Excerpts from LEARN BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO

Combine Pickup-Putdowns with Two-Bar Figures (excerpt)

Explanation

As mentioned in the previous chapter, two-bar figures can be played alternating with other material. When used in this way, they can be thought of as the last two bars of a four-bar phrase.

Some choruses consist of three four-bar phrases where each phrase begins with two bars of melodic material and ends with a repetitive two-bar figure. These choruses have the following structure:

1. C (I): Melodic material
2. C (I): Melodic material
3. C (I): Two-bar figure
4. C (I): Two-bar figure
5. F (IV): Melodic material
6. F (IV): Melodic material
7. C (I): Two-bar figure
8. C (I): Two-bar figure
9. G (V): Melodic/turnaround material
10. G (V): Melodic/turnaround material
11. C (I): Two-bar figure
12. C (I): Two-bar figure