Lesson 13: How To Play Rock n Roll Piano (plus Jerry Lee Lewis left hand)

[DrKBoogieWoogie]

Cheers. I will do a series soon devoted solely to rock n roll piano. Jerry Lee Lewis' piano style is a world unto itself and deserves in depth treatment. Thanks for your encouraging comments. BK

[yorkieboyful]

Brendan, you are a star!!! I have played drums for years with bands and therefore have the independence in my hands, but this has been a burning ambition for some time now to obtain a reasonable standard of proficiency on the piano. Your lessons are an invaluable source of learning. again, many thanks

[painomann]

I can't stop listening to this one video. Over the course of 4 months I've listened to this one well over 100 times, keep em coming Brendan!

[billywirtz]

Another terrific lesson. You are doing a great service to piano players everywhere. Especailly cool is the way you show he difference between Rock N Roll and Blues. Great stuff!! You're also one hell of a player!!

[jpachter]

Brendan:  My 16-year-old son and I heard some Boogie Woogie piano this past week when we were on vacation in Florida, and ever since we have been throroughly enjoying and learning from your videos.  For now, I play the left hand and he plays your right hand riffs, and it sounds fantastic!!  Thanks so much for these great videos!!

[phillscarr]

Thanks for this Brendan. I spent ages being a reasonable boogie woogie pianist but found myself stuck in a bit of a rutt. Your videos have inspired me to work on my playing and have added an extra dimension. I particularly love your Jerry Lee Lewis stuff. Please keep it coming!

[diederikvalsap]

Great video, as always :) You've had a lesson about pentatonic scales. Maybe a idea for a future lesson would be to make a video about when to use which scale. E.g. if you play in C, you could use the C minor blues scale or the A minor (or actually C major) blues scale. I hope you'll consider it, thanks!

[DrKBoogieWoogie]

To be honest, I don't think I'd find teaching this way rewarding. Need to have face to face contact for proper lessons.

[chrisfitzhugh]

Love your work. I look at these things over and over and over and over. I look forward to seeing your new stuff too. I'm 66. I've seen Jerry Lee a bunch of times. I remember back about 30 years ago being in position to see his hands and how that shed light (for me) on what he was playing. I also recall a conversation I had with Eddie Harsch in '88 (then piano 4 Albert Collins) how I'd like to be able to create a loop and watch stuff over & over. Would love slow motion too if possible. Thanks.

[ursulaziegeroski]

I simply love the way you play since I watched the first "public piano" music with you👏👏👏👏👏

[gingtwig]

just found this video, and watched the 'how to use this channel' - thankyou for taking the time to help people who don't have time/money for lessons. Love the internet.Thanks man

[zacharysinger]

Brenden-KEEP THE BOOGIE WOOGIE COMING! And come to New Orleans to play!

[DrKBoogieWoogie]

I will post a few rock n roll lessons next week just for you. Cheers. BK

[vxcetib]

Tutti-Frutti --- это самая великое музыкальное произведение мире!!!

[PYE]

1st time I have seen you on here . yes you rock . I just love to make it up as I go along . I do 12 bar blues . but I am not that fast at it . but with me when I sit at the piano and make up turns I just get lost in my music and time gos fast.

[peppapig-mfcs]

Makes it fun to learn from you...always soulful...

[a.jhuamanno]

AMAZING!! doo little richard good golly miss molly!please

[charleskallay]

Singing helps me keep rhythm, with trumpet and keyboard.

[zouyuhang]

你好！Hello！I am from china, thanks for your lesson, I first watch your video from chinese youtube youku(优酷），very less playnist can play boogie woogie in china，I want learn these ，I love this music！Thank you，感谢！

[bo.]

aaaa this is just AMAZING... a very good lesson, and a very good player. i love it.