![]() Does anybody still know how to jitterbug? Obviously the fast driving style with a hard fixed rhythm pattern in the left hand makes it a somewhat limited and inflexible type of music.Įspecially on the piano. So now you can beat me daddy 8 to the bar!Įight to the bar was a common phrase used to describe the BW feel. Nothing good, and in this case something that is this much fun, comes easy. If this sounds like a lot of work, well it is. Then put them together and work them up to speed. Then find some hot right hand licks and patterns then practice them on each chord, until your right arm nearly falls off. That's easy! Now find 2 or 3 left hand bass patterns that you like, then practice them with a steady beat until your left arm nearly falls off. Once you learn the blues form then just use it over and over for all boogie. ![]() ![]() And the musical form used for just about all BW tunes is a 12 bar blues form, with a 1-4-5 chord progression. Some fall easily under the left hand fingers, while the ones with more movement, such as walking 8th note octaves that follow the triad with a sixth or seventh, may actually take quite a lot of practice to master.Īs for the right hand licks and patterns, most are really nothing more than standard hot blues licks. There are many more patterns and permutations. The walking eighth note octave pattern and the running eighth note line are also quite common. The root-fifth, root-sixth pattern being the easiest and probably most used. There are at least 25 bass line configurations. Boogie woogie piano chords used are always basic triads, usually 1-4-5 and sometimes a 2 minor 7th. Most band arrangements did swing while most piano pieces at best used a dotted 8th note/16th note rhythm, which is more like a shuffle beat. Now, while some boogie woogie did swing, a lot of it did not, instead being played with a driving straight eighth note rhythm. It was perfect for swing dance, nick named "The Jitterbug". Stuffy classical teachers would not! A lot of the swing bands played it as a part of their repertoire. Most likely many teachers gave boogie woogie piano lessons. And every kid taking lessons during that time probably wanted to play it. Boogie woogie music could be heard everywhere. The Boogie Woogie Piano style was very popular in the 1930's and 40's. Here's a brief how to lesson, but first a bit of history. ![]()
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