Thank you for your kind words. This one was way way way more fun than last lesson: Hanon.
And it was actually not that hard, lot of repeating patterns, just with a little variations. Intro and turnaround were familiar. And come on - the bassline! We can do this while sleeping.

Sophia Wait, what? Let me remind you:

WieWaldi Only one thing: Don't you dare to post a third time in a row before!!!!! 👺This feels humiliating. 😖

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Sophia Every time you submit a lesson I am even happier I started this same course, because it always gives me incentive to keep on going 🙂

This is great to hear. But don't forget Alfred and Gale! They are teaching you the fundamentals you could probably miss out on the Blues lessons. Pedaling for instance. Or playing with dynamics. Understanding 7th chords in major, minor, diminished, augmented, half-diminished, flat five and then there are the 9th and 11th and all the inversions on top.

Btw, A Classy Rag sounds really nice. I would try to learn, but I don't have the sheet music.

        WieWaldi But don't forget Alfred and Gale! They are teaching you the fundamentals you could probably miss out on the Blues lessons. Pedaling for instance. Or playing with dynamics. Understanding 7th chords in major, minor, diminished, augmented, half-diminished, flat five and then there are the 9th and 11th and all the inversions on top.

        Nod nod, yes. I know. Eat your horrible vegetables before the ice cream. I hear you!

          Ok, I'm a little ashamed to submit this lesson. I forgot to set the piano to a more echo-y setting, so the sound is very, very dull. I like the simplified boogie left hand, but I HATE the harmonies overal. It didn't help that every time my husband heard me practice, he wrinkled his nose and said "I don't like this piece" and then I had to explain it's not a piece, it's a means to an end that will hopefully lead somewhere, someday 🤫 And lastly, I completely fumbed on the ending. We were supposed to go smoothly into the MOAT (as Christian said, we should wake up at 3am by now and play it smoothly immediately after. Yes, he used a ruder example).

          And finally, as if I haven't complained enough just yet.... when is Christian going to teach us proper endings? So far, every exercise just stops after the 12th chord, boom. I tried to come up with a finishing chord, and my first try sounded horrible, so I quickly changed it to two other notes. But that is just me fumbling. I want to learn a smooth and suave ending, one that befits a complete piece (or even a boring exercise).

          But I have had enough of this lesson and want to move on to number 12 😬 So, reluctantly, here it is, lesson 11!
          No 🤠 for me just yet!

            You got this new left hand rocking. 👏For now, this is the most advanced LH and if I remember correctly there is no LH getting more complicated than that, not in the lovely beginners course. Okay, a few chord progressions for slow Blues will replace the LH-patterns later on. They are not that easy as well. But you can play them slower. As additional exercise, you can apply this Boogie left hand with earlier lessons licks. I did, and it was quite hard to be honest. But I think it helped me getting better hand independence.
            About the MOAT, you just need to replace the last two C-bars without hesitation. No gap, no pause and it works as an ending.

            Sophia When is Christian going to teach us proper endings?

            Easy Blues Piano course lesson 2 - at the very end of it.

              Sophia And finally, as if I haven't complained enough just yet.... when is Christian going to teach us proper endings?

              Most of the turnarounds also work as endings, just play a C chord. Example from an early lesson:

              I can make a little recording of me playing this (and others) later if you like.

              Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.

                Yes please!!! Thank you 😃 Up to now my exercises just... end... nothing more. I'd love to get that a little more smooth even at my level 😃

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                  Sophia Cool, will do. I need to see if I can set my cellphone up at the over the top angle that Christian uses ...

                  Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.

                      TC3 Sophia Cool, will do. I need to see if I can set my cellphone up at the over the top angle that Christian uses ...

                      Very good idea. Here is my take of using a turnaround as ending:
                      (and a real ending, okay better, but the turnaround works quite good, too)

                        Awesome awesome awesome thank you guys!!!!!!!!!! That's GREAT, I love those chords and progressions!! VERY helpful 😃 I will take that as lesson #11.5 and see if I can implement at least one of those endings into #12 🙂

                        Soon I'll have to change my avatar... I'm too far into blues now 😁 Maybe when I graduate from lovely beginner...

                        P S. I'm so jealous of your ability to talk and sing while playing!

                          Sophia Excellent, looking forward to hearing your implementations!

                          BTW, Rowlf is my favorite pianist. 😃

                          Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.

                            Just in the interests of making a meaningful contribution to this thread ...

                            I'm working through a neat book, Sitting In: Blues Piano. Unlike a lot of other blues books that focus on solo playing, this one leans more on how to play in a group. The lesson I'm working on now is a jump blues / early rock 'n' roll tunes that makes good use of this pattern:

                            The LH is quite comfy but the RH is quite the workout! They aren't even asking for that fast a tempo (98 BPM), though I'd love to play it faster (maybe 120 bpm). I'm trying really hard to play the RH without battering my poor fingers to death ... Relaxation is the key, but it sure is hard to do with something like this.

                            Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.

                            Very nice! I have also started lesson 12 (I took a break from blues yesterday). So now I also really listened to your videos, instead of just saying ahhh 😃

                            WieWaldi, That was some very impressive playing! Yes, I know we can play that humpty dumpty left hand in our dreams now, but still. I will study your ending in more detail, because that's a lick Christian hasn't covered yet, believe it or not 😃

                            TC: I really love the "more and more spice". The first ending (C chord) I said "oh, yeah, I could think that up, it's boring enough" (NOT SAYING YOU WERE BORING! I'm saying I am lol). Then you added the "spice it up a little" (C7) and was so much nicer, but still a LITTLE bland. Then spicing up some more - "that's more like it!!!" (C9).

                            Of course then you went into the half steps and the sustain pedal and that's where I started drooling... now we're talking! Such exciting sounding combinations!

                            Again, thank you both so much much for taking the time to record those - it'll be awesome to finish my dull exercises with an actual exciting finish, rather than just lifting my hands "done" 🥰

                              Sophia Quite welcome!!! 😊😊😊

                              Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.

                                Sophia I will study your ending in more detail, because that's a lick Christian hasn't covered yet, believe it or not 😃

                                The first ending (turnaround) is something you already know.
                                The second one is in Easy Blues Piano lesson 2. Wait for it.

                                I wanted just to demonstrate, the turnarounds work very well as ending. Just play them in time without hesitating and slow down while playing it.

                                  Well, I started lesson 12 for real now... it's so smooth, I like it! I also just now found out that he sent me the wrong book... I thought I purchased the bundle of his entire course... and I did. But instead of book 3, he sent me book 1, 2 and Easy Licks in C. I don't mind, I'll just buy volume 3 separately. WieWaldi, is this the course you are following?

                                  The link to his playlist doesn't work so I just want to make sure. Then I'll get that as well 🙂

                                    I got this one: https://christianssheetmusic.com/products/blues-piano-for-beginners-iii-for-the-youtube-series-part-12

                                    Yours looks like the stuff I am working on (Easy Blues Piano).
                                    VOL.II definitely is what I am currently working on, I can confirm as the pdf starts with the same title page as in your picture. I can't tell about volume 1 + 3, as vol.1 doesn't have the title page in the pdf and I have not reached Volume 3, yet. (Yes - I am slow) But what your picture shows looks like the first 3 volumes of the Easy Course.

                                    Can't tell anything about "Easy Licks in C", but it could be fitting to this video. Sometimes he sells sheet music and the video is not listed, you can find it only via a link in the sheet-music. Does it have such a link on the first page? (Don't share the link, here. If Christian only want to provide the video for the sheet music customers, let him)

                                    poor Sophia 😢
                                    looks like you are doomed to continue now 😁

                                    LOL! I know right??? If I spend the money... it means I must do it 😃 The Easy Licks in C has this cover:

                                    I'm sure bundling that book instead of the 3rd part of the course was a mistake, but that's okay. I purchased it now and also the Easy Blues course. Now I have no excuse anymore not to continue (not that I wanted one) 🤩

                                    Edit: I also wanted to add how much I enjoy this course! I completely forgot to mention that. I wanted to learn boogie woogie a long time ago, but any time I went into a Youtube tutorial, they would encourage to practise a boring left hand over and over and over for hours, days, weeks, months, non stop. Well, I'm not a factory worker... I like to make music. Practising is fine, but not like that! Sit in front of the TV and let my left hand play play play mindlessly. Besides, if I really did that, I think the people around me would quickly call some men in white coats!

                                    So I appreciate this course. Christian provides the right amount of difficulty and it is never boring. He deserves some money for sure 😊 And thank you WieWaldi for mentioning this course, way back when, in another forum even!

                                    4 days later

                                    Easy Blues Piano lesson 7 is huge...
                                    Maybe not particular hard, or maybe it is...?
                                    It is at least not technically challenging. It is just to have a LH chord progression with 16 chords. 15(!) of them are all entirely different. Only the C triad is on bar 1 and 8, that's it.
                                    I have the feeling this will never reach my muscle memory, nor can my brain somehow remember it. I can play em very slowly by read-playing, just feels not fluid in any sense.

                                    Oh that's so interesting! I actually feel the same about my lesson 12. I'm enjoying the "riffs in C". But I'm only 1/3 in and he already introduced two left hand patterns, two riff variations and five licks. I just can't remember it all, as soon as I add a new one to my memory, I forget three old patterns. I might have to cave and use the sheet music, record it in stages, or simplify the lesson.