Learn to play guitar In the style of Joe Bonamassa
What you'll learn
- Play guitar in the style of Joe Bonamassa
- Have more confidence playing lead guitar when soloing and jamming
- Gain an increased knowldge of lead guitar, soloing, and improvisation.
- Learn to solo using modes, arpeggios, and how to play over a blues style chord change
Requirements
- Basic beginner lead guitar knowledge
Description
Learn to play guitar in the style of one of the most influential rock blues guitarists of all time. Joe Bonamassa's brilliant playing has influenced countless guitarists all over the world. He is truly one of the greats, and we can all be inspired and empowered through his playing.
In these lessons you will learn all kinds of techniques, devices, scales, and approaches to soloing in the style of Joe Bonamassa. His style of play focuses on passion and energy blending the Blues with classic rock.
Other key elements in his style include trademark pentatonic picking patterns, long sustained bends with vibrato, repeated rhythmic motiffs, and melodically simple but rhythmically complex phrases. And we go over it all in these in depth lessons. Bonamassa’s unique style blends blues, rock, jazz fusion, music together.
Now you can learn to play all kinds of techniques, riffs, scales, and approaches to soloing in the style of Joe Bonamassa.
This course is taught by Skype Guitar Lessons Online instructor Geoff Sinker and contains in-depth video lessons. These total over 1.5 hours of pure step-by-step, move-by-move instruction you can pause and easily follow along with our on-screen tablature. You also get 5 great jam tracks in the style of Joe Bonamassa. These are the exact same tracks that we utilize throughout the video lessons.
We break all the licks, riffs, and techniques down into digestible pieces and demonstrate them at slow and regular speeds. Then we demonstrate and teach you how to practice and apply them over the included jam track. And all the lessons feature on-screen tablature and close-ups of the fret and pick hands with multiple camera angles to make it easy to follow along.
Throughout these lessons you will learn:
-Great selection of licks in the Bonamassa style.
-How to approach each link and utilizee in your own playing.
-How to a selection of riffs played by Joe Bonamassa.
-Bonamassa’s trademark licks, pentatonic picking patterns, repeated rhythmic motifs, and melodically simple but rhythmically complex phrases.
-All about scale CHOICES and soloing OPTIONS, so you can easily see what’s behind what your playing.
-Learn everything in its proper musical context by APPLYING it in a musical context by jamming over custom made backing track that coincides with the lesson.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who wants to learn blues rock guitar in the style of Joe Bonamassa
- Anyone who wants to learn more about lead guitar, soloing , & improvising, licks & techniques
- Anyone wanting to improve their overall soloing and playing abilities as well as increase their lick vocabulary all over the neck
Course content
- Preview02:50
- 03:20The History Behind Joe Bonamassa
Instructor
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- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 72 Reviews
- 2,484 Students
- 5 Courses
I started playing the guitar at 13, and by the age of 16 I was performing in local bands in his local area of Bolton and Manchester. Always hungry to learn and expand my musical knowledge I studied under some of the foremost teachers at the time.
I spent the 80’s honing not only my performance and technical skills but also my teaching abilities.
As well as performing in various rock bands I started teaching in various schools and academies including Kent County Schools where I was employed as their first contemporary music instructor for the guitar.
In the late 80’s I relocated to London, working in recording studios recording and doing session work during the daytime and playing live in the numerous bar and clubs in the evenings. I also set up my own private teaching company. As my experience working in studios grew I began to record music for advertising and marketing companies, and small radio stations. As well as my teaching role I worked as a session musician recording music for record companies including Virgin Records and Acid Jazz.
In the 90’s I made the bold step of moving to the Florida. Where I focused on teaching, working privately and also in schools in the Orlando region. During that time, I was lucky to meet some great musicians that encouraged me to continue my own personal studies and grow my musical knowledge.
As one who loves to travel and see new places I decided that my next stop would be Panama. A great place to learn Jazz and amazing Latin Rhythm. I really enjoyed my time down there and worked some wonderful bars and clubs. It felt like everyone wanted to learn to play the guitar, young and old.
Next stop was Dubai, I did say I liked to travel. Here I focused 100% on teaching and also my own personal music education, taking as many courses as I could possibly fit in.
I now have a Licentiate Degree in Instrumental teaching from Trinity College London, this is normally a 4 year course but I graduated after only 2 years.
It was actually during my time in Panama that I started offering Skype Guitar lessons to students, now I seem to spend more time in front of a computer than I do in the classroom. I love teaching and new technology means I can bring new and interesting ideas to my lessons.