Six scales, twelve keys each. The material every blues line is built from, one key at a time.
Courses
Learn the blues, course by course
7 courses · 88 lessons · from your first shuffle to a solo that speaks
- Video from above and from the front
- Sheet music that follows along
- Practice material for every piece
What is new
Latest additions
- Oct 8 Backing track Blues Etude #1.1 The Blues Etudes
- Oct 8 Backing track Blues Etude #3 The Blues Etudes
- Oct 8 Backing track Blues Etude #1 The Blues Etudes
- Sep 17 Fifth-Sixth Rock — Eighth Notes — 12-bar blues Left Hand & Boogie Patterns
- Sep 17 5-6 Pattern — Eighth Notes — 12-bar blues Left Hand & Boogie Patterns
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Course catalogue
7 courses, 88 lessons in all. Every course is self-paced, with video, sheet music you can follow along with, and practice material.
Higher tiers include everything from the tiers below them. Student members reach every course.
A free sample of what Basic Membership contains. No account needed.
Comping & Voicings
BasicWhat to play when somebody else has the tune: voicings that stay out of the way, where to put the chord so it lands with the drummer, and when to leave the space alone.
The hand that keeps time while the other one plays. Shuffle and boogie figures, walking basses and stride, taken slowly and built up until the left hand runs on its own and you stop having to think about it.
Licks & Tricks
BasicShort phrases you can drop straight into a solo, and the hand tricks behind them: crushed notes, grace notes, tremolos and glissandi. What they are, where they fit, and how to play them so they sound offhand rather than rehearsed.
The Blues Etudes
BasicLearn to speak the blues on the piano, one 12-bar chorus at a time: from your first Blues Prelude, through the Blues Etudes, to the Blues Toccatas.
The phrases every blues pianist is expected to know: how to start a tune, how to get round the last four bars, and how to finish…
Student
When you want somebody listening
Everything in Basic, plus the part a video cannot do: someone who hears what you are actually playing and tells you what to change.
Every course
The whole library, including everything added later. No extra charge, ever.
A live lesson each month
Half an hour with Frank, one to one. Bring what you are stuck on and play it for him.
Answers when you need them
Send a recording of your playing and get it back with notes on what to fix first.
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Basic
€12.99 per month
- Every course
- All sheet music
- Backing tracks
- Progress tracking
- Flexible monthly billing
Student
€75 per month
- Everything in Basic
- One live lesson a month
- Flexible monthly billing
Your teacher
Meet Frank
I am a pianist, Hammond organ player and vocalist from the Netherlands, and I have spent twenty-five years on the bandstand — with The Jazzinvaders, The Soul Snatchers, Laura Vane & The Vipertones, and my own DelMontis.
What I teach here is what I actually play: the blues as it works on a stage, in the order it took me years to work out for myself.