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Lesson time: (4min 9sec)
Paddy Milner enseña la parte principal de piano que abre Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, el riff que define el estilo rock and roll de Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Lesson transcript:
Whole Lot of Shaking Going On
This was Jerry Lee Lewis's first big hit, and I think it really exemplifies his rock and roll style. It's a great starting point to enter into his world of rock and roll.
The Piano Part
The piano part you hear in the introduction is something that Jerry Lee uses in a lot of his rock and roll tracks. Interestingly, he first introduced this in his very first recording for Sun Records, Crazy Arms. While it was a slower tempo with a slightly different feel, it was very much the same part.
- Crazy Arms:
You'll hear it in Crazy Arms, which goes like this:
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You can hear that the piano part in Crazy Arms is essentially the same idea as in A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On. However, in Crazy Arms, it's a little slower, and obviously, the chord sequence is different, giving it a much more country flavor.
Other Recordings
He also used this part in the recording of End of the Road, which I think was the B-side of Crazy Arms. The piano part from Whole Lot of Shaking is the same kind of tempo, so you can hear it's basically the same thing.
You might ask, "Oh, why wasn't End of the Road a hit while A Whole Lot of Shaking was?" It's not necessarily the piano part; it's the song. End of the Road has a different chord sequence and is much more influenced by country music.
Slap Back Echo
If we go back to A Whole Lot of Shaking, you'll notice something very different in the introduction compared to both Crazy Arms and End of the Road. That is the massive slap back echo that Sam Phillips at Sun Records had begun introducing in his recordings.
You can hear this effect clearly in the introduction to A Whole Lot of Shaking. I'm going to ask the good folks at Music Gurus to put a bit of slap back echo on this next little bit so you can grasp the effect it has on the sound.
- Effect:
So, you can hear that it sounds much more identifiable as A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On.
There's something about that rock and roll slap back echo that truly defines it and gives it that unmistakable sound of rock and roll.
About the instructor
Paddy Milner está reconocido como uno de los mejores pianistas de blues del mundo: actualmente es el teclista de confianza de Sir Tom Jones, tras varios años con el gran y ya desaparecido Jack Bruce, pero también es un magnífico compositor original y un cantante con personalidad propia. ¡Basta con leer los elogios de figuras como Dave Brubeck que aparecen más abajo! Su forma de tocar apareció en la banda sonora de la exitosa película de 2019 'Rocketman'. Ha ganado dos veces el premio al Mejor teclista en los British Blues Awards, y mantiene una residencia de larga trayectoria como miembro fundador de la Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion en el mundialmente famoso club Ronnie Scott's. Su grupo actual LONDONOLA toca música británica de cosecha propia con una buena dosis de espíritu de Nueva Orleans, y su grupo colaborativo JAWBONE va de fuerza en fuerza tras la publicación de su álbum de debut homónimo. "Me encanta... hay un tipo que sabe tocar de verdad el piano" - Dave Brubeck "Lo recomiendo encarecidamente. ¡De algún modo las cosas empiezan a sentirse mucho mejor!" - Jack Bruce "El mejor pianista de blues de Europa..." - Blues Access, EE. UU. "Impresionante y original" - The Times "Deslumbrante" - The Independent A lo largo de sus cursos, Paddy desglosa el auténtico shuffle de blues, el slow blues, el boogie-woogie, el rock 'n' roll y el piano de Nueva Orleans -incluidas tres canciones clásicas de boogie-woogie- para que aprendas estos estilos de uno de los mejores del oficio. read more