Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Working on some boogie-woogie is an amazing way of improving your piano skills, especially when it comes to hand independence — and it’s a ton of fun in its own right. In this tutorial we go through some 12-bar boogie basics and then look at some left hand boogie woogie piano patterns and some right hand licks you can add over the top.
PDF DOWNLOAD drive.google.com/file/d/1hxKsBD5NIITVZvVgJtd7C0I853qNZQ7V
OTHER BOOGIE-WOOGIE TUTORIALS
Playlist of blues piano tutorials: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFE7C89C720566CCD — these were made quite some years ago, so the video quality isn’t great, but they cover all the basics of blues piano, from which boogie-woogie is derived.
An in-depth look at the final left-hand covered in this tutorial: youtu.be/mpg4gxh-AT0
A boogie-woogie walkthrough: youtu.be/MUaOeV-NJJ8
The ‘classic’ boogie-woogie bass line: youtu.be/0-n1oWaf9S4
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Why Boogie-Woogie?
02:53 12-bar basics
08:42 Left hand no. 1
10:54 Left hand no. 2
12:26 Left hand no. 3
14:08 Left hand no. 4
16:09 Other left hand possibilities
17:27 Basic set of RH licks
24:28 What next?
PHOTO CREDIT
kirill4mula/Adobe Stock
Check out the bundle deal on the digital editions of my three current books: billspianopages.com/bundle
Working on some boogie-woogie is an amazing way of improving your piano skills, especially when it comes to hand independence — and it’s a ton of fun in its own right. In this tutorial we go through some 12-bar boogie basics and then look at some left hand boogie woogie piano patterns and some right hand licks you can add over the top.
PDF DOWNLOAD drive.google.com/file/d/1hxKsBD5NIITVZvVgJtd7C0I853qNZQ7V
OTHER BOOGIE-WOOGIE TUTORIALS
Playlist of blues piano tutorials: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFE7C89C720566CCD — these were made quite some years ago, so the video quality isn’t great, but they cover all the basics of blues piano, from which boogie-woogie is derived.
An in-depth look at the final left-hand covered in this tutorial: youtu.be/mpg4gxh-AT0
A boogie-woogie walkthrough: youtu.be/MUaOeV-NJJ8
The ‘classic’ boogie-woogie bass line: youtu.be/0-n1oWaf9S4
BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook: fb.me/billhiltonpiano
Twitter: twitter.com/billhilton
Instagram: instagram.com/billhilton
Patreon: patreon.com/billhilton
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Why Boogie-Woogie?
02:53 12-bar basics
08:42 Left hand no. 1
10:54 Left hand no. 2
12:26 Left hand no. 3
14:08 Left hand no. 4
16:09 Other left hand possibilities
17:27 Basic set of RH licks
24:28 What next?
PHOTO CREDIT
kirill4mula/Adobe Stock
