Hi Brendan, I'm a new subscriber. I haven't played piano in 27 yrs! I have wanted to learn boogie, blues/rock my entire life! My uncle used to play and gave me 2 lessons and then moved across the country. My piano lessons consisted of classical music from little old ladies. I'm not knocking classical. It's great and it really gives a good knowledge base for music. But what I wanted and still want is to PLAY boogie/blues! So THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge and being SO INCREDIBLY PATIENT with all of us newbies! I replay and replay your videos. But sometimes, I just can't get something you play because you go over it bit fast for my slow mind. So THANK YOU for SLOWING THIS WAY DOWN!! I know its difficult and tedious for someone who had played most of his life. But we are forever in your debt AND you are helping keep this genre ALIVE!
brilliant Doc K. I,m 54 from leeds and am trying to get grade 5 abrsm but love the boogie and am trying to take in your lessons. Keep up the good work, cheers Rob ( trebor88).
lol - Absolutely excellent!! I've been working on your earlier slowed-down version of this (which is also superb) and have got the 1 & 4 chord sections but am still working out the 5. I was going to ask for another vid just on this...and here it is!! Many thanks again Brendan. Great job!
Brendan Kavanagh Hi Brendan. Well, I've now been working on this for 5 days and have now got it to where Les Dawson would be real proud of me :) Although I got the right hand alone pretty quickly, my problem is putting them together. In fact more than that, it is also trying to figure out exactly which beat of the chop each part goes with. To practice it, I've broken the right hand into 5 or 6 pieces and then just work on each bit to try and nail them individually before trying to stitch them together. I start the chop first and then come in with the right hand bit very naturally with no locking up of the hands. Funnily enough, the last bar was the biggest help in this regard, playing it over and over again. Many thanks again for your help Brendan :)
Hi Brendan, I found your channel about a month ago and have been working on the first 4 lessons of the How to play amazing boogie woogie piano. I have been playing my own, simple and rather boring boogie woogie since I was a teenager, (I'm 54 now), and have always wanted to do more. Your you tube videos are wonderful for me to learn to do this. I also got the free pages for the first 4 lessons and have been working with that and the videos almost daily. I am hoping to get the sheet music files for Christmas, (it's on my list). So I have the right hand down on Hammy's Boogie, not counting the quick little rifts you showed in this video, and I have the left hand chop down but putting them together is excruciating. Not physically painful but putting the two hands together is something my brain has not wrapped around yet. I figure if I keep going at it, one day it will click. But this video was very helpful for where I am now because you are showing me exactly what I need to do to make it a bit snazzier. I probably won't try to add the quick rifts in yet as I just now getting proficient with the basic notes but will keep watching this one over and over until they are burned into my brain. Thanks so much for being there to help my boogie woogie piano dreams come true.
+Roger Courser Hi Roger, good to hear about your progress. Study the Hands Together Lessons: ruclips.net/p/PLiqPOxHnrY0wqy3P5287w10wfIXzZgdrM&action_edit=1 Also, your progress will speed up 10x with the sheet music transcriptions and other stuff which comes with the Badass Boogie Bundles. See it more as an investment rather than a Christmas Present! Cheers, Dr K.
Thanks for the helpful videos and also for the reference to a Russian proverb, though it may originate from ancient times, like 'Repetitio est mater studiorum'
I reallg need to put my iPad on the piano and "play-along-a-brendan" !! Brilliant so far and getting towards the Elton John improvisation status! (Not an insult). lol
Dr. K I have been asked to riff for about 8 bars or so on Sing For Your Supper. Chords are F7, G minor 7, 2nd measure: F7, 3rd measure B flat 6, D minor 7, 4th measure: G minor 7, C 9, repeat. It's in a kind of Andrews Sisters upbeat boogie style. Can you help?
Thanks, Brendan ! Hey, could you show a few right hand riffs from Crazy Hands BoogieWoogie (by Jean-Pierre) Crazy Hands Boogie Woogie ? It would be great to learn a little of it. Thanks !
Thank you!! Getting to see these more elaborate riffs at slow speed and repeatedly is VERY helpful!
Excellent stuff, well said, inspiring. Thank you!
Brenden, thanks so much for all you do here on "the tube"! Yes, the excruciatingly slow breakdown of the riffs helps tremendously! Thanks much!
Nice.Thks, Brendan. former Marlovian, Bucks. at 65 'n' still rocking'. thks also for slowin'em down. perfect! (ta,too for camera-person.superb job)
Just great stuff man. You've provided so much to work on.
Hi Brendan, I'm a new subscriber. I haven't played piano in 27 yrs! I have wanted to learn boogie, blues/rock my entire life! My uncle used to play and gave me 2 lessons and then moved across the country. My piano lessons consisted of classical music from little old ladies. I'm not knocking classical. It's great and it really gives a good knowledge base for music. But what I wanted and still want is to PLAY boogie/blues! So THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge and being SO INCREDIBLY PATIENT with all of us newbies! I replay and replay your videos. But sometimes, I just can't get something you play because you go over it bit fast for my slow mind. So THANK YOU for SLOWING THIS WAY DOWN!! I know its difficult and tedious for someone who had played most of his life. But we are forever in your debt AND you are helping keep this genre ALIVE!
Many thanks for this comment, musicgirlsuz. Make sure you get the Badass Boogie Bundle so you can work out all the notes:www.badassboogie.com/.
Cheers, dude.
brilliant Doc K. I,m 54 from leeds and am trying to get grade 5 abrsm but love the boogie and am trying to take in your lessons. Keep up the good work, cheers Rob ( trebor88).
+Rob Wilks Hi Rob, come to one of our boogie woogie workshops if you're in London anytime. DR K
As you describe it, this is exactly the way how i´m learning for half a year => Monitor is standing on the piano and watching again and again...
Transcriptions have their place in learning boogie woogie, but relying on them alone is a mistake. BK
thank you for your uploading
lol - Absolutely excellent!! I've been working on your earlier slowed-down version of this (which is also superb) and have got the 1 & 4 chord sections but am still working out the 5. I was going to ask for another vid just on this...and here it is!! Many thanks again Brendan. Great job!
Thanks BritRael. Much appreciated.
Brendan Kavanagh Hi Brendan. Well, I've now been working on this for 5 days and have now got it to where Les Dawson would be real proud of me :)
Although I got the right hand alone pretty quickly, my problem is putting them together. In fact more than that, it is also trying to figure out exactly which beat of the chop each part goes with. To practice it, I've broken the right hand into 5 or 6 pieces and then just work on each bit to try and nail them individually before trying to stitch them together. I start the chop first and then come in with the right hand bit very naturally with no locking up of the hands. Funnily enough, the last bar was the biggest help in this regard, playing it over and over again.
Many thanks again for your help Brendan :)
We need more!! Awesome video's, subscribed
Nice twist on right hand chop
Hi Brendan, I found your channel about a month ago and have been working on the first 4 lessons of the How to play amazing boogie woogie piano. I have been playing my own, simple and rather boring boogie woogie since I was a teenager, (I'm 54 now), and have always wanted to do more. Your you tube videos are wonderful for me to learn to do this. I also got the free pages for the first 4 lessons and have been working with that and the videos almost daily. I am hoping to get the sheet music files for Christmas, (it's on my list). So I have the right hand down on Hammy's Boogie, not counting the quick little rifts you showed in this video, and I have the left hand chop down but putting them together is excruciating. Not physically painful but putting the two hands together is something my brain has not wrapped around yet. I figure if I keep going at it, one day it will click. But this video was very helpful for where I am now because you are showing me exactly what I need to do to make it a bit snazzier. I probably won't try to add the quick rifts in yet as I just now getting proficient with the basic notes but will keep watching this one over and over until they are burned into my brain. Thanks so much for being there to help my boogie woogie piano dreams come true.
+Roger Courser Hi Roger, good to hear about your progress. Study the Hands Together Lessons: ruclips.net/p/PLiqPOxHnrY0wqy3P5287w10wfIXzZgdrM&action_edit=1 Also, your progress will speed up 10x with the sheet music transcriptions and other stuff which comes with the Badass Boogie Bundles. See it more as an investment rather than a Christmas Present! Cheers, Dr K.
Great lesson. 👍
Very nice, thank you.
VERY HELPFUL
great stuff man, bless you
great video man!!!!!
Very nice thank you, very helpful. Always wanted to play in this style, lots off practice needed.
Ellie Collis Practice makes perfect, Ellie! Make sure you listen to lots of boogie Cds too. Cheers, Dr K.
very helpful !
Thanks for the helpful videos and also for the reference to a Russian proverb, though it may originate from ancient times, like 'Repetitio est mater studiorum'
Thank you!
Very helpful , a bit rough but I'm getting it
I've searched for this video for years
Very Helpful Dr K please show us more, could you show us the Dr John right hand licks of Swanee River Boogie as i love his version.
it might be painfully slow for you but it is a pleasant pace for me!
excellent
Very good
Good practice tips
I reallg need to put my iPad on the piano and "play-along-a-brendan" !! Brilliant so far and getting towards the Elton John improvisation status! (Not an insult). lol
Thanks dude. Hope you're keeping the boogie alive in East Yorks. BK
thats a good lesson.
i love you
Effort? whats that???. Cheers Brendan, thank you Dr K
does Brendan Kavanagh have a book, even slowed down I need a book? He is great...
Dr. K I have been asked to riff for about 8 bars or so on Sing For Your Supper. Chords are F7, G minor 7, 2nd measure: F7, 3rd measure B flat 6, D minor 7, 4th measure: G minor 7, C 9, repeat. It's in a kind of Andrews Sisters upbeat boogie style. Can you help?
Thanks, Brendan ! Hey, could you show a few right hand riffs from Crazy Hands BoogieWoogie (by Jean-Pierre) Crazy Hands Boogie Woogie ? It would be great to learn a little of it. Thanks !
Dr K for pm !
Brendan..Its still a bit fast....for us plebs...Is there any way you can tab it ?
What are the end two chords?
Nice video
But could be slower.thanks
ver el video y acordarte que no tienes piano :"v