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Brent Edstrom piano songs

5 songs by Brent Edstrom, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as blues and boogie-woogie piano, pop piano and stride piano.

ImagineBrent Edstrom

Portrait of JennieBrent Edstrom

The ContinentalBrent Edstrom

Every Brent Edstrom song

ImagineC major · 4/4 · I–IV–bVII7–I
Portrait of JennieDb major · 4/4 · iv–bVII7–iii–vi
The ContinentalEb major · 4/4 · ii–V7–I–ii
The ContinentalEb major · 2/2 · I–I7–ii–v
The Way You Look TonightEb major · 4/4 · I–ii–V7–I

How Brent Edstrom is played

Blues and boogie-woogie pianoSwinging left hands from the 1950s.
Pop pianoThe bounce under a thousand radio hits.
Stride pianoA leaping left hand, ragtime style.
The ii–V7–I–ii loop62 songs use it
The I–ii–V7–I loop169 songs use it

Questions about Brent Edstrom on piano

What are the easiest Brent Edstrom songs to play on piano?

Start with Imagine, Portrait of Jennie and The Continental: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are Brent Edstrom songs in?

Most often Eb major, C major and Db major.

Which chord progressions do Brent Edstrom songs use?

ii–V7–I–ii and I–ii–V7–I come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.