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Kings of Rock & Roll Vol. 1: Johnny Winter
Examine the blues guitar playing style and soloing of Johnny Winter
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Kings of Blues & Rock examines the playing styles of eight of the greatest and most influential blues and rock guitarists that have ever lived: Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Jimmy Page, Johnny Winter, T-Bone Walker, B. B. King, Albert King and Freddie King. Kings of Blues & Rock is presented in eight Volumes, one volume for each artist.
This volume of video guitar lessons examines the playing style of Johnny Winter. Born in 1944, Johnny played clarinet and ukulele before moving over to guitar, and by the time he was 15 he was one of the hottest guitar players in Texas, cutting sessions and playing live in Louisiana clubs. Initially inspired by Jimi Hendrix Andy Aledort's Kings of Blues and Rock Volume 1 on Data-DVD or Download and Cream to push the limits of modern blues into a form he referred to as progressive blues, Johnny's incendiary playing makes him one of the greatest and most influential blues and rock guitarists of all-time.
One of the earmarks of Johnny Winter's guitar style is his blazing speed and precision, as exemplified by tracks like "Be Careful With A Fool," "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," "Memory Pain' and his slide guitar tour-de-force cover of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61." On both slide and standard guitar, Johnny has always displayed the ability to spin brilliantly constructed, virtuoso solos that feature his advanced technical skills; a complete study of his playing style will offer aspiring guitarists a lifetime of practice in pursuit of capturing just a taste of his sound and style.
Kings of Blues & Rock will impact your playing in two distinctly different but equally important ways: first, you will learn how to play guitar in the style of Johnny Winter; more importantly, you will be able to take this information and use it to create your own style and sound in rock and blues guitar.
The playing styles of each artist is examined in a variety of musical settings designed around the artists' signature style and performances. All of the solo segments are played first at tempo, over practice rhythm tracks, and then presented slowly with thorough explanations. Practice rhythm tracks are provided so that you can practice the solo examples as presented and work on creating your own solo variations and ideas. Also discussed is the type of guitar and amp each artist favors, and the means by which they achieve their distinct, signature sound.
This volume of video guitar lessons examines the playing style of Johnny Winter. Born in 1944, Johnny played clarinet and ukulele before moving over to guitar, and by the time he was 15 he was one of the hottest guitar players in Texas, cutting sessions and playing live in Louisiana clubs. Initially inspired by Jimi Hendrix Andy Aledort's Kings of Blues and Rock Volume 1 on Data-DVD or Download and Cream to push the limits of modern blues into a form he referred to as progressive blues, Johnny's incendiary playing makes him one of the greatest and most influential blues and rock guitarists of all-time.
One of the earmarks of Johnny Winter's guitar style is his blazing speed and precision, as exemplified by tracks like "Be Careful With A Fool," "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," "Memory Pain' and his slide guitar tour-de-force cover of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61." On both slide and standard guitar, Johnny has always displayed the ability to spin brilliantly constructed, virtuoso solos that feature his advanced technical skills; a complete study of his playing style will offer aspiring guitarists a lifetime of practice in pursuit of capturing just a taste of his sound and style.
Kings of Blues & Rock will impact your playing in two distinctly different but equally important ways: first, you will learn how to play guitar in the style of Johnny Winter; more importantly, you will be able to take this information and use it to create your own style and sound in rock and blues guitar.
The playing styles of each artist is examined in a variety of musical settings designed around the artists' signature style and performances. All of the solo segments are played first at tempo, over practice rhythm tracks, and then presented slowly with thorough explanations. Practice rhythm tracks are provided so that you can practice the solo examples as presented and work on creating your own solo variations and ideas. Also discussed is the type of guitar and amp each artist favors, and the means by which they achieve their distinct, signature sound.
What you'll learn
- Use hybrid picking techniques for double-stop riffs
- Combine multiple techniques (bends, double stops, pull-offs) into cohesive phrases
- Execute fast tempo shuffle licks with proper articulation and timing
- Create forward motion and propulsion in blues solos
- Balance different types of riffs (single-note, double-stop, chromatic) for musical variety
Release date: 08/23/2007 • 1h 21m runtime
Sample lessons
Hoochie: Ex. 1a
Breakdown
Hoochie: Ex. 1b
Performance
Hoochie: Ex. 1b
Breakdown
What's included
20 lessons • 10 charts • 5 Jam Tracks
Hoochie
Texas blues master Johnny Winter studied hard the guitar styles of his heroes Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Freddie King, Pat Hare, Robert Jr. Lockwood and many others in the formation of one of the most powerfully original styles ever heard. Following his first three blues-based releases, Johnny formed Johnny Winter And with former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer and forged some of the greatest blues/rock/proto-metal ever heard. A stellar example is Derringer's "Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo," upon which this excerpt is based.
This solo is based on A minor pentatonic (A C D E G) across the first four bars, switching to A major pentatonic (A B C# E F#) at bar 5. A great many of the phrases are devised of fast, repeated phrases executed with a series of hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Hoochie: Ex. 1a
Texas blues master Johnny Winter studied hard the guitar styles of his heroes Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Freddie King, Pat Hare, Robert Jr. Lockwood and many others in the formation of one of the most powerfully original styles ever heard. Following his first three blues-based releases, Johnny formed Johnny Winter And with former McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer and forged some of the greatest blues/rock/proto-metal ever heard. A stellar example is Derringer's "Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo," upon which this excerpt is based.
This solo is based on A minor pentatonic (A C D E G) across the first four bars, switching to A major pentatonic (A B C# E F#) at bar 5. A great many of the phrases are devised of fast, repeated phrases executed with a series of hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Hoochie: Ex. 1b
This solo offers another Johnny Winter-style approach to soloing over this progression/groove, along the lines of what Johnny plays on the version of "Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo" from the Edgar Winter's White Trash Roadwork album. I begin with Chuck Berry-type riffs in V (fifth) position, moving to sliding doublestops (two-note chords) that descend diatonic (within the scale structure) to A Dorian (A B C D E F# G).
Hoochie: Ex. 1b
This solo offers another Johnny Winter-style approach to soloing over this progression/groove, along the lines of what Johnny plays on the version of "Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo" from the Edgar Winter's White Trash Roadwork album. I begin with Chuck Berry-type riffs in V (fifth) position, moving to sliding doublestops (two-note chords) that descend diatonic (within the scale structure) to A Dorian (A B C D E F# G).
Careful
One of Johnny Winter's greatest studio recordings is the slow blues, "Be Careful with a Fool," from his first Columbia album, Johnny Winter, upon which this solo is based; this excerpt represents the first half, or six bars, of the 12-bar form. The most important thing about these lines, based primarily on C minor pentatonic (C Eb F G Bb) with occasional use of C major pentatonic (C D E G A), is that the phrases are very free, rhythmically speaking, as Johnny is known for cramming as many notes as possible into each beat of each bar.
Careful: Ex. 2a
One of Johnny Winter's greatest studio recordings is the slow blues, "Be Careful with a Fool," from his first Columbia album, Johnny Winter, upon which this solo is based; this excerpt represents the first half, or six bars, of the 12-bar form. The most important thing about these lines, based primarily on C minor pentatonic (C Eb F G Bb) with occasional use of C major pentatonic (C D E G A), is that the phrases are very free, rhythmically speaking, as Johnny is known for cramming as many notes as possible into each beat of each bar.
Careful: Ex. 2b
This excerpt picks up where the last leaves off, representing bars 7-12 of the 12-bar form and starting on the IV (four) chord, F. Over F, I play a repeated phrase based on C major pentatonic (C D E G A) built from an oblique bend, with the B string bent up one whole step while simultaneously fretting the high E string. I then move down to eighth position, and utilize G minor pentatonic (G Bb C D F) over the V (five) chord, G, shifting back to C minor pentatonic for the rest of the solo. Bar 11 features a very cool symmetrical riff played across the top two strings based on C Dorian (C D Eb F G A Bb).
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Reviews
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ibanezjs20
Verified buyer
04/09/22
This is a great course, that i will go back several times
Osokin
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09/06/21
Play Like King Johnny!
Another great course from Andy Aledort and TruFire, providing an excellent examination of the playing style of Johnny Winter.
TravisTrucker
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12/08/20
A must for every serious Blues player
kuniya2
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09/16/20
Great course
Both slides and fretted playing are given ample consideration
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