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BB King Teaches How to Solo Over a Blues Progression - Animated Fretboard Guitar Lesson

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Overview

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Learn how to solo over a blues progression in the style of BB King in this comprehensive 33-minute animated fretboard guitar lesson. Explore BB King's signature riffs, chord progressions, and soloing techniques as you break down his slow blues solo in G. Discover the importance of chord tones, outlining chords, and using the Mixolydian mode. Master the "BB Box" and compare it to the House of Blues and Albert King Box. Practice raking techniques to fatten up notes and learn to move patterns up and down the neck for I-IV-V progressions. Includes a demonstration of the solo played note-for-note, followed by a "workshopping" session to help you develop your own style. Conclude with a 12-bar backing track for hands-on practice.

Syllabus

- BB’s Slow Blues Solo in G bar 1 riff I
- Bars 2-3 riff IV-I
- Bars 3-4 riff I
- Bars 4-5 riff I-IV
- Bar 6-7 riff IV-I
- Bar 7-8 riff I
- Bars 8-9 riff I-V
- Bars 10-11 riff V-I
- bar 11 riff I
- BBs teaching segment intro
- BB gives examples of what he plays on each chord
- BB’s second set of examples over the chord changes
- Gary’s intro to the lesson
- Gary’s intro to “workshopping” BBs riffs to make them your own
- Gary’s teaching philosophy for this lesson
- TAB for Patrons overview
- fretLIVE Fretboard Mastery Program Overview
- FREE .pdfs overview - pentatonic and diatonic scales
- All about STRINGS…and clips of me breaking a bunch making this!
- Intro Solo Bar 1 I breakdown
- Lesson on what I mean by “chord tones” or “outlining the chord”
- Bars 2-3 riff IV-I breakdown
- a quick note on BB’s vibrato and why I won’t teach it to you
- bar 3-4 riff I breakdown
- bar 4-5 riff I-IV breakdown
- bar 6-7 riff IV-I breakdown
- bar 7-8 riff I breakdown
- bar 8-9 riff I-V breakdown and MIXOLYDIAN MODE lesson
- bar 10-12 riffs V-I breakdown
- some context about this clip as it relates to the full masterclass
- The BB Box vs. the House of Blues or Albert King Box
- BB’s raking technique to fatten up a note
- Moving the BB Box up and down the neck for I-IV-V
- Demo of me playing the solo note for note, then “workshopping it”
- 12 Bars of Backing track for you to solo
- THANK YOU POW MUSIC PATRONS!!!!

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