I think pianists are privileged. As a soloist, a pianist can play unaccompanied for hours, in front of a crowd or at home, with a full sound and infinite things to play. However, the piano can also be used in groups, filling in for any instrument, a rhythm section, as well as playing solo parts.
I'm at the point in my life that I'm probably getting more enjoyment playing in groups with others than solo, which is one of the reasons I'm presenting the chords for either hand; left hand if you are accompanying yourself, and right hand with the left hand playing the roots.
When playing these I recommend:
Practice moving from each chord to each other (e.g C7-F7, F7-G7, G7-C7) coming from both directions.
Play as whole notes while counting aloud and tapping your foot
When you get good in one key, transpose so you are comfortable in all keys.
Learning dominant 7th chords isn't just for the blues. They are a large part of harmony for most genres of music. You will get a lot of mileage out of them.
Download the pdf with the sheet music. The chords are written in the key of C for both left and right hands:
The card shown in the video is Dominant 7th chords Set 2. These are the chord voicings that I teach to my beginning adult students because they sound like they have been playing longer than just a few months.
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