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About The Workshop
You know your pentatonic scales. You've learned a few blues licks. But how do you bring everything together to make music?
Learning the blues is a bit like learning a language. You need to understand its vocabulary, rhythm and phrasing before you can start expressing yourself.
In this three-hour practical workshop, we'll explore the language of blues guitar through Rare Red Bear Blues, an original composition inspired by B.B. King, Freddie King and Albert King.
Together, we'll learn the piece, explore the techniques behind it and develop a better understanding of what makes blues guitar so expressive.
Who Is This For?
Level: Low-Intermediate to Intermediate
Entry Requirements
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12-Bar Blues: Understand the basic 12-bar blues structure and chord progression.
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Minor Pentatonic Scale: Know the first position of the A minor pentatonic scale (5th fret).
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Guitar TAB: Be comfortable reading tablature and playing simple melodies or blues licks.
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Blues Rhythm: Have some experience with shuffle rhythms and keeping a steady pulse.
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Basic Improvisation: Have tried improvising with the pentatonic scale, even at a basic level.
You don't need to be an experienced blues soloist or have mastered techniques such as string bending.
What To Bring
Electric guitar players: Electric guitar, guitar amplifier and jack-to-jack instrument cable.
Acoustic guitar players: Acoustic guitar only.
Optional: Music stand.
