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The Blues College – Rhythm & Chord Mastery

Learn to play like the King of the Blues and add a beautiful, warm sound to your lead playing by mastering the B.B. King Box

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Blues College – Rhythm & Chord Mastery

“The King Of The Blues” – amongst many other things – is known for his beautiful and mellow sounding blues licks.

B.B. King’s playing has a warm and upbeat sound which can be difficult to recreate using just the minor pentatonic scale.

If you want to craft those same singing lines and develop a more versatile lead style, then getting to grips with the B.B. King Box is one of the best places to start.

In this course you’ll learn what the B.B. King Box is and how you can use it in your playing. You’ll also learn a number of licks and a solo that use the box, to help you start playing like the king of the blues himself!

What you will learn:

PART 1

Introduction

To kick things off we will run through what the minor pentatonic scale is, and why it is so important in the blues.

PART 2

Understanding the B.B. King Box

In this first lesson you will learn the first shape of the minor pentatonic scale – the most widely used scale shape in the blues.

PART 3

How To Use The B.B. King Box

Here we will cover the second shape of the scale – used extensively by guitarists like Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

PART 4

Riding With The Kings

In this lesson we will tackle the third shape of the minor pentatonic – one which is often underutilised but rich with potential.

PART 5

Lick I

Moving on, we will cover the fourth and most challenging shape of the minor pentatonic scale

PART 6

Lick II

In this lesson you will learn the fifth and final shape of the minor pentatonic scale. You can now play the most important scale in the blues!

PART 7

Lick III

Now that you know how to play the 5 shapes of the scale, we can look at how they fit together across the fretboard so that you can play and improvise freely.

PART 8

Lick IV

Now that you know how to play the 5 shapes of the scale, we can look at how they fit together across the fretboard so that you can play and improvise freely.

PART 9

Lick V

Now that you know how to play the 5 shapes of the scale, we can look at how they fit together across the fretboard so that you can play and improvise freely.

PART 10

Putting It All Together (Intro Solo)

Now that you know how to play the 5 shapes of the scale, we can look at how they fit together across the fretboard so that you can play and improvise freely.

What you will find inside this course:

Inside all of the courses you will find:

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My story

I have played blues guitar for over 20 years and have loved blues music for just as long.

5 years ago – after getting complacent with my playing, I decided I wanted to push on and improve as a guitarist.

I started to document my journey and share tips on gear, practice and playing.

To my joy, that helped me turn into a full time Bluesman.

I have since gone on to work with hundreds of blues guitarists all over the world through the Blues Club and 1-2-1 coaching.