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Part of the video series: Playing Blues on a Flute in C Major

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Summary: Learn about blues music on the flute from a professional flutist in this free music lesson video about musical instruments and music theory.

Views: 625 | Tags: chords, theory, blues, flute, key, instruments, sheet, notes, musical, flutes, musical instruments

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Kiely Griffin Kiely Griffin is a third-year music management and jazz flute student at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT. She has previously served as vice pre... read more

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What is Blues Music?

Today I will be talking about how to play the blues in the key of C on the flute. I'll go over what a blues is. Blues is a chore progression that originated from early African American music in jazz. It involved through time and it is a bases of jazz. I will talk about what these chords are how they are put together to make the blues form, what scales go over these chords to put them together. I will also talk about how to solo in play through a blues, the theme or the head of the blues of form and then go on to talk about solo which is a story based on your own music using the notes from the blue chords. By the end of this lesson you should be able to play a blues and play head and understand about soloing in the key of C. I hope you enjoy. (playing flute)

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