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The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1

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Instructor
Jonny May
Course
Intermediate
07:52:37

The most comprehensive course on Blues improvisation! Learn essential techniques for generating blues lines, including 8ths, triplets, lower/upper positions, slides, harmonies, patterns, & more.

Course Objectives
  • Learn the Blues form, Chords, Scales and shuffle
  • Explore how to create Blues Solos with Slides
  • Learn to play in Multiple Octaves with Harmonized Lines
  • Learn 8 Awesome Licks, 8 Fancy Runs
Learning Focus
  • Exercises
  • Groove
  • Improvisation
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Alotta Blues
Very important material. Oddly enough, I found the quarter note "lower position" and quarter note "upper position" exercises to be among the most useful of all the exercises! This whole course is packed with useful ideas. I plan to keep reviewing this "Beginner Challenge" in order to get a better grip on these recommendations.
Challenging!
I liked the pace.
Really awesome course! Fun, challenging, and transformative
I'm so grateful for the step by step, digestible approach. Life changing! I wish I had Jonny as a teacher when I was a kid. (probably rough on the ego to study from a toddler though). I have always been thrown into the deep end of the pool - " here are the changes, here are all the scales you could use, now solo! " Coming from a classical foundation, that's really defeating.
Interesting and helpful
After years of trying to play some blues, I discovered it's actually easier than expected
Very nice.
Perfectly structured and easy to follow. I especially love the attached note sheets and backing track.

Course Lessons

1
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 1
27:09

3 Blues Chords, 12-Bar Blues Form, Blues Groove

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2
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 2
45:46

Easy Blues Shuffle, Medium Blues Shuffle

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3
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 3
48:22

Blues Scale, 8th Note Exercise, Triplet Exercise, Playing in Multiple Octaves

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4
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 4
62:32

Low Position Notes, Principles of Soloing, Improvising Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, Triplets, Patterns, Down-Slides, Line-Building Tips

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5
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 5
43:37

Upper Position Notes, Improvising Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, Triplets, Patterns, Up-Slides

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6
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 6
43:43

Combing Upper/Lower Positions and Slides

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7
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 7
46:07

Harmonizing Your Melody, Harmonizing Up-Slides & Down-Slides

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8
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 8
48:06

Multiple Octave Lines, Slides, Harmonization, Patterns

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9
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 9
54:45

8 Awesome Blues Licks

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10
The 10-Lesson Blues Challenge 1 – Lesson 10
52:30

4 Fancy 8th-Note Runs, 4 Fancy Triplet Runs

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Featured Reviews

View PWJ member reviews of this course!

Alotta Blues
Very important material. Oddly enough, I found the quarter note "lower position" and quarter note "upper position" exercises to be among the most useful of all the exercises! This whole course is packed with useful ideas. I plan to keep reviewing this "Beginner Challenge" in order to get a better grip on these recommendations.
Challenging!
I liked the pace.
Really awesome course! Fun, challenging, and transformative
I'm so grateful for the step by step, digestible approach. Life changing! I wish I had Jonny as a teacher when I was a kid. (probably rough on the ego to study from a toddler though). I have always been thrown into the deep end of the pool - " here are the changes, here are all the scales you could use, now solo! " Coming from a classical foundation, that's really defeating.
Interesting and helpful
After years of trying to play some blues, I discovered it's actually easier than expected
Very nice.
Perfectly structured and easy to follow. I especially love the attached note sheets and backing track.
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