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Trading Solos: Moody Blues
Interactive Video Jam Session with a Top TrueFire Artist
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About this course
In Robben Ford’s Moody Blues edition of Trading Solos, you’ll trade solos with Robben over five frequently encountered moody blues grooves, in a variety of keys and feels including a down-and-dirty Muddy Water style slow blues in the key of E, a G minor blues, a minor blues in the key of Dm, a 12-bar blues in A minor, and a blues in the key of G with a bit of a folky quality.
"It has been traditional throughout the history of music for musicians to get together to exchange ideas, jam, flesh out things they’re working on, and learn from each other in the process. That’s what we’ll be doing here in Trading Solos, working with 5 different moods of blues."
For each of the five moody blues jam tracks, Robben will show you a handful of licks and rhythm approaches that you can use over the tracks as you trade solos with Robben. Then, you'll take turns applying those ideas, trading solos and comping for each other.
Robben will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the key examples and performances. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video and can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and let’s trade solos with Robben Ford!
"It has been traditional throughout the history of music for musicians to get together to exchange ideas, jam, flesh out things they’re working on, and learn from each other in the process. That’s what we’ll be doing here in Trading Solos, working with 5 different moods of blues."
For each of the five moody blues jam tracks, Robben will show you a handful of licks and rhythm approaches that you can use over the tracks as you trade solos with Robben. Then, you'll take turns applying those ideas, trading solos and comping for each other.
Robben will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the key examples and performances. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video and can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.
Grab your guitar and let’s trade solos with Robben Ford!
What you'll learn
- Arpeggio-based soloing using chord tones and intervals
- Three different comping approaches with varying voicings and positions
- How to create floating, rubato phrases that resolve on downbeats
- Understand the Trading Solos format and approach
- Understand the structure of the course with solos, comping, and backing tracks
Release date: 07/22/2019 • 1h 45m runtime
Sample lessons
Let's Trade Solos
Track 1: Playalong
Track 5: Bobby's Blues
Track Overview
Track 5: Bobby's Blues
Comping Approach: Demo
Track 5: Bobby's Blues
Three Soloing Ideas: Demo
What's included
22 lessons • 15 charts • 5 Jam Tracks
Moody Blues
Hi, I'm Robben Ford, and welcome to this Moody Blues edition of Trading Solos.
It's been traditional throughout the history of music for musicians to get together to exchange ideas, jam, flesh out things they're working on, and learn from each other in the process. That's what we'll be doing here in Trading Solos, working with 5 different moods of blues.
For each mood, I'll show a few soloing and comping techniques that we can both use. We'll take turns applying those ideas; trading solos and comping for each other over the backing tracks.
Everything is tabbed and notated, and you'll have all the backing tracks to work with on your own. You can loop and slow down the videos to work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let's trade some solos!
It's been traditional throughout the history of music for musicians to get together to exchange ideas, jam, flesh out things they're working on, and learn from each other in the process. That's what we'll be doing here in Trading Solos, working with 5 different moods of blues.
For each mood, I'll show a few soloing and comping techniques that we can both use. We'll take turns applying those ideas; trading solos and comping for each other over the backing tracks.
Everything is tabbed and notated, and you'll have all the backing tracks to work with on your own. You can loop and slow down the videos to work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let's trade some solos!
Track 1: Mud
So now we're going to listen to the track that we're going to be trading solos and comping for each other over. It's a down-and-dirty Muddy Water style slow blues in the key of E. Let's take a listen.
Track 1: Mud
Here are three different comping approaches for our slow blues in the key of E. Take a look, and next I'll show you three licks taken from my soloing approach to the track. Let's check it out.
Track 1: Mud
Before we trade solos, let me highlight a few soloing approaches for our slow blues in E. Check these out, and try to throw them into your playing when we bring it all together.
Let's Trade Solos
Now it's time to trade some solos! I'll start things off, and then it's your turn to solo. Make sure to back me up while I'm playing lead, and I'll comp for you when you're soloing. Let's get started.
Track 2: Rumble
This is a G minor blues, with the idea being to have a dangerous, "dirge-like" quality to the track. Where we'd often go back to the IV chord from the V, here we're staying on the V instead. Let's take a listen.
Track 2: Rumble
Alright, let's look at three rhythm approaches we could use for this particular track. Try to get them under your fingers, and then in the next segment we'll look at three soloing approaches as well for our G minor blues.
+ 15 more lessons
Reviews
26 results
Stevethewebb
Verified buyer
10/09/25
Hours of fun!
Great content, as usual Robben also talks about the concept behind the rhythm and solo ideas. Hours of fun!
moi10040
Verified buyer
12/02/22
help me a lot to improve
RockyRoll
Verified buyer
11/30/22
Soloing with the best!
I'm really enjoying this course. Trading solos with one of the best guitar players out there is a real kick. The explanations and the approach to the solos are clear and, for me, provide the right level of challenge.
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