Fingering of chords

[rmcphee]

Hello,

Basicly ive played piano several times over the last few years on and off, ive had lessons in the past - But the only teachers that ive had experience with will only teach me classical, rather than what id like to learn 'Blues/Boogie woogie' - I understand that classical is a great base to start from, and grasp the basics and MUCH MUCH more..... But i struggle to keep motivated when playing it, as it's not the main cause for wanting to play piano.

So, as im know 'attempting' to teach myself some basic Blues, from various places scattered all over the internet, i keep running into the same issue, which way to finger chords....

I understand that there are certain situations where certain versions of a chord are better for moving to the next, BUT i dont feel like im at any level to worry to much about this yet(probably being naive).

For instance i am learning a basic C F G - 12 bar blues arpeggio on my left and accompanying it with the same chords on my right. I have seen many videos on how to do this, but they all seem to differ on which way to finger the chord, for example the main two versions of a C i keep seeing are 1 - 3 - 5 or 1 - 2 - 4 - Any advice or definative answer would be much appreciated.

A couple of side notes - I am right in thinking to iindividualise left from right when playing, is just practice practice practice? And try to get my brain to automatically play the rythym on the left so i can improvise on the right.

Last thing - Has anyone got any good suggestions on a boogie woogie book?

All and Any advice much appreciated.

[faulty_damper]

Whatever is most comfortable at the moment.  Later considerations is what will be most comfortable after that moment.

[1piano4joe]

"How to Play Boogie-Woogie" by Frank Booth and "The Joy of Boogie and Blues" edited by Denes Agay will get you started.

I hope I have been helpful, Joe.

P.S. Welcome to Pianostreet!