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David Cohen, an accomplished piano player with over 30 years of performing experience, completes this three-part series on playing blues piano by demonstrating a number of practical techniques used by professionals. He concentrates on teaching various melodies, bass lines, more complex chord progressions and inversions, music theory, and rhythm patterns. Additional guidance is given on improvisational playing. The emphasis is on harmony, rhythm, and lead playing as Cohen performs two well-known classics for viewers: "Georgia on My Mind" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out."