Minor Blues Essentials Masterclass

In this four-section Masterclass, you will dig into minor blues. First up comes the PDF explanation of what is happening in this minor blues backing and what your options are when soloing over the top of it!

Next, he moves you on with 10 '12-bar solos' designed to give you plenty of lick ideas that you can use in your own solos. Each solo comes with an explanation to help you understand and internalise the various different concepts.

In this section, you'll be working on a wealth of technical and melodic techniques that will help you develop your soloing including; minor pentatonic, blues, Dorian, Lydian dominant and superlocrian scales, double stops, bends, pull-offs, super-imposing arpeggios, tension and resolution, plus plenty of other blues and jazz-blues influenced ideas!

After the shorter solos come the extended solo! This full solo is a great example of how all of the various concepts you've learned up to this point can work in a wider context. John focuses more on creating solid musical and melodic ideas in this solo, utilising dynamics and expression effectively to give the solo more impact!

Lastly, you'll have 10 technical exercises designed specifically to help you practice. You'll be working on everything from arpeggios and their extension in different positions, to connecting scale shapes, patterns, following changes, targeting chord tones and more!