Hayden Hill
Hayden founded PianoGroove in 2015 with the goal of making the world a more musical place. He shares his love for jazz piano through his online courses and manages the community area of PianoGroove.
January 24 · 2024
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An overview of the 12 bar slow blues in F. We then transpose the ideas to C and arrange the tune “Drown In My Own Tears” in the style of Ray Charles.
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Slow Blues “Drown In My Own Tears”
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I hope everyone enjoyed the seminar. The chapter markings have been added.
I will also add the blue highlights to the video notation so that it’s easier to follow along with the demonstrations.
Also be sure to listen to lots of slow blues, here’s my Spotify playlist of James Booker recordings: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2K7F2NDS2WVzIrjB1USjj9?si=69e0d89d57494070 – this isn’t an exhaustive slow blues playlist by any means, but it has helped me to develop an appreciation for the rhythmic nuances of the style.
If you have any questions with the material I covered in the seminar, just let me know.
Talk soon,
Hayden
Hayden…..Tha’s the stuff man!
Cheers,
Glenn
Great seminar. I’m out of country without a keyboard for 5 weeks so I’m overdosing on the blues courses, which are a great weakness of mine. I’ll go over this seminar again in significant detail when I can follow it along on my keyboard. Cheers.
Thanks for this seminar, Hayden. Love this tune. My hands-down favorite version is by Saffire and the Uppity Women’s Blues Band. You might want to check out their delicious piano part. Cheers, Colin
Hi Colin,
Thanks for the message and I’m glad you enjoyed the seminar. I’m listening to the ‘Saffire and the Uppity Women’s Blues Band’ version right now – what a great recording!
I’ve been on vacation this past week and I’ll be back at my piano tomorrow when I’ll study this record in more detail.
On a related note. I have recorded the first 15 lessons of a “slow blues in C course” which covers and expands upon all of the material in this seminar, and also lots more chord substitutions and gospel-blues style chord changes and techniques.
Our editor is working on the lessons now it will be ready in the next week or so. You will receive an update via email when it’s ready.
Thanks again for sharing the recording… this style is somewhat elusive to find recordings for inspiration.
In addition to the playlist in the Resources section of this page, here’s a more recent one that I created from trawling Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58wg5S92Ji3daxynK6ujDK?si=3a6c6e87dc0f45c2
Talk soon,
Hayden