Being able to solo successfully is something most of us would love to do. Having a player like Nat Martin show you how to do it is a gift. Nat’s mastery of blues and its associated music has led him to become one of the most highly respected players in the country.
In this third lesson you’ll build on the techniques and knowledge gained in lessons 1 and 2 while learning a 3rd solo. Plus further take away techniques that will allow you to develop your blues vocabulary. You’ll examine the minor pentatonic box 3 known as the ‘The B.B. box’ and discuss how B.B.King mixed minor and major pentatonics.
In the third and final week, the main focus will be Notated solo 3, where you’ll jump straight into learning additional licks to continue vocabulary building in box 1 of the A minor pentatonic. You will then weigh up the possibilities from all the licks you’ve learnt over the last three weeks in relation to where you can play them within the 12 bar blues sequence. You’ll also be introduced to two additional ideas for ways in which you can continue your study: you’ll examine the minor pentatonic box 3 known as the ‘The B.B. box’. You’ll discuss how B.B.King mixed minor and major pentatonics and be supplied with fretboard diagrams to provide an opportunity for you to explore this scale in your own time to form additional vocabulary for each chord in the 12 bar blues.
A Minor Pentatonic Scale Guitar Pattern 1
Below is pattern one of the minor pentatonic scale. The numbers inside the dots indicate the fingers to be used on the frets. The red dots in the pattern refer to the root of the scale.
A Minor Pentatonic Scale Guitar Pattern 3
Barre chord shapes
Lesson 1 – You will establish the chords for a 12 bar blues progression in the key of A, where you’ll play through the chord sequence using barre chords or CAGED triads in position V around box 1 of the minor pentatonic. You will learn an initial solo, focusing on a few licks.
Lesson 2 – developing on session 1 by recapping previous materials and adding in 7th arpeggios, a new solo and picking/fingering techniques.
Lesson 3 – See above
• You can purchase all three lessons as one course. This is the advised option as the lessons develop on each other to give you an in-depth practice regime. It’s also cheaper at £50 for all three lessons.
• Purchase lessons individually at £20 per lesson.
The level is ideal for players who want to:
As a guide you should be familiar with:
Things you won’t need to know (but you should definitely not ignore them):
By default, you’ll start every session with complete anonymity i.e. with your mic muted and your camera switched off. You have total control of these at your end.
You can ask questions at any time:
It’s all very friendly and there isn’t such a thing as a daft question – they usually lead to deep, interesting streams of very relevant stuff!
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