What is a Learning Path?
Don’t know where to start? Our Learning Paths take the most common guitar goals themes and playing styles and provide a handpicked path of lessons, from our library, to put you on the right track.
With a mix of technique and song lessons, you will find each Learning Path serves as a medium term practice routine too! Providing you with the skills you need, when you need them and some songs with which you can instantly apply your new techniques and concepts.
1
Essential Basic Blues Lead Guitar Skills
Want to make your guitar cry, sing and play those blues licks with soul? The secret is getting those core lead guitar skills under your fingers right away!
4 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 50:09 MINS
Lessons in Part 1 include:
String Bending – Getting Started
Playing Blues Vibrato
Adding Vibrato To Your Bent Notes
Hammer Ons & Pull Offs
2
The 2 Scales You Need To Know
You don’t need lots of notes to sound like a convincing bluesman! In fact, mastering a couple of essential scales will set you up for blues guitar greatness!
2 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 22:57 MINS
Lessons in Part 2 include:
The Blues Scale
Extending your Blues Scale & Minor Pentatonic
3
Beginners Guide To Blues Phrasing
Now you know which notes to play, the next challenge on the road to crafting a great sounding blues solo lies in how (and when) you play those notes. This is all about the study of something we call ‘phrasing’. This will transform those scales into amazing solos!
4 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 44:24 MINS
Lessons in Part 3 include:
Blues Timing
Phrasing Ideas
Using Repetition
3 Licks in the Style of Albert King
4
Final Solos
Now you have a solid starting point, its time to try your hand at some famous solos by two true masters of blues guitar. These solos are achievable, sound great and will give you some impressive sounding party pieces with which you can show off your hard work!
2 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 26:19 MINS
Lessons in Part 4 include:
Santana – Black Magic Woman
Peter Green – Need Your Love So Bad
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Classic Rock Rhythm Guitar - Level 1
Welcome to this Learning Path! Built with the beginner or returning rock guitarist in mind! On this path, you will learn the very basics of power chords, double stops and single note riffs with the best technique lessons to help you get your fingers round these new skills! But its not all exercises! At every stage you will learn a set of riffs from bands such as: ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin …. and more! With a final song where you put all the skills you’ve learnt together.
Start This Learning PathThe Complete Road To Blues Soloing - Level 2
This Blues Lead Guitar Learning Path will suit players who know their blues scale and a few licks but really want to create some new and more authentic sounding blues guitar solos and licks. We start off with a full exploration of how to mix major & minor blues sounds to get an instantly bluesy vibe. This leads us to a look at a classic BB King solo, Eric Clapton style licks and the famous BB King blues scale position. You will level up your phrasing during this Path too, plus learn all about double stops and microtonal bends (those quirky string bends all the greats use!). Finally you will graduate the Learning Path with a study of Hendrix’s first solo from the essential blues track Red House.
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