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Thread #78364 Message #1407425
Posted By: Jeanie
12-Feb-05 - 03:11 PM
Thread Name: Trying to learn to play piano, any tips?
Subject: RE: BS: Trying to learn to play piano, any tips?
I've been resurrecting my long-lost piano-playing by working through this (extremely thick and weighty) workbook of tunes and exercises: "Improvising Blues Piano" by Tim Richards, publ. Schott (www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk) ISBN 0-946535-97-3, which comes with an accompanying CD to play along to. I've found that the regular left-hand patterns and bass lines for blues and boogie have been a big help in getting to grips with left/right hand independence when I attempt different styles of music. That and keeping at it !