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A collection of fourteen boogie
woogie solos for piano, with
tips on playing technique.
They include such favourites as
'Bar rel House Boogie',
'Tommy Dorsey's Boogie
"'oogie', and 'Bad Penny Blues'.
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ISBN 0.7119.0326.3
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Music Arranged and Selected

by Frank Booth

Designed by Howard Brown

Cover photograph by Peter Wood

Printed in England by
Halstan & Co. Ltd., Amersham, Bucks.
 Tec:hniqueTips and Fingering
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Alright,OkalJ,YouWin
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Bad Penn.. Blues
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Barrelhouse Boogie
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Boogie BIJ Candlelight
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BoogieWoogie Blues
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FrankieAnd JohnnlJ
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J.D's BoogieWoogie
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MightTrain
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Roc:kA Beatin'Boogie
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Roll 'Em Pete
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TommlJ DonelJ's BoogieWoogie
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When The Saints Go Warc:hing In
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Working InThe Coalmine
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Three BoogieWorkouts
 Tec:hniqueTips and Fingering
To play boogie woogie, you must be able to
keep the beat moving from beginning to end,
with no fumbles. Therefore, a smooth left hand
technique must be developed. Of course,
the right hand is also important if your
boogie is to have style and expression.
Follow the technique tips and fingering
which follow for the boogie selections
in this book. Remember! Practice makes perfect,
so start these exercises slowly,
gradually increasing speed when you can
play them smoothly. Do not use the pedals
when playing boogie woogie.

TECHNIQUE TIPS AND FINGERING-LEFT HAND FOR
When The Saints Go Warc:hingln
Practise these four bars slowly, gradually increasing
speed when you can play them smoothly without fumbling.
At the end of 16bars there is a key change
one tone higher but the same fingering applies.

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 TECHNIQUE TIPS AND FINGERING- LEFT HAND FOR
Bad PennljBlues
Here we have a boogie pattern of even quavers.
Again, the golden rule is to start slowly, increasing
speed when you have mastered a smooth technique.

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 TECHNIQUE TIPS AND FINGERING-LEFT HAND FOR
FrankieAnd JohnnlJ
In this example we have a boogie beat with a dotted
quaver/semiquaver pattern. In fact, the dotted quaver
becomes two thirds of a crotchet triplet and
the semiquaver becomes the remaining third.

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 TECHNIQUE TIPS AND FINGERING FOR
MightTrain
Here we have a bouncing boogie pattern of intervals
of a fifth, sixth and seventh:-

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Keeping the wrist loose, start slowly and

gradually increase speed, making the staccatos
bounce close to the keys. If the wrist becomes
tired, it means it is tightening up. Rest for
a minute and start again, keeping it relaxed .

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Alright,OkalJ,YouWin
Here we have a slightly different bass pattern,
but the same rules apply; namely a relaxed
left hand and a bounce close to the keys.

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TECHNIQUE TIPS AND FINGERING FOR
Boogie BIJ Candlelight
This is played slowly in a blues style.
The main theme is played bythe left hand for
the first 12 bars. Play it firmly and let the
notes ring out. Starting at the 27th bar,
the bass line changes to the styleof
'Night Train' and the same rules apply.

The remaining titles have similar bass patterns
to those mentioned previously. At the end of the folio
there are three boogie workouts to be practised daily.
Spend 15 minutes a dayon these and soon you'll
be able to call yourself an expert!