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04/12/23
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Wow this a great course if you like playing blues.
Boogie's Blues
Stylistic Approaches for Electric Blues Guitar Soloing & Improvisation
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About this course
Any musician growing up in Louisiana is heavily influenced by the “gumbo” of musical styles being played all around them — soul, gospel, rock, country, jazz, zydeco, and of course, the blues.
Jonathon “Boogie” Long took those influences to a whole new level by incorporating the characteristic feels and techniques of these distinct musical styles into his masterful blues playing. Jonathon shows you how to do the same in this TrueFire masterclass, Boogie’s Blues.
“His evolution from gospel to blues to the whole spectrum of Southern-inspired music is a delight to experience,” says OffBeat Magazine. We’re thrilled to welcome Jonathon to the family with his first TrueFire course.
”I’ll show you how to pull in gospel and soul elements, rapid-fire chicken pickin’ lines, modern fusion flavors, and other stylistic approaches to come up with a truly original, and signature sounding blend of your own.
We’ll also cover the number system to quickly identify chord positions, essential scale boxes for soloing, legato techniques like tapping and “cheat sweeps”, swampy sixteenth note rhythms, classic electric blues licks with big bends and vibrato, and many other moves you can use to make your own blues solos distinctive.”
Jonathon will demonstrate all of the stylistic approaches and you’ll apply them in a musical context, by soloing over 10 blues grooves, in an assortment of feels, tempos and keys.
You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the key examples and performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson.
You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are also included to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Jonathon “Boogie” Long!
Jonathon “Boogie” Long took those influences to a whole new level by incorporating the characteristic feels and techniques of these distinct musical styles into his masterful blues playing. Jonathon shows you how to do the same in this TrueFire masterclass, Boogie’s Blues.
“His evolution from gospel to blues to the whole spectrum of Southern-inspired music is a delight to experience,” says OffBeat Magazine. We’re thrilled to welcome Jonathon to the family with his first TrueFire course.
”I’ll show you how to pull in gospel and soul elements, rapid-fire chicken pickin’ lines, modern fusion flavors, and other stylistic approaches to come up with a truly original, and signature sounding blend of your own.
We’ll also cover the number system to quickly identify chord positions, essential scale boxes for soloing, legato techniques like tapping and “cheat sweeps”, swampy sixteenth note rhythms, classic electric blues licks with big bends and vibrato, and many other moves you can use to make your own blues solos distinctive.”
Jonathon will demonstrate all of the stylistic approaches and you’ll apply them in a musical context, by soloing over 10 blues grooves, in an assortment of feels, tempos and keys.
You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the key examples and performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson.
You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are also included to work with on your own.
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Jonathon “Boogie” Long!
What you'll learn
- Integrate sweep picking naturally into blues and fusion contexts
- Apply pentatonic scales with a short, abrupt attack rather than legato phrasing
- Execute percussive, staccato blues phrases in the style of Albert Collins
- Create anticipation by ending phrases on unexpected notes and at odd times
- Develop a playful, fun approach to blues soloing
Release date: 07/12/2022 • 3h 05m runtime
Sample lessons
Funky Albert in B Flat
Performance
Finding Creativity in Practice Time
Demonstration
B Flat High Grounds
Performance
Inspirations & Musical Heroes
Demonstration
What's included
44 lessons • 21 charts • 10 Jam Tracks
Boogie's Blues
Hey, it’s Jonathon Boogie Long here. Welcome to Boogie’s Blues.
Growing up in Louisiana, my blues playing was heavily influenced by the “gumbo” of musical styles you hear all around you.
In this course, I'll share my approaches for stylizing your blues solos using characteristic feels and techniques from soul, gospel, country, zydeco and even fusion rock.
We'll talk about how to use the number system to quickly identify chord positions for playing songs, essential scale boxes for soloing, legato techniques, swampy rhythms, big bends, and more to come up with an original, and signature sounding blend of your own that you can take to the blues jam right away.
I'm also gonna show you how to pull in gospel and soul embellishments, rapid-fire chicken pickin lines, and modern fusion flavors as we play our way through ten grooves in an assortment of blues feels and keys.
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video, and using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.
My hope is that this course will help you feel more comfortable with the neck and enhance your own cross-genre creativity. So, grab your guitar, and let’s go.
Growing up in Louisiana, my blues playing was heavily influenced by the “gumbo” of musical styles you hear all around you.
In this course, I'll share my approaches for stylizing your blues solos using characteristic feels and techniques from soul, gospel, country, zydeco and even fusion rock.
We'll talk about how to use the number system to quickly identify chord positions for playing songs, essential scale boxes for soloing, legato techniques, swampy rhythms, big bends, and more to come up with an original, and signature sounding blend of your own that you can take to the blues jam right away.
I'm also gonna show you how to pull in gospel and soul embellishments, rapid-fire chicken pickin lines, and modern fusion flavors as we play our way through ten grooves in an assortment of blues feels and keys.
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video, and using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.
My hope is that this course will help you feel more comfortable with the neck and enhance your own cross-genre creativity. So, grab your guitar, and let’s go.
The Number System & Chord Positions
In this series of lessons we're going to be covering the numbers system and we'll be doing it in the key of G. We'll be using the key of G because you count up without having sharps or flats. I'll kick things off with a performance and then I'll break it all down for you in detail, let's get started!
Simple Lounge Blues Chords
In this series of lessons we're going to be covering the numbers system and we'll be doing it in the key of G. We'll be using the key of G because you count up without having sharps or flats. I'll kick things off with a performance and then I'll break it all down for you in detail, let's get started!
Simple Lounge Blues Chords
In this series of lessons we're going to be covering the numbers system and we'll be doing it in the key of G. We'll be using the key of G because you count up without having sharps or flats. I'll kick things off with a performance and then I'll break it all down for you in detail, let's get started!
Simple Lounge Blues Chords
In this series of lessons we're going to be covering the numbers system and we'll be doing it in the key of G. We'll be using the key of G because you count up without having sharps or flats. I'll kick things off with a performance and then I'll break it all down for you in detail, let's get started!
Essential Scale Boxes for Soloing
Now let's talk about some licks and tricks I use to get through some Blues tunes. I'll kick things off with a performance and then I'll break it all down for you in detail, let's get started!
Hustling Boogie in G
Now let's talk about some licks and tricks I use to get through some Blues tunes. I'll kick things off with a performance and then I'll break it all down for you in detail, let's get started!
+ 37 more lessons
Reviews
6 results
pipo76
Verified buyer
10/12/22
A breakthrough
This course really helped me play the changes and to be more daring in the way I approached the guitar and the blues. Certainly improved my chops in a huge way. This is a comprehensive course with incredible playing and thorough explanation. Just incredible!!!
Starglazer
Verified buyer
08/04/22
Good Title
Course is very well put together.Good teacher.Explains Everything very well.Thanks.
jacksonprice
07/19/22
Thorough - easy to understand
I've been studying guitar for 20 years and I at least browse every single blues related curriculum that comes up at TruFire and Boogies technique with the shape of the chords in a major scale is genius. Releasing understand and articulated well. He's also just a solid likable dude. Thanks again guys. Truefire has changed my life as a guitar player.
GrooveToad
07/17/22
Top Quality Course
Jonathon is a good instructor. He gave a clear overview of the number system. He’s really does good insight into chord progressions. I’m about 1/4 through the course. An aha moment was using a Pentatonic scale, and just a couple of “boxes” to build a guitar solo, or a fill. But, boy does the cat have some chops. So, check it out for a modern take in Blues, Gosple, and a little Soul for some spice.
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