Blues Rock Masters Inspired Series-Modern & Classic Volume 1

This is Volume 1 of 4 in our "Blues Rock Masters Series - Modern & Classic". This is in depth study & analysis of the playing styles of the greatest blues and blues rock guitarists of all time. Learn the techniques, tone, devices, scales, and styles of THE most epic guitar players of all time.

As guitar players we all have our influences or players that inspire us. Players that when we hear them play its just pure magic to our ears. They inspire us to pick up our guitars and play, and they inspire us to create. And we all pull from our influences and add them into our own playing style. We then put our own spin on what we learn and develop our own style. So as guitarists we are all made up of combinations of our influences. We are all truly amalgamates of our influences. And with this course you can pull from the best players ever! 

Whether you are a beginner or advanced player, following these lesson will bring your blues and rock playing to the next level – guaranteed! Players of all levels will be inspired by these lessons and you will be able to quickly add these techniques and devices to your own style.

Here in Volume 1 you will learn the styles of David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Michael Schenker. You will learn all about the gear, tones, licks, scales, devices, and playing styles and techniques of these four monster players. We also discuss their trademark tones and teach you how to get in the ballpark of their tones by using simple equipment, amps, and effects, that you probably already have at home. 

Then we teach you how to apply the techniques you are learning by playing over the included jam tracks. You get the same jam tracks that are utilized in the lessons, plus we throw in extra jam tracks in different keys and tempos so you have even more practice and application content. So you have the tools to practice and hone your playing skills to a sharp edge.

The lessons in this course and taught by Next Level Guitar instructors Dave Nassie and Ben Zinn. This course contains 13 video lessons totaling two and a quarter hours of video lessons, 30 jam tracks, and a 103-page detailed coinciding eBook. The eBook contains pages of written lessons, chord diagrams, jam track lessons, scale diagrams, music theory lessons, and much more. Its a great reference tool that you will find yourself utilizing throughout your guitar journey.

And learning is easy with our on-screen tablature. So you see all the licks and chords tabbed out on the screen. This makes it very easy to follow along. All rhythm and lead riffs and licks are broken down and explained and demonstrated at slow speed and regular speed. So you don’t have to keep hitting the rewind and pause buttons. Plus we break each section into digestible parts and we get you playing and rocking out in the fastest and most efficient manner.

And to make watching and learning as easy as possible, these video lessons also incorporate multiple camera angles, chord tabs, and close ups of the neck, fret and pick hands, so you see all the action up close and personal.

In the David Gilmour lessons you will learn:

-All about gear and tone so you can get in the wheelhouse of his sound.                               

-How to develop melodic licks and add color and textures to your runs.

-How to create smooth flowing “feel” licks and short lyrical playing and lick resolution.

-How to phrase and attach licks together.  

and how to add emotion and color to your licks.

-All about his killer vibrato and tremolo arm use.

-All about playing dynamics and string muting and how to incorporate these into your sound.     

-How to use delay and reverb effects.

-How to target notes to make BIG solo statements.

-How to pull off and hammer licks as well as his signature string bending techniques.

In the Eric Clapton lessons you will learn:

-All about gear and tone so you can get in the wheelhouse of his sound.  

-Quick hammer and pull licks as well as his trademark repeating rolling licks style.

-Fast classic pattern licks and classic sounding blues runs.

-Fret board visualization in this style.

-All about huge string bending techniques in this style.

-How to connect licks together and resolve licks to target notes.     

-Fingering positions made easy and how to move similar licks all over the fret board.          

-All about vibrato, string bending, playing dynamics, phrasing ideas, combining positions and more.

In the Jimmy Page lessons you will learn:

-All about gear and tone so you can get in the wheelhouse of his sound.

-Lots of open string pull off licks as well as fast repeating and rolling licks.

-Quick burst pull off licks in this style.

-One string licks and note choices as well as oblique string bending

-Improvisational approaches to this style.         

-Playing scales horizontally across the neck as well as combining major and minor pentatonic scales.

-How to make the whole fret board available to you and more.

In the Michael Schenker lessons you will learn:

-All about gear and tone so you can get in the wheelhouse of his sound.

-All about wah pedal use and licks in this style.

-How to blend scales together.                        

-Lots of repeated lick ideas and ripping fast long run ideas

-How to build speed and dexterity as well as learn fast picked licks.

-All about fast hammer and pull off licks and fast string bending licks.

-Lots of classic rocked out blues licks and classic patterns in this style.

-How to move licks around the fret board.

-finger positioning for maximum picking efficiency.

-longer pattern licks, phrasing melodic licks, string bending, building rhythm riffs and more.