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Bessie Smith piano songs
3 songs by Bessie Smith, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as ballad piano and blues and boogie-woogie piano.
Every Bessie Smith song
How Bessie Smith is played
Questions about Bessie Smith on piano
What are the easiest Bessie Smith songs to play on piano?
Start with Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home, Backwater Blues and Gulf Coast Blues: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.
What keys are Bessie Smith songs in?
Most often C major and G major.