flyingace
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12/04/24
Blowing up the Blues
A lot of valuable information about soloing and rhythm playing. Just what I was looking for.
Blowing Up the Blues (JamPlay)
Master the Blues, From the Roots to the Outer Limits
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About this course
Blues guitar is the foundation of countless genres—and in this explosive series, Jeff Kollman shows you how to elevate your blues game by channeling the legends and pushing boundaries. Blowing Up the Blues explores the signature sounds, techniques, and soloing concepts of blues icons like Hendrix, SRV, and more, while expanding your vocabulary with jazz, rock, Latin, funk, and fusion influences.
Across 31 in-depth lessons, you'll dive into phrasing, hybrid picking, dominant pentatonics, chromaticism, tritone substitutions, and modal flavors like Mixolydian, Dorian, and Lydian Dominant. Whether you're comping over a shuffle or stepping outside over a static chord, this course equips you with the tools to blow up the blues and make it your own.
Perfect for intermediate to advanced players ready to stretch their blues expression to the edge.
Across 31 in-depth lessons, you'll dive into phrasing, hybrid picking, dominant pentatonics, chromaticism, tritone substitutions, and modal flavors like Mixolydian, Dorian, and Lydian Dominant. Whether you're comping over a shuffle or stepping outside over a static chord, this course equips you with the tools to blow up the blues and make it your own.
Perfect for intermediate to advanced players ready to stretch their blues expression to the edge.
What you'll learn
- Apply diminished arpeggios over V chords
- Create Spanish/Middle Eastern flavors in blues context
- Apply phrase imitation and melodic imitation in real-time improvisation
- Use space effectively to create musical phrasing
- Mix blues scale with pure minor sounds
Release date: 09/14/2017 • 5h 16m runtime
Sample lessons
6 Positions of the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor Pentatonic and the Half Step Slip
Horizontal vs Vertical Soloing Approach
Hybrid Picking and Double Stops
What's included
31 lessons • 30 charts • 20 Jam Tracks
Blowing Up the Blues: Series Introduction
Been playing the standard 12 bar blues and looking to add some flare? Look no further than Jeff Kollman's series, "Blowing Up the Blues!" In this series, Jeff dissects the basic tenets of the blues and expands on them through use of genre bending and theoretical concepts.
Swinging with the Metronome
A crucial component to blues playing is to be able to do so in time. To get started in your blues journey, Jeff discusses the importance of the metronome and also demonstrates how to swing your playing with it.
12 Bar Blues Shuffle
In lesson 3, Jeff discusses the 12 bar blues shuffle. He Gets to the heard of what this form of blues is and discusses the feeling necessary in the style.
Riffs, Licks and Accents
Jeff discusses warm-ups and just being in the moment with your playing. He discusses riffs, licks and accents that you can achieve on a moments notice to help you break out of typical blues molds.
6 Positions of the Minor Pentatonic Scale
In this lesson Jeff discusses the minor pentatonic scale and demonstrates how to use it in six positions.
Phrase Imitation
In lesson six, Jeff brings up the term "Phrase Imitation." He discusses how learning and imitating popular phrases can influence your own blues playing.
Minor Scales and Guide Tones
It's now time to take a look at the traditional minor scales. Jeff discusses guides tones that can help you maneuver within and out of this scale type.
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djandirf
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07/26/24
Deep explanations
Great lessons with deep explanation from The Master Jeff Kollman
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