Things You'll Need:
- Piano
- Piano Skills
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Step 1
Before You learn the bass line licks you need to know a little bit about what is boogie woogie. Boogie woogie is a style of music that was very popular in the southern gospal music during the 1930's and 1940's. It is a formation of blues and jazz mixed together. To get a good example of boogie woogie music listen to some music by Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Step 2
Most boogie woogie music follows the 12 bar blues pattern wich is for an example in the key of C would be 4 measures of C, 2 measures of F, 2 measures of C, 1 measure of G, 1 measure of F, and 2 measures of C which all added up would equal 12.
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Step 3
The notes for a boogie woogie lick in C are as followed, C E G A Bb A G E C. The notes for a boogie lick in F are F A C D Eb D C A F. The notes for a boogie woogie lick in G are G B D E F E D B G. Now follow the steps in step 2 on how to play 12 bar blues and put them together and you have the basic boogie woogie bass line lick
