Rock & Blues Foundations Tutor: David Mead A focus on the fundamentals from major and minor chords, the pentatonic scale, blues licks and riffs. Giving the skills you need to make sure-footed progress with your playing.
Course outline
Typical topics will involve mapping out the fretboard using the CAGED System, the major and minor scales you need to make your solos ignite, picking hand technique – specifically alternate picking and muting – fretting-hand skills like slurs, bends, double stops and vibrato and much more. We’ll also look at the fundamentals of blues playing, both rhythm and lead, the 12-bar blues format and some of the common variations like the ‘quick change’ and ‘riff blues’. But most of all, we’re going to have fun!
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