FASTFORWARD: 12-BAR BLUES PIANO

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Summary: Rocking Book
Review: Everything that a budding blues pianist needs in the quest for entertainment mastery. A must for anyone who needs to spice up thier playing.

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Summary: Basic Instruction with a Great CD
Review: This book provides a painless introduction to playing blues piano in six styles: Basic Shuffle, Boogie Woogie, Walking Bass, Stride, Jazz, and Rock. It presents the left and right hand parts separately, then throws them together. Each example has two tracks on the CD, with and without the piano part. The left hand parts are quite complete, but the right hand parts are a little thin, leaving out slides, crushed notes and tremelos. However, the backing tracks on the CD are outstanding. Once you master the material in the book, you can reuse the CD backing tracks with licks from other books like David Bennet Cohen's Blues Piano or Mark Harrison's Blues Piano. Had the author included more material, this could be a 5 satr book.