Beginners blues/boogie/rock discussion

Nightowl I agree with Sophia that printing Christian's scores is an option. So far, I am mostly using the scores after watching the lesson couple of times. To be honest first three lessons have repetitive bars, so the score is open just as a reminder.

I also agree that it is difficult in a different way than the method book. Even that simple LH is tricky because of swing pattern. Yes, hands separate is easy but when playing hands together, my left hand likes to rush or drag and messes up the rhythm. For example; lesson three introduces triplets that's supposed to fit together with one LH beat. There's nothing like that in my method book so far.

I saw this book review video yesterday. These are repertoire books and not just blues. But they were very tempting. I had to remind myself that I already have too many things going on. And don't have enough practice time.

I think musicians sell more stuff if they simply put "Easy" on the title. Because there are more beginners naturally. Technically it is not a lie. It will be easy for some people. But it is a trap for real beginners

hebele I think musicians sell more stuff if they simply put "Easy" on the title.

Nope. He started the easy course with something like "it is time to drop the word beginner, because we are now beyond that". I think the easy course fits quite well to the difficulty of the 8 easy blues pieces in terms of difficulty. Easy means easy. Since I tried to play a Christian's Christmas song arrangement, (a medium difficulty, I guess) I know the easy stuff is easy. This medium/intermediate level song was so hard to learn for me, I only managed to learn the first half of it. Took me 20 days. And my playing was as error prone as the water is wet. It took me an entire day to get a decent recording, and even then I had to cut two attempts into a single video to get a half of the song done.

One thing to mention - Christian is from Germany. He doesn't know about Bavarian beginner grades^TM. He constantly jumps over all the levels to amateur. I reckon it was something like this:

Bloody beginner - beginner - advanced beginner - amateur - make a YouTube channel with piano tutorials

Sophia Wow - so lovely! It sound great. The ending as well. You improved your slides tremendous. You are absolutely right, now you are a true total beginner^TM. You proved it. I know, it doesn't sound quite flattering, but it is. You don't become tired of telling I am always a step or two ahead of you. But after this recital, I know the opposite is true. I am a step behind you. With the flawless and quite difficult submission you proved it.
Maybe your blues lesson videos contain same flaws here and there, call 'em random errors. But as you said, you consider this as a lesson and nothing more. I spend sometimes an entire day to get a decent recording done.

Next one is on me. Actually I could record it already, but I am away from piano and recording equipment. My dad is in hospital and it isn't going well. But that's another story, this is a piano thread, so let's stick to it. Just wanted to say, I was (and still am) busy and I pledge to submit before you!
Otherwise you can call me a... well something that is so slow that a sloth seems to be steroids compared to me.

Sophia The left hand, though constantly repeating, is a little more tricky than it seems It's entirely different from the stuff we do in the Alfred books and in some ways I am finding the repeats rather hard to learn.

Oh, I didn't mean that particular piece you just uploaded - that's far more complex than the few very basic blues pieces I've played from the method books. I just meant that for some reason I do not struggle too much to play a swing rhythm with the LH, it feels quite natural and relaxing.

This thread has been a real education for me. In fact, playing piano has really broadened my knowledge of music, it's been good for keeping boredom at bay.

WieWaldi I'm sorry to hear about your father, I've been in that position and I remember how hard it was. When a parent is ill our roles suddenly reverse and we become the ones caring for them - it's hard to cope with and can be all consuming. Don't forget to take care of yourself too - you need to stay strong. The piano can wait, you have other priorities right now.

Nightowl Thank you very much, Nightowl.

Sophia just had a chance to listen. That is great, sounds lovely. It is like peeking through a window to the future. I can get there (in a year or two) if I keep up!

Sophia (I think that was 7)

I think it was lesson 14, the St. Louis Blues from the quartety recital in May, PianoWorld.
Wow, this was only 9 month ago and you did more than just catching up. You are far more advanced now, than I was back then.

Sophia and I found this convenient shortcut before you did

Mmmmm.... well... yes... indeed...

I still don't pedal properly, but I explained you, how it works. Don't remind me bout that, this make me look like a

Here is my current state of "Blues Piano for Beginners" lesson 3:

Tempo is slow but still has mistakes. And I am getting tired of it. I think my piano's C2,G2,A2 are going to feel different than other keys because of the abuse . I'd like to move on. But I've just checked lesson 4 scores and there are 5 pages! That's going to be fun .

hebele Very well played. Especially the turnaround had a very cool groove and perfect tempo. And you played the royals with slides. Nice! The bluesscale was very crisp and clear in both directions, congrats. This, and your playing is stable enough to do it twice, should give you confidence.

Sophia I think we have found ourselves a new victim to call annoyingly talented.

Hahaha. No. It's you, Sophia! If you want to hoax him, you need to find something new.
I always said, you are the one who is learning is super high speed, and Nightowl calls you annoyingly talented. Basically same conclusion from both of us. No no, annoyingly talented sticks on you and you'll never get rid of it.

Sophia thank you. You are too kind. And I am sorry but I think I am pretty safe to be "a new victim to call annoyingly talented". You are on your own

WieWaldi thanks. I was trying to squeeze in those pesky slides from the previous lesson. Not completely there but they are definitely getting better.