for making them! I'm trying (but failing) to learn Pinetops Boogie as Dr John played it - this video is very useful with that.
I definitely spent hours and hours with those Dr. John videos. Some of the first Eb I every played was with his Mess Around. At the time, it was the hardest thing I'd ever tried to learn. Dr. John is a super tough pianist to learn from , I find, because he has particularly idiosyncratic approach and his own way of playing everything....not to mention just the ease at which he plays 10ths!
@@EthanLeinwand yeah the tenths are just crazy, he's not even stretching. The way he glides up and down the keys with his eyes closed is very rare. He seemed to get so many noted crammed in to a few beats but his hands were hardly moving.
Yes, so much nuance and subtlety in everything he does! A lifetime of playing.
The left hand part I have already studied . I ‘m gonna work out this completely in my schedule. And then to go on with the right hand.
A really fantastic tutorial!
Rik Dedeene from Belgium.
Have fun!
Yes, surely I will have. Thanks.
Oooooh I like this one a lot , 🍻
Glad to hear it!
I hear and see some Jimmy Yancy. Nice licks. Different. Thanks for posting.
For sure! Yancey's language is the bedrock for me.
Fantastic! I’ve got this left hand down from your previous tutorials. Looking forward to developing the right hand.
Hope the slight variation on the left hand doesn't give you too much trouble!
@@EthanLeinwand Extend this one man, it's 👌
I start to feel the pulse in my both hands. Everyday a bit more and more. In my schedule, I can practice 2 hours a day. So, I continue.
Rik from Belgium.
Love to hear that you're making progress!
Thank you ! I continue practicing.
I should get cozier with flat keys
Dude. Yes. In particular, Db , which has , i think , a dark tone which would work great for some of the sounds you're after!