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Tadd Dameron piano songs

3 songs by Tadd Dameron, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as blues and boogie-woogie piano, ballad piano and rock piano.

Good BaitTadd Dameron

Hot HouseTadd Dameron

If You Could See Me NowTadd Dameron

Every Tadd Dameron song

Good BaitBb major · 4/4 · V7–I–I7–IV
Hot HouseC major · 4/4 · I7–iv–IV–ii
If You Could See Me NowEb major · 4/4 · #iv–VIIsus–VII7–III

How Tadd Dameron is played

Blues and boogie-woogie pianoSwinging left hands from the 1950s.
Ballad pianoSoft waves of sound for quiet evenings.
Rock pianoEighth notes that push like an engine.
The V7–I–I7–IV loop78 songs use it

Questions about Tadd Dameron on piano

What are the easiest Tadd Dameron songs to play on piano?

Start with Good Bait and Hot House: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.

What keys are Tadd Dameron songs in?

Most often Bb major, C major and Eb major.

Which chord progressions do Tadd Dameron songs use?

V7–I–I7–IV come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.