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Deep Grooves: Classic Blues

How To Craft Guitar Solos & Rhythm Parts for Classic Blues

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Deep Grooves: Classic Blues
Robben Ford

Robben Ford

Educator

blues, blues-rock, jazz blues

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About this course

Robben Ford’s Classic Blues Edition of Deep Grooves, is focused on slower tempo blues grooves that are frequently encountered on the gig, or in a blues jam situation. Robben will show you how he would craft solos and rhythm parts, over each of the 5 classic blues grooves.

”For this Classic Blues edition, we dug a little deeper to select slower grooves that we felt had a broader emotional spectrum.

Each soloing performance is an improvisation presented in an arc, beginning with the pentatonic scale, moving into the major scale that runs through the chord, into arpeggios, and then we combine them all.

I’ll also show you chord voicings and the approach I would use for comping over these grooves and supporting the soloist.

Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to loop, slow down any video so you can practice and play along with me at your own pace.”

Robben explains and demonstrates all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the soloing and rhythm 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 get in a “classic blues groove” with Robben Ford!

What you'll learn

  • Create conversational, storytelling solos rather than just playing licks
  • Understand how to apply pentatonic scales across entire fretboard in multiple octaves
  • Understand when and how to use altered scales over dominant chords
  • Learn to introduce major scale sounds into blues solos strategically
  • Develop melodic phrasing using thematic development
Release date: 04/19/2022 • 2h 06m runtime
intermediatelate intermediateadvancedguitarelectric guitarsoloingimprovisation
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Sample lessons
Track 3: Balafon Solo Section
Track 3: Balafon Solo Section
Groove and Progression Analysis
Balafon: Lead
Balafon: Lead
Performance
Balafon: Rhythm
Balafon: Rhythm
Performance
Track 4: White Rock Solo Section
Track 4: White Rock Solo Section
Groove and Progression Analysis

What's included

27 lessons • 20 charts • 10 Jam Tracks

Deep Grooves: Classic Blues
Hey, Robben Ford here!

For this Classic Blues edition, we dug a little deeper to select slower grooves that we felt had a broader emotional spectrum.

Each soloing performance is an improvisation presented in an arc, beginning with the pentatonic scale, moving into the major scale that runs through the chord, into arpeggios, and then we combine them all.

I’ll also show you chord voicings and the approach I would use for comping over these grooves and supporting the soloist.

Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. You can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.

Grab your guitar and let’s go!
Track 1: Blues For Lonnie Johnson
In this first lesson we'll be taking a look at a tune from my album "Pure" titled Blues For Lonnie Johnson. This track is a twelve bar Blues, with straight ahead improvisation and no real melody. First we'll take a listen to the tune then we'll dive into a lesson of the performance followed by a breakdown of the song.
Blues for Lonnie Johnson: Lead
Now let's dive into a performance of my tune Blues For Lonnie Johnson focusing on the lead guitar. As always, take advantage of TrueFire's tools to follow along with the notation or adjust the tempo to match your skill level.
Soloing Approaches & Insight
In this lesson I will be breaking down the lead guitar part for my song Blues For Lonnie Johnson as well as the soloing approaches. We'll be diving into great detail on how to get this part just right so be sure to utilize Tabsync to ensure you're covering the right notes!
Blues for Lonnie Johnson: Rhythm
Now that we've tackled the lead guitar, it's time to focus our attention on the rhythm guitar part for Blues for Lonnie Johnson. First we'll take a listen to the tune then we'll dive into a lesson of the performance followed by a breakdown of the song.
Comping Approaches & Insight
In this lesson I will be breaking down the rhythm guitar part for my song Blues For Lonnie Johnson with a focus on the comping approaches. We'll be diving into great detail on how to get this part just right so be sure to utilize Tabsync to ensure you're covering the right notes!
Track 2: 16-Bar Latin
This next piece is a 16 bar, latin flavored, chord progression reminiscence of Cuban Dancehall music. First we'll take a listen to the tune then we'll dive into a lesson of the performance followed by a breakdown of the song.

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Reviews

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Dave58

Verified buyer

10/29/22

Classic blues

Robben Ford is a fantastic teacher and a lifelong virtuoso guitarist. Very interesting if you are interested in techniques and the background of how he could learn it from the greats of the time. This is about learning the numerous chord variations that you can then play all over the neck to keep your rhythm pattern engaging. His lessons take a lot of time to master. But everything you can take with you in your guitar journey is a very nice bonus.

Frank

05/13/22

Great blues track for an intermediate player

His teaching style was very easy to digest. Some of the teachers are very technical about technique and describe in difficult ways to understand. Robben described movements across the fretboard in a way that was very understandable. I have taken a half dozen or so blues courses and this one has been the best. Highly recommend.

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