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W.C. Handy piano songs
3 songs by W.C. Handy, each opened like a recipe: the chords, what each hand plays and how it ends. Mostly played as stride piano and blues and boogie-woogie piano.
Every W.C. Handy song
How W.C. Handy is played
Questions about W.C. Handy on piano
What are the easiest W.C. Handy songs to play on piano?
Start with St. Louis Blues and Beale Street Blues: their left hands are easy patterns, and the chords repeat.
What keys are W.C. Handy songs in?
Most often G major, Bb major and F major.
Which chord progressions do W.C. Handy songs use?
I–V7–I–V7 and V7–I–I7–IV come up most: learn them and many of these songs are within reach.