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midifile: 

boogie.mid

youtube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fFWFHKXiLs8

Terry shows how to Boogie and nods towards Pete Johnson's boogie style with some of the turnarounds and riffs.

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hallelujah1.mid

hallelujah2.mid

youtube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=niQSLM9y6Uw

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ifyouloveme.mid

YouTube Link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wWX7kF7E0Co

Terry is playing one of his own songs here - see his website for more information, and to buy his CD: www.terrybutters.co.uk

Youtube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9FSwkex0WAE

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onescotch.mid

Youtube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eyuGBvKTSV8

Terry shows his way of playing this great blues tune using a Huey Smith style bass technique.

Youtube Link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EF331arDK3g

Terry was just messing around with this tune while I was trying to get the computer to record midi, but there some great stuff here, based on James Booker's style of playing this tune.

Youtube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WJjCCADI6Ng

Terry plays this boogie classic.

Unfortunately, there is no midi file for this tune.

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turnaroundsandendings.mid

Youtube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uoRwGLve8pw

Terry shows a few blues turnarounds and endings. He shows how turnarounds can easily be ammended into endings.

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nearnessofyou.mid

nearnessofyou_vocal.mid

nearnessofyou_blues_stuff.mid

You Tube link: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFS3MTqNiw

Terry shoes how to add a few blues riffs to a great jazz standard by Hoagy Carmichael - The Nearness Of You.

midifile: 

blues_ending_playingmusicorg.mid

This video was made really to find out how to make a video with two cameras and a midi file. It's a first attempt - please let me know any suggestions for improvements.

One thing I forgot to mention in the text on the video is at 0.15s when the G (V) chord in the left hand is anticipated slightly by the right hand. ie you play the right hand G stuff slightly before the left hand goes to G - it gives the playing a bit of movement.

Good luck with any practise and please let me know any questions you may have, or requests for videos on other topics.