Music Theory videos - Blues Improvisation: Beginner to Master

Based on "The Five Levels of Jazz Improvisation", this is an introduction to blues form and chord and scale theory. And it's actually 6 levels! Level 0 is basic blues form and theory, followed by levels based on listening & intuition, basic scales, moving key centers, cool substitutions, and looping back to listening and intuition, but in a brand new way. ----- Get 15% the Circle of Fifths Decoder and all of NoisyClans amazing products with code brad15. Visit https://www.noisyclan.com ------ Gain access to resources to learn and practice the blues, transcriptions for the solos in this video, and access to a huge Scale Syllabus with play-alongs so you can learn your scales in 24 hours by becoming a member at: https://www.patreon.com/c/bradharrison https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EEcOixvGwVFVsHXWYehHg/join ------ More information on the scale syllabus here: Scale Syllabus - 14 kinds of scales, with play-along recordings, so you can master *all* your scales in no time at all. https://www.bradharrison.ca/scales Learn All Your Scales in 24 Hours https://youtu.be/7aMJmXa_WKk ----- Take private lessons with me! https://www.bradharrison.ca/lessons ------ This video contains emojis that were designed by OpenMoji – the open-source emoji and icon project. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Special thanks to OpenMoji! This video also contains photos from https://www.pexels.com/ and https://pixabay.com/ and... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_planter_and_pickers1908.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Hopkinsons_Plantation_Slaves_Going_to_Field.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson#/media/File:Robert_Johnson.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues#/media/File:MaRainey.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues#/media/File:JohnLeeHooker1997.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues#/media/File:B.B._King,_2006-06-26.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues#/media/File:Stevie_Ray_Vaughan_Live_1983.jpg ---- The Blues: How to Begin (and Improve) Improvisation Introduction and 5 Levels of Improvisation How Improvisers Improvise(Blues Edition!) Contents 0:00 - Intro 1:29 - Level 0 - Blues Form and Chords 2:40 - The Blues works at every tempo and key 3:50 - The Circle of Fifths Decoder 5:15 - Level 1 - Listening 6:57 - Level 2 - The Blues Scale 7:50 - Demo - adding one note at a time 9:18 - Level 3 - Playing the Changes 10:10 - Demo w/only chord tones 10:38 - Mixolydian Scale(Chord Tones, Tensions, & the Avoid Note) 11:44 - Demo w/scales, arpeggios, & blues scale 12:10 - Level 4 - Substitutions 12:20 - Pentatonic and Major Blues & Demo 12:50 - Bebop Scales & Demo 13:18 - Lydian Dominant, Whole Tone, H-W Diminished, Altered & Demo 13:50 - Sidestepping & Demo 14:39 - Level 5 - Tension and Release 15:49 - Take Lessons with me!, NoisyClan, 16:20 - Join My Channel! Thank you Members and Patrons!