What I Learned From Joe Bonamassa's Instagram...
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Hey everyone! This is the first instructional video I've put out on this channel in over four months, and now that my new website is finally ready I am very glad to be back producing free lessons for this RUclips channel, starting with this!
In today's video, I take you through a passage of a clip that Joe Bonamassa posted to his instagram page. In this clip, Joe is soundchecking a 335 through his monstrous Dumble/Fender Twin rig. He starts off with some bluesy improv in Bb and eventually launches into a beautifully arpeggiated sequence of notes that blew my mind the first time I heard it.
After downloading the clip and transcribing the notes, I realised that what Joe was playing, was a pair of major triads found within the mixolydian mode. I like to call this the 'Mixolydian Triad Pair' - a pair of major triads found within mixolydian that have the distance of a tone between them.
In this lesson, I break down the notes that Joe plays and I make an attempt to explain this improvisational concept in a way that will allow those of you with knowledge of fundamental music theory to understand and begin implementing into your own lead playing.
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My free lessons on the lead playing styles of Bonamassa & Johnson have always been well received and so I thought it would be fun to put together an in-depth lick package that reveals more of the intricacies behind their signature pentatonic runs. The lick package contains 2 hours of streamable HD video lessons, 14 downloadable PDF attachments, a Guitar Pro TAB file and a downloadable backing track.
The concepts covered in the package include:
The Mixolydian Triad Pair
Odd-Note Groupings
Spread Voice Triads
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Those two courses are a combined 8-hour long guide to music theory for guitar players. They cover several concepts in a way that show you how to actually apply them to the guitar, including but not limited to:
Intervals
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Diatonic/Functional Harmony
7th Chords
Common Chord Progressions
Triads
Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales
The Major Scale
The Blues Scale
Improvising with Triads
Mixing Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales in Solos
Modes of the Major Scale
The Harmonic Minor Scale
The Melodic Minor Scale
Mixing Modes with Pentatonic Scales
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Suspended Triads
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What I've learned from him is that you can be a super successful musician who writes good songs, makes a great living, travels the world, play with your heroes, make albums and no one outside of blues/guitarists even know who you are. He can walk down the street and is still a huge musician. He's a great example to follow.
Very Eric Johnson style, can definitely hear it in Joe's playing
For sure. Both incredible players.
I feel like Joe has cracked Eric's special recipe and started cooking something himself.... Same food but slightly different ingredients.... I thought this concept ever since I first heard Joe a about a year ago....I've been listening to Eric Johnson for the past 23 years or more... ..Joe figured it out. It all sounds great.
@@RidiculousFlightSimmers RJ Ronquillo sometimes uses similar lines when he chooses to. I think they should be called 'travelling arps', as they're often an arp going into a slur then into another arp. It's often used in country stuff, but tend to stay in one key. Larry Carlton uses them a lot to modulate, but more jazzy/swing style than straight time.
I know the theory but I love lessons like this to expand my thought process when soloing.Thanks for making it easy.
Awesome, thank you!
Ross, two things that separates you from other guitar players who provide lessons: you are articulate and provide clear explanations of what you're playing and how it actually works. These are two valuable elements that make your lessons effective. Always well done!
Ross you're a hell of a musician. A great guitar player. I love every video you put out here. Joe's playing is a unique good sound and love the way you tear it apart.
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words!
jesus this production level is up there with paul davids
I don't know about that but thank you! Love Paul's vids.
The playing is about 1000% better imho.
@@ianparker5007 what's wrong with paul's playing??
O F nothing but idk about the original post sometimes people prefer other channels better.
You guys should do a colab!!!
Way to smash my guitar playing mind again. Thanks for the near constant flowing of ideas and sources of inspiration!
Thank you for your support!
This kid blows my mind at what he teaches us. I'm signing up for his lessons. Ivd out it off for a year but no more. My story putting it off until tomorrow.. This kid knows how to teach guitar.
The first 30 seconds of this video got me out of a rut! Slowed it down and learned the whole thing. Multiple light bulb moments. Thanks man. Great video as always.
That's cool to hear, thanks!
Whenever I check in to one of your videos, it strikes how much sense your lessons make, and how tasty your playing is. Thx, Ross - very cool!
Ross the simple concept of playing the inversions a whole step down was super helpful. So simple yet totally enlightening. Thank you for what you do!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the lesson
Thank you, I"ve watched countless videos on triads, and heard the phrases, "1st inversion", and "2nd inversion", usually with, "just a", or "the", or "just the" before the phrase. This is the first time I've heard an explanation of what 1st and 2nd inversions are.
Thanks again
You mean this lick,
When he sniffs the morning coffe and sneeze at same time
And nails it with one hand
JOE BONAMOSSA!
Wow. So much useful info in just one small lesson.
Thank you!
Awesome video. Especially appreciate the nod to being stuck. Your stuff helps me hear what I 'love' about my favorite guitarists playing. Really helps focus the noodling. Thanks.
The RockPalast version of Takin' The Hit is still my favourite Joe Bonamassa song. Fluid soloing and great rhythm guitar.
👌
Awesome! I always look at those as a 4 and 5 with mixolydian superimposed over a min pentatonic for the R, serving that elusive min and maj 3 and all the rest, using the 9 and b5 as needed to taste. The close proximity of those inversions is really cool as a walk. Never thought to mix them back and forth like that!
A major triad one whole step below the root of a dom7 chord gives you this sweet 9sus4 sound. I did not expect it Joe played this BB-style lick. These kind of licks are really grabbing your attention when you are tired of all the standard blues-licks :D
A jazz player I took lessons from 35 years ago taught me that exact style riff. Going from ex. an A to G triad ascending up. Works great over dominant chords. Fits really well over a 13th chord. Really Larry Carlton stacked triad chord cluster thinking. I showed that lick to Bernie Marsden 5 years ago. I wonder if he showed it to Joe LOL! That Les Paul in my hands is actually Bernie's '59, The Beast.
This is almost verbatim Larry's Star Licks video from the mid-80s. Sounds awesome. Great channel Ross.
Joe's found an intoxicating mix of classic blues plus a healthy dose of Eric Johnson and Derek Trucks sitar type bends ,,for me the most complete guitar artist on the planet right now ,love the guy !!
Great stuff, Ross - you’re a great instructor - easy to follow and understand!
Thanks so much!
Man I got a dangelico based on your thought of the guitar, my god 10 out of 10 best humbucker guitar I've ever played
That's so cool to hear man. I'm glad you dig it!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist it's an amazing guitar, its the one with no f wholes matte black, the finish is already started to wear from where I play it
Great lesson Ross....thanks so much...
Mate I honestly you're one of the best Scottish guitarists I've heard! I'm a Dundee boy myself. Mate you're ridiculously good.
Thank you Robert!
Great lesson! Any chance to make a video teaching what you play at the very beginning of this video? That piece is just beautiful!
Brilliant. Xlnt breakdown, thanks!
Wow, love the new looking backdrop and so much info within the description. Very different from all other instruct vids...👍😃🎸🎵🎶🎼
That intro was sexy. I could play the same notes, but it's all about the feel. I haven't got it down like you man!
Joes playing suddenly became very Eric Johnson in that arpeggio
Thanks Alex!
I've been playing triad pair inversions on 6 string bass for solos for about 6 months now and it brings huge possibilities I will add this to the arsenal ...thanks !
Dude, your videos are so great and the production and video/editing quality is amazing, especially when comparing to some videos you made a few years back =)
Thank you!
Danke !! Ich hänge an deinen Lippen, obwohl ich nicht deine Sprache verstehe. Verstehe aber die Intension, die Botschaft.- was wichtig ist. Folge dir gerne. Gutes 2020 für dich !!
I think I learned more from this video than any other video I have seen in the last year. Thanks so much for great teaching and content!
Thank you Robert!
Awesome lesson and lick on Mixolydian!! One thing I’m not sure that was mentioned but in the lick, you use the major(Eb) and minor 3rd(D) joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson do that all the time too
They do indeed. I talk about that a lot in the lick package and other free lessons I've done on this channel. I like to think of Mixolydian as a combination of major and minor pentatonic scales with the same root note - the b3 being the only note that you won't find naturally in mixolydian. It obviously still sounds good though
Very good lesson Ross, thanks for hearing, transcribing and describing the technique so clearly!
Way too explain something rather confusing in such a concise manner so we can understand it! Cheers and Happy New Year to you.
Thank you, happy new year!
Excellent, Ross! and your speach is awesome. Congrats and best wishes
That's his Eric Johnson influence coming through
Very clear explanation Ross 👌
I tried this idea out and like the sound of the wider jumps. After playing around with it a bit, I wonder if another idea built into the lick is playing triads as two notes per string before going to the next string so that wider vertical playing on the fretboard occurs..... Kinda cool way to navigate the fretboard with triads as two notes per string. Might actually finally learn the fretboard this way. Nice video - keep em coming!
Great lesson ... solid playing and teaching! Joe always throws in some great arpeggio ideas into his playing.
Thank you!
Superb tutorial. Joes Instagram is a great place to learn licks !
Thank you!
Whenever I hear anyone do that or do it myself, I always hear Eric Johnson
Love your style/note choice! Great!
I've been doing this since '89. Great idea.
Great video once again bro! I've been studying your videos a lot lately in the past month and I really like the way you explain everything as it just makes so much sense! Thanks so much!
Thank you 🙏
Thanks Ross. This is an eye opener for me.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic lesson and beautiful phrasing and tone in your intro.
Thank you!
You explain this stuff really well, good job :-)
Thank you!
Dude, the jam in the beginning... OMFG so fucking good! Great sound and feel man!
Thanks so much!
Nice lesson. I like it as I do this, thinking about it a different way, and it's great come at things from multiple angles.
I have been thinking about this, and I think it's the way jazz musicians often think about it, is that you create the sound of upper extensions by playing triads over a chord. So, for example, play a Bb triad over a C chord, to create the sound of a C11 chord, as Bb note is the 7th in C, the D note (the 3rd of the Bb triad) is the 9th in C, and the F note (the 5th of the Bb triad) is the 11th in C. But you don't need to think about that -- you just play the Bb triad over the C chord. Similarly, playing the F triad over a C chord gives you a C13sus4 sound. I picked this stuff up studying jazz guitar, and, in particular, learning and analyzing a Wes Montgomery solo for a college jazz history course. Larry Carlton also does a lot of this and has some interesting lessons on it.
Great stuff! Thanks for all your hard work.
Joe uses a similar run on Django and I heard a few like it when I saw Eric Johnson live . That said I wouldn’t go see either of them again for a variety of reasons . Joes tickets are extortionate and the Eric Johnson gig in Glasgow only came to life when he did some Hendrix covers .
Very interesting have to give this a go 🤘🔥🎸
Brilliant video Ross. You explain theory so well and the quality of your content is fantastic. Big thumbs up from me.
Thank you so much!
Bloody love your playing dude!
Appreciation for the time and work you did going into this video. You should check out some of Eric Johnson’s music, you’ll really here where and how JB was influenced. Not that you don’t already know, but it’s worth the research. Keep up the good work!!
Oh of course. Thank you!
All paths lead to the same destination. I understand your explanation of the triads within the Bb mixo scale, but I find it easier and faster to “arrive” at the same place by thinking about it like this: Bb is the V of Eb. In the key of Eb, the IV and V would be Ab and Bb, the same triads you use. One thing that helped me tremendously in blues playing is to think of the progression not as I IV V, but as V V V which is why I think the way I do. Regardless, both ways bring us to the same sounds which is all that matters. And I love your playing and lessons!
Your B riff reminds me of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
The sound of that ascending lick sounds similar to Eddie Van Halen's playing on Jump!
Joe channeling his inner EJ.Nice lesson ;-)
Thanks Rob!
Your a great player and even better teacher!,
Thank you Jon!
Joe is quite legendary in this modern age! I think we can all learn something new from him everytime.
Absolutely agree!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Yeah!
Oh man, that's very helpful, now I'm know what is the triad! Thank u
Thanks!
I'm more interested in your intro...lol
Great concept and thanks for the insight
Thanks Darryl!
Amazing intro. The tone was incredible. What amp and effects are you using? Would you use the same level of delay and reverb in a live gig? Keep up the great work man.
Sounds like Eric Johnson’s original licks to my ears just saying🤘
If you think about it, you can hear others in everyone's work. Joe was influenced by more than Eric Johnson. He was influenced by Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Danny Gatton, B.B. King, Gary Moore. And, you can hear all of them somewhere in his music. So what? That is the way it is. Everyone is influenced and it shows. Joe took a particular style and added it to his repertoire and made it his own in a way. There's nothing wrong with that.
Ansil P. Hinson woh ho did I mention any negative about his playing? you should take it as a compliment as he can play Eric Johnson licks though as Im saying saying or in my opinion anything wrong with that?✌️
@@ratutzsky9217 I'm sorry if I sounded like I was coming down on you, friend. I guess that I should have said what I did a little differently. Also, after taking another look at what you said, I do understand better what you are saying. Thank's for setting me straight. 👍🏻
@@ratutzsky9217 Original? That's hilarious. EJ's ORIGINAL LICKS? Jan Ackerman from Focus was playing licks identical to this in the early 70's way before EJ. Maybe EJ copied him? Just sayin'. A guitarist from italy was tapping decades before EVH. There's not one SRV lick that wasn't done by Albert King. Oh except when he copies Hendrix. Just sayin'. I'm not a great JB fan but have loads of respect.
Joe is not Eric he is better but hell Ross puts them both to Shame he knows what he is doing. This kid teaches me so much. Loved to have known him in the 70s as friend and player.
Fantastic lesson, thank you Ross.
Thanks!
Ross mate,it's time for you to try get hooked up with top pop acts that need killer guitar players for touring ,Massato with Jessy Jay, Nuno with Rhianna ,you get the idea,,Dualipa would be a great gig ! Go for it !!
Thank you man. Watch this space :)
I'd sell my soul to play like you and neat thing about you Ross you're so versed in music theory. It's amazing the players not on GOOD but know what they are doing like John Mayer.. It's just amazing how you sit and figure out the intervals and apply scales to them. I'd love to be there.. That is where talent is.
Thank you so much!
Well said....thank you
Oh wow! Your chart on the screen by you showing the mixo mode beginning at the five and going on from there was an aha moment
I love this guy he teaches me more than I've learned in years. I'm about to sign up for his lessons. He has gave me 100k worth of free stuff here on youtube..
Very nice explanation. And you are right about already doing this, just not seeing it the way Joe or Eric does. Lord I love this "Aha" moments!!! Thanks for the good work, Ross!! Liked & Subscribed!!
Thank you!
Been a while since I tuned in. Swag new look 🤘😎🤘...and chops too 👍⭐
Thank you!
Wonderful lesson. Sounds like Rapsody in blue to my ears mixed in. Not sure why.
Seems like the only precaution here is to avoid sitting on the Eb. It just begs for resolution to D hahaha. Let's say we're in Bb Blues, moving to the IV chord. Nice to highlight a G (third of Eb7) over the changes, but I guess we could also try this concept over IV as well? So you'd play triads of Db F Ab and Eb G B. Oh, maybe a line like Db F Ab G to get the resolution feel over the IV. I'll have to give that try. Thanks for the cool lesson!
Great job with this lesson Ross.
Thanks Tony!
Larry Carlton expands on something similar to this in his video from the 80s (for Star Licks, I think)😁
I think I've watched that before but I'll need to revisit it sometime for sure. Can't go wrong with Larry Carlton.
great video Ross thanks again. t😎
Thanks Tim!
The first part is something that he picked up from Eric Johnson, I believe. Johnson is a huge influence of Joe's style. Very cool stuff. Thank's for sharing your knowledge of these great sounding licks and the time you spend sorting it all out. I appreciate you.
That's nice of you to say. Thank you! 👊
great video!
I've heard that lick or part of it least ways in a track he does called Django
Good observation!
Exactly , that was my first thought when I heard the clip of the video .
Excellent
Enjoyed that thanks. A lot of misinformation on the internet. You are 100% and can actually play.......you deserve more subscribers.
Those bends @ 0:31 sound awesomely bluesy.....how did you do that ?
Think of it like a Bb major barre chord with the root on the A string. Pick the root note (13th fret, A string) and a note one fret below the major 3rd (fret 14 B string). Bend the note on the B string up by a semitone so that it matches the pitch of the note that's one fret higher (the major 3rd of the chord). Then do the same thing but for B major, and return down to the Bb.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Wow...I cant wait to try that when I get home ...Thanks !!! 👍👍
as soon as you said pair of manor triads within the mixolydian scale i knew what ya meant and I visualized what i thought the triad shapes were…… i was only right on the first triad shape i should have listened to the audio of joe closer
very informative!! thanks
Thanks Jody!
This is over my head...just want to learn songs!
Awesome playing man 😊
Thank you!
Great lesson, welcome back
Good to be back. Thank you!
That intro was fucking sick👌
Thanks so much!
Amazing content as usual. Thanks!
Thank you!
phenomenal playing in that intro bro
Thank you Aaron!
Great lesson Ross but why not orient your fingering pattern with guitar? Thanks again for your time and expertise!🙏🏻
Thank you very much you are a gréât musicien you too thank s for yourlearning when we see you in Paris ,have you a band ?
I'm playing in a few projects locally that are just getting off the ground. Would love to play Paris one day
And thank you! 👊
Great video.
I remember seeing an interview some years back with Tuck Andress talking about being stuck in a rut where he said whenever he feels that way he'll put on a random few seconds of any Art Tatum record.
First thing I thought of was Eric Johnson...
Superb. Thank you!
Thanks!
Nice! That means when playing in Lydian, we can use the same concept and slide up 2 frets to use the same Maj triads and it's good?