PART I: THE BASICS Chapter 1: Getting Started Typical Blues Keyboard Instruments Keyboard Posture Organization of the Keyboard Musical Notation-Pitch Musical Notation-Time Other Important Symbols and Info Putting It All Together: The Grand Staff
Chapter 2: Basic Music Theory Intervals Scales The 12 Major Scales Modes of the Mapr Scale Minor Scales Key Signatures Relative Minor Parallel Minor The Circle of 5ths
Chapter 3: Harmony Introduction to Triads 7th Chords Chord Progressions D.S., D.C. and Coda
Chapter 4: Blusic Theory Blue Notes Pentatonic Scales The Minor Blues Scale The Major Blues Scale The 12-Bar Blues Simply the Blues Blues Lyric Structure Lonesome Blues Transposing the Blues Progression
PART 2: BLUES STYLES Chapter 5: Early Blues Blues Origins and History Blues on the Move Folk Blues/Delta Blues Robert Johnson's Style Clarksdale Blues
Chapter 6: The Barrelhouse Style Barrelhouse Blues Piano Style Texarkana Stomp Triplets and the Shuffle Feel Barrelhouse Variations Rustic Shack Blues "Champion" Jack Dupree Champion's Blues Classic Intros, Endings, and Turnarounds Two-Handed Variations Introduction to Blues Improvisation Clarksdale Blues
Chapter 7: New Orleans Blues New Orleans and the Caribbean Inflence 8- and 16-Bar Blues Progressions Professor Longhair's "Rhumba Boogie" Style The Professor's Blues
Chapter 8: Chicago Blues Introduction to Chicago Blues The Piano in Chicago Blues Chicago Shuffle Feel Chicago Bass Patterns Extended Intro Stop Time Otis Spann's Chicago Style South Side Blues
Chapter 9: Boogie Woogie Introduction to Boogie Woogie The Jimmy Yancey Style Advanced Boogie Technique Albert Ammons. Meade "Lux" Lewis, and Pete Johnson Evolution Boogie More About Improvisation Chicago Blues Play-Along
Chapter 10: Stride and Ragtime Scott Joplin and Ragtime The Piedmont Blues The Left-Hand Stride Style 125th Street Blues
Chapter 11: Gospel Blues Gospel and the Blues Rubato Style Playing the B-3 Organ Advanced B-3 Ideas Secondary Dominants More Secondary Dominants Blues in Triple Meter Sunday Blues
Chapter 12: Rhythm and Blues to Rock and Roll A Memphis Sound Playing Off a Riff Whole Lot of Rockin Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, and Little Richard Ray Charles and His Style Say What? Playing Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes
Chapter 13: Jazz and the Blues Intro to Jazz Walking Bass Line A Kansas City Sound: Count Basie KC's Other Blues Bebop Blues Charlie Parker and the Bird Blues Minor Blues and Variations NY Subway Blues
Chapter 14: Funk, Soul, and Motown Intro to Funk, Soul, and Motown Sixteenth Notes Sixteenth-Note Practice Ideas The Motown Sound Soul City Blues The Stax Records Sound Orange Peppers James Brown and Other Funky Styles How Mr. Brown Feels
PART 3: ADVANCED CONCEPTS Chapter 15: Playing in a Blues Band Playing with Bass Playing with Guitar Playing with Singers. Horns, and Harmonica Playing with Drums and a Full Band
Chapter 16: Improvisation and Composition Advanced Improvisation Ideas Building a Solo Composing Your Own Blues
Chapter 17: Advanced Techniques Playing in Octaves Rolling Octaves Basic Block Chord Ideas Shoe Shop Blues Fast Playing Advanced Concepts Conclusion Suggested Listening