Friday, September 9, 2011

How do I learn to play "bluesy" piano fills when playing a song like "Old Time Rock and Roll" on the piano?

I'm not sure exactly what notes and fills to use when accompanying myself singing songs such as "Old Time Rock and Roll" and other similar rock/pop songs. I am an advanced pianist technically, but my improvisation skills are not as strong. I understand and know which chords to play for the songs, but I don't completely understand which "bluesy" notes fit and when to use them when doing piano fills and soloing to make the piano accompaniment more interesting. Any advice or resources would be greatly appreciated.|||Using pentatonic scales are a great way to get an improv, bluesy feel.


In C:


C Eb F F# G Bb


1 m3 4 a4/d5 5 m7.





(Oh i see Kyles got the same scale!)





You can literally play anything with those notes and it will come out bluesy! Even playing it as a scale with some syncopation sounds good.|||learn to incorporate chromatic passing tones, ESPECIALLY utilizing the tritone when moving from the 4th to the 5th and vice versa. as a guitarist. the blues scale is one of the first we are forced to learn. and i do mean FORCED, lol.





P1-m3-P4-A4-P5-m7-P8


and/or


P1-m3-P4-P5-m7-M7-P8


are two scales to know





use the dissonances as passing tones on non stressed beats between 2 consonant intervals

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