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Leadfingers:

Ask your wife if it came! By the way, the book looks great.

-angelo

Angelojf:

I thought about asikng her,
But she just had Carpal Tunnel surgery on her hand,
an if I made her beat me with her bad hand...Boy would I pay!!

Green with envy LeadFingers

Pastafarian: Yes, I have played a few in the book.I have played the following:
Beginner's Blues pg 12-very easy, very basic. However , the one on pg 15 is a little more interesting, There's a drive on the right hand on the upbeat of 4 and the left hand plays the downbeat.
Beginner's Boogie pg 18-uses 8 notes to the bar,the left hand is interesting, it gives the song the boogie feeling.
I've also attempted ,but not completed pg 22 Blue Third Blues, this is my favorite so far, it has a nice blues feel to it. I like the melody.The grace notes in the first 2 bars of each line gives the song some color. The left hand is tricky. It helps to practice left hand over and over again before putting it together with the right hand.

I've started a "reference" thread on the pieces in the book, so we all have a central repository of tips, tricks, observations and primal screams related to the pieces in Improvising Blues Piano.

If y'all want to post your pearls of wisdom in this thread, I'll edit the other thread so we have a central resource. I'll try to attribute each gem to its author. Or, if you want to adopt a piece of your own (hint, hint) , feel free to post a reply for that piece in the "IBP: One Piece at a Time" thread. So far, we've got a post for the two "Beginner's Blues" combined and one for "Blue Third Blues".

I should have a rather unhappy version of "Happy Blues" at the following URL . Can someone let me know if they can hear it?

If so, I'll post my improvisations here. That should cheer up anyone having doubts about their ability to keep up ! :p

Still waiting on my book!

Pasta mon, can hear it loud and clear.

nice job.

HEY PASTA:I Like that Happy Blues song you played for us! Is that your version of it or is that the one played from the CD out of the book? Either way , it sounds good, and it's worth learning. It'll be a great day when everyone else recieves their books.
real blues players wear hats

No hat yet....But the book finally got here!! YIPEE !!!

I like the "one piece at a time thread".
Good eye PastaDude

LeadFingers

leadfinger: glad to hear you got your book......
but you still need to get the hat........because....
real blues players wear hats

Arias:

I got a ton of hats, just no blues hats.
Lets face it, your run-of-the-mill ballcap, black leather cowboy hat, or an outback hat, just don't speek of the blues. I guess I'll just have to wear my brown leather ballcap (it looks down an out) till I find just the right Porkey-pie hat.

Lead(HatLess)Fingers

Aw shucks...thanks guys. I recorded it on my cheap electronic keyboard (unweighted keys) because it's in the basement next to the computer. I learn all the pieces on my upright piano tho', 'cause I need the weighted keys to keep my outta control fingers in check.

The piece is more-or-less the same as the written piece, minus a repeat. Also, I made the first note of the bass line in each measure staccato, 'cause I think it sounds funkier that way. As well, the LH two bar intro is added as are the chords at the end. I don't have an improv worked up for it yet, but that's because I don't have a cool enough hat :p .

Amazon sent a confirmation to me about another book they shipped but said they dont have improvising blues piano in stock. Does anyone know where I can get this book? Thanks

Zoso:

Go to amazon.com, and look up the book "Improvising Blues Piano" by Tim Richards. Lokk at the entry, an CLICK ON the words "15 used and new." You'll see some there.

-angelo

ZOZO: Barnes and Noble Has the book. Check out the online Barnes and Noble website. They have it. Do a search on the title, Improvising Blues Piano.

Zoso:

Try this Amazon link http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0946535973/sr=8-1/qid=1150745843/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9605015-9295335?%5Fencoding=UTF8

I got mine from "Imagine this".
Money well spent on 2 day or overnight shipment, as I opted for 3-5 day ship, ordered on 1 jun got it on 17 jun. Still beats the 6-8 weeks leadtime everyone else has.

PS Don't forget to order a Cool Hat as one DIDN'T come with the book. try this link http://www.johnhelmer.com/prod.itml/icOid/88

Turn the brim down when you're real blue.

LeadFingers

LEADFINGERS; MUST ADMIT THAT LINK YOU SENT US:
http://www.johnhelmer.com/prod.itml/icOid/88
HAS ONE cool HAT! However, dig it or not, I am hanging on to my hat!

real blues players wear hats

thanks, I found it at biblio.com. This time I went with air shipping, should be here within a week or so.

Arrgghh! I could throttle Amazon.com...

I ordered the IBP book, and the status I got back was this:


Shipping estimate for these items: June 19, 2006 - June 20, 2006
Delivery estimate: June 22, 2006 - June 26, 2006

So, I thought I'd be in good shape - shipped yesterday or the day before, probably be here by Monday/Tuesday. That's the way it USUALLY works.

Today (6/21), I got THIS message:

Shipping estimate for these items: July 20, 2006 - July 21, 2006
Delivery estimate: July 29, 2006 - August 9, 2006

Evidently, there must have been a run on this book..(wonder where that came from?) I've cancelled that order, and ordered from another vendor who has it in stock. It'll still take until mid-week, but at least I'll have it before 7/1.

bump...

... and I've got "Sad Blues" memorized. It's almost up to tempo, but for the dreaded "triplet" measures, so now I'm going to focus on the devilish triplet pickups in "Blues for Booker". To get these right, I'm just going to loop the offending measures at 40-50 bpm until they're muscle memories. The rest of the piece is OK.

That's chapter 1. (We don't discuss "Trill Blues" ).

I don't feel the need to rush onto chapter 2 since there are a few things I want to do with some of the pieces in chapter 1. Some of you who don't have your books yet may get to chapter 2 before me. :p