How To Play a Basic Blues Shuffle Rhythm

This lesson has been taken from my latest course: The Beginner's Guide To The Blues - inside the PianoPig Academy!

We're going to be learning how to play a basic blues shuffle rhythm in the left-hand. It's fun, easy to play and will get you jamming along to the blues straight away.

If you have any questions, just leave a comment below!

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[allorgansnobody]

Left Hand: yes wow this is the simplest thing I've ever played
Right Hand: *presses a note*
Left Hand: WHERE AM I, WHAT IS GOING ON, WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS

[Piano_Pig]

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[lindacoled]

Luvn it luvn it luvn it !!!!keep the grooves coming 🎼

[lawrencetaylor]

Merci beaucoup. Very informative and easy lesson to follow along.

[nigellilburn]

Start at 1:15 and get yerself a bit more practice time

[jackk]

Hi piano pig, I have a question. When Alicia Keys play <Fallen>, she plays some really sweet notes after repeatly playing the Em7 and Bm7 . What is the theory behind it? Pls teach us .

[Craterbiglarge]

hey pianopig thanks again your videos are so much easier to understand than anything else i've found, i was wondering if there is anything on thelonius monk in your academy? I am having trouble understanding how to properly "feel" that rhythm that bebop players use, i checked out your approach techniques i just am struggling with that weird swing

[recon]

Thank you Simon, thank you very much.

[velcroman]

Starting learners off with F major is, I think flawed.  Starting the learner with C major is far better because there are not black notes to worry about.  "Keep it simple"Here it is in C major |C-C-C-C | F-F-C-C|G-F-C-C|  This works great for the learner and will give them a good foundation to move on and play a 12 bar blues in ANY key.

[pedaphelps]

How about one in C the way they did Garden of Eden on the movie Eddie and The Cruisers????

[mzhkhokhar]

Plz reply. I want to know how to start any piano piece in front of audience. Are there any opening piano pieces to play in the beginning before playing the desired song? What we call those piano pieces in music? Any specific term.

[Solomon.Y_Music]

Hey my dear brother 💙 your All the videos amazing wonderfull excellent little later IAM going to joining .. tq

[Shane-bw]

im a guitarist but due to hand problems im thinking about trying piano

[kamerakaytta]

Hi PianoPig

Which application do you use to show these keyboards and please how do you connect it to your keyboard.
We have electronic piano and Mac.

All the best

[jackk]

Or maybe like this Blues shuffle u play, I feel like some melody after u played the first four bar or at the end of this twelve bar, but I don’t know how to play it out from my head

[mugabonzizafredy]

I can sing interval do re mi fa sol la ti do but i can't play a melody or transcribe it unless it is also an ascending do -ti or ti-do (descending)
Ear training hacks plz

[jackk]

And pls don’t worry abt ppl telling u to start with Key C for beginners . Not everyone agree with that. I m having fun of what u ve been teaching so far

[sharkbenson]

I wonder what the narrator sounds like when he's angry...?

[staingem]

Hi Simon, may i know what camera and lense you used for this video, cam for showing hands and yor face... Im sory for my english, im from indo..

[SpicySundaes]

The basic shuffle sounds like the harvest moon theme