
Learn Joe Bonamassa-style guitar licks in c minor over third position, starting at the 15th fret on the G string, with backing tracks and scale work (pentatonic, dorian, mixolydian).
Master the a minor pentatonic scale across all five positions on the fretboard. Learn connected patterns, open-string anchors, and movement between positions to cover the neck.
Master the major pentatonic scale and its relation to the minor pentatonic, starting from the second position and navigating scale boxes across positions.
Explore blending minor and major pentatonic scales by layering them to unlock diverse notes, creating blues tension with major versus minor third shifts over dominant chords.
Explore the Mixolydian mode, the fifth mode of the major scale, and how its flat seven shapes soloing over dominant chords and turnarounds in Joe Bonamassa's style.
Learn how to play the main guitar riff from the song Mountain Climbing from the Blues of Desperation, the twelfth studio album by Joe Bonamassa. It was released on March 25, 2016.
Learn how to play the main guitar riff from Just Got Paid. This song is a huge favorite for Joe when he plays live. Halfway through a performance he will normally switch to playing Dazed And Confused by Led Zeppelin or even Still Of The Night by Whitesnake.
The song was originally written by ZZ top.
Learn how to play the main riff from the song Song Blue & Evil from the Black Rock album by Joe Bonamassa. It was recorded at Black Rock Studios in the Greek island of Santorini and it was released worldwide on March 23, 2010
Learn how to play the main guitar riff from the song Lonesome Road Blues from The Ballad of John Henry, the seventh studio album by Joe Bonamassa. It was released on 24 February 2009
Master a Joe Bonamassa-style lick in C minor played in third position, using licks around the 13th-18th frets on the B and high E strings with precise picking.
Master Joe Bonamassa style licks in the C minor pentatonic scale, using five-note groups across the high strings and alternating picking for smooth riffs.
Lick #4 in C minor starts on the G string with frets 8 and 10, moves across B and E strings, then finishes on fret 10 of the E string.
Master a Joe Bonamassa style lick in C minor, using g string 10–12, pentatonic box movement, and 11–13 on the b string toward the 18th fret.
Explore lick #6 in the Joe Bonamassa style, with a C minor arpeggio, string skipping, and pentatonic phrasing. Move through a three-stop sequence and finish on the C at fret 14.
Learn to connect pentatonic positions across five-note groups on the fretboard, using slides and pull-offs to craft Joe Bonamassa–style licks.
Master lick eleven by following the sequence from g 10 crossover to b, into b a 211, looping back and finishing on eleven, in the style of Joe Bonamassa.
Develop melodic uptempo blues over a backing track in Am, playing guitar in the style of Joe Bonamassa.
Practice a blues shuffle backing track in G to emulate the Joe Bonamassa guitar style.
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.