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David Cohen systematically leads novice players through all the steps needed to play solid blues piano, showing the scales, chord theory, turnarounds, endings and licks that will quickly make anyone into a formidable player. No music reading or previous piano experience is necessary. 90-MIN. DVD * NOVICE LEVEL In DVD 2 David Cohen continues his expert instruction in blues piano, taking you beyond the beginners level and firmly into intermediate territory. Again, the heart and soul of this lesson is in your ability to improvise, and David gives you all the tools you’ll need to make up your own solos, completely by ear.Starting his lesson with various kinds of slow blues, the emotional and dramatic form that is the basis for so many great songs, David demonstrates variations in the basic chord progression as well as an array of bass lines, chord voicings, turnarounds and familiar-sounding riffs.You’ll then get the New Orleans Rumba, with its infectious rhythms and funk-based sounds made famous by Professor Longhair, Dr. John and many other Crescent City Players.