Joe Bonamassa's ONLY Advice For Guitarists

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Joe Bonamassa's ONLY Advice For Guitarists

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What's the ONE piece of advice Joe Bonamassa can give to guitar players when constructing a guitar solo?
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In this insightful interview, blues guitar maestro Joe Bonamassa helps us unlock the fingerboard and get out of those pentatonic ruts we as guitarists can get stuck in. Watch as he and Gibson Gear Guide host, Dinesh Lekhraj show us how to move between scales, taking inspiration from our favorite blues guitar players like Albert King. This foundational knowledge of blues licks and scales, Joe argues, is the key to unlocking a world of musical possibilities, allowing for expressive and innovative playing that can set us free from the patterns we as guitar players tend to gravitate towards, time and time again.
Another key piece of advice Joe offers is that guitarists experiment with playing familiar phrases in various neck positions, thereby discovering new creative avenues that we may not have thought of when building a guitar solo. He introduces the idea of modal playing, particularly the Mixolydian mode, to add a fresh twist to the blues scale.
This blues guitar lesson from Joe Bonamassa will improve your soloing in less than 4 minutes. Enjoy this excellent guitar solo, pentatonic and playing tips from the Grammy award-winning guitarist!
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@johnroach5332 4 ай бұрын

I got to meet Joe around 2015. Everyone had his signature guitars for him to sign. I was the last person to get to talk to him and I had a white strat. I’ll never forget when he laughed and said ,”Ah! The lone white strat.” He was such a cool dude. I asked him if he could give only one piece of advice on guitar what would it be. He stood there quietly for probably 10 seconds and said “Make every note as clear as you can. It doesn’t matter how fast or slow you play if no one can understand it”. Best advice I ever got for music.

@OldDawg-mc3dy 4 ай бұрын

Yep...My High School Jazz Band teacher would always say"Make every note a pearl" .... same idea. And a good way to be

@themodsify 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that!

@user-yf9in9hb3o 4 ай бұрын

When I played sultans of swing, lead parts , the guy at the music store said to play it dirty it sounds to clean

@Theumpsken 3 ай бұрын

Yeah great advice, even spend as much attention to ghost notes as regular notes.

@mbelzerr 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, say it to Jimmy Page 😂

@markdonnelly6921 4 ай бұрын

Learn the entire fingerboard in all keys Great advice. See you in 4 years

@matthewdrake9699 4 ай бұрын

I’m 28 years in and i don’t know !

@RaineyDaysStudio 4 ай бұрын

Did you think it was going to be instantaneous? Quick fixes don’t last

@LespaulStrat 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@persuader357 4 ай бұрын

Learning the fretboard in different keys is not far-fetched or unheard of. However, it will take a lot of commitment. I heard something similar before.

@Hexspa 4 ай бұрын

The idea is to bake it into your rehearsal. Make it a habit of trying to play (and sing) everything you learn in 12 keys around the neck. At first it’s daunting but it becomes second-nature. After doing it for a few years, I now suck in all of them equally. In a few more, who knows?

@SouthMeckStunna 4 ай бұрын

The uncomplicated version of what he is saying: learn all 5 positions of the pentatonic, learn all 5 positions of the major scale, learn the modes, practice all of it until it’s engrained in your brain and muscle memory permanently.

@brianwood7237 4 ай бұрын

Chord Tones and Common Tones

@tr3ndkiller 4 ай бұрын

He only plays min pentatonic there

@thilobraun3440 4 ай бұрын

And learn how to conect patterns.

@isaiahmarquez9717 4 ай бұрын

@@tr3ndkillerNo, he didn’t. Invest in Rick Beato’s Ear Course.

@joefox9765 4 ай бұрын

Timing is very important. You can play any note out of key and make it sound good as long as you go back to that original shape or stay in that new scale and jump back. Remember it's music not just practicing scales. Smh 😵‍💫

@robbiedigital79 4 ай бұрын

Dude: "How can I get OUTSIDE of the pentatonic scale" Joe: "Play the pentatonic scale in different positions"

@waynekerr67 4 ай бұрын

Pentatonic is hotel California. Once you check in you don't check out 😂

@weakmangetnobitches 4 ай бұрын

@@waynekerr67 wrong bro, it should be "You can check out anytime you like, BUT u can't never leave" :)) once u stuck in the pentatonic there's no way to get out of it.

@AlexG-xl1cc 4 ай бұрын

Modes. Dorian for minor Mixo for Major.

@ripperthecrooks6428 4 ай бұрын

@@weakmangetnobitchespentatonic is just a fraction if the major scale, so like it is inevitable. It is the barebones of guitar music

@ripperthecrooks6428 4 ай бұрын

@@AlexG-xl1ccdo A dorian for a G major key, thats why aminor pentatonic works so well right?

@matthewdrake9699 4 ай бұрын

My best advice for guitarists is learn everything there is to know about guitar. All the notes, all the scales, all the chords, all the modes. That’s step one. Easy

@6stringphilosophy 4 ай бұрын

Ha!

@jimkon1479 4 ай бұрын

Plus learning a lot of chords helps with that creative rut when trying to write songs. And if you play guitar long enough, you will sleepwalk through a pentatonic.

@user-tp6yr9yr4f Ай бұрын

A great blues guy once said "Yea, I knows all dat theory stuff, but I'se don't let it muss up my playin"

@gilbertocruz1683 4 ай бұрын

I watched the whole interview on another channel and I think the best advice he gives is: "the best thing I ever did as a guitar player/artist was learn how to sing"

@tblx2675 4 ай бұрын

Or play bass well lol. Everyone will be asking you to be in a band. Honestly though, even learning bass can help a lot with overall musicality.

@BOBANDVEG 4 ай бұрын

@@tblx2675 if I started over, I could definitely play bass as main. It's bad@$$. Got the rhythm, the funk, somebody on the high end. Party in a box

@majikmuzik8036 4 ай бұрын

@@tblx2675 Both the above: learn to sing, and play bass too. Increase your odds getting called A LOT more!

@glennmuir5617 4 ай бұрын

@@tblx2675 Ha! I know you were joking but it's true. There is a guitar "player" under every rock but finding a good bassist or drummer is not so easy.

@TA-co5mv 3 ай бұрын

Eric Clapton said the same comparing himself to Jeff Beck. It will always be true

@wolfbrother2474 4 ай бұрын

Guy asks him for a little trick for getting out of the usual approach.........Joe proceeds to play every note in the scale at lightening speed

@mauriceb9996 4 ай бұрын

I bet he seldom plays that scale up/down the same way! The combinations are endless.

@SansibarRacing 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, but honestly - that's the ugly truth. Unless you know the fretboard inside out, know (_feel_) the chord changes and anticipate what to play, how to connect etc ... you will always be stuck in boxes or patterns. So the most simple but powerful tip is actually the hardest one, and can take a lifetime to learn (you might never get there... speaking with experience here).

@earlbrutus1975 4 ай бұрын

And it did nothing for me….

@georgedavis3040 4 ай бұрын

Indeed , he is a one trick pony. Fast cascading runs is all he seems to do. No feel. Would rather listen to Billie Gibbons play two notes with feel

@Kevin6059 4 ай бұрын

He actually had a great point, but yeah I cringed when he played that run. He should have stuck to playing that lick in three different positions. That part illustrated his point perfectly.

@jaysigma 4 ай бұрын

The way J.B. approaches a "simple" pentatonic box and spreads her... blew my mind. I now feel the urge to practice.

@Slammintone 3 ай бұрын

I feel like taking up the drums!

@the1stime 4 ай бұрын

I came here for a good conversation. The quick witted Peter Frantics comment was gold

@nevinbontrager8828 4 ай бұрын

Was in a band that opened for Mr. Bonamasa about 20 years ago. It ws a lot of fun to watch him play. Good times.

@tomcripps7229 4 ай бұрын

I learned major and minor pentatonic all over the fretboard just from connecting chords. Then it made "more" sense what people like Robben Ford were doing. I'm now using it on 251s and it's a blast. Learning all of the major chord scales and inversions is also essential.

@spiderbabybill 2 ай бұрын

And Hendrix. “Purple Haze” seems like it comes out of nowhere when you’re a novice but it makes a lot more sense when you learn the different chord-based positions for the pentatonic.

@godsinbox 4 ай бұрын

Start by learning everything. Gotcha.

@jaykelley103 Ай бұрын

No. Start by learning SOMETHING

@bobdillon1138 4 ай бұрын

After 40yrs of intentional musical theory illiteracy being self taught by ear i discovered i was mainly using the Dorian mode when it came to blues and most rock.

@Dr.CeeCee 4 ай бұрын

That’s because Dorian is essentially the major and minor pentatonic laid on top of each other

@bobdillon1138 4 ай бұрын

@@Dr.CeeCee I mainly have Angus Young to thank for teaching me that while most players i have studied use the separate scales in the different positions he was the one who taught me how to use both together in any position.

@shaft9000 3 ай бұрын

dorian and mixolydian covers much of it

@monobrow1983 4 ай бұрын

It's always good to play along to backing tracks, the more you play ,the more you'll stay in key and try new areas on the fretboard eventually!👌😎🎸

@maximumguitarage 2 ай бұрын

Great advice

@SnakeGodDiamond 4 ай бұрын

Love Joe's clean, slightly overdriven sound

@javajuls2u 2 ай бұрын

Love listening to Joe talk music. He has been playing steady for so long, he's like a guitarist guitarist if that makes any sense at all

@therollband1290 4 ай бұрын

Play melodies instead of licks. Play music instead of solos.

@brucerounds3692 4 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@johnmontague4245 4 ай бұрын

Well said ….!

@jacobmcvay123 4 ай бұрын

I’m sure there’s a band out there looking for an acoustic player who wears a beanie in the summer time. Don’t stop searching bro.

@timwhite5562 4 ай бұрын

It's all melody man (insert non-existent stoned aged-hippy emoji here). It's just starting it from the middle is all. I just haven't figured out what to put before and after it…every time.

@raysmusic49 4 ай бұрын

I agree 100%! More fun to play melodies…. Pentatonic scales are just gibberish…but fun also

@mytorment 4 ай бұрын

I'm born to a grunge/nu-metal generation that have never heard of Bossonama, but I love you bro 🫒☮️ so sweet

@Yesterdayss 4 ай бұрын

Bossonama lol

@maximumguitarage 2 ай бұрын

Go check out Stevie Ray Vaughn - I used to be a metal head and now I can not get enough

@mytorment 2 ай бұрын

@@maximumguitarage Never liked him bro but appreciate the reference, Hendrix man myself, or Rory Gallagher, Stevie was just a tad too 'subtle', very classic blues 💙

@linnstr8609 4 ай бұрын

Joe is absolutely right. When it comes to improvising, everything has to be in the moment and you shouldn't be "thinking",but rather "feeling". All these terms like mixolydian, chromatic, etc... are just theory. You have to internalize what these sound like, and when comes time to improvise you will instinctively know to invoke those sounds.

@MyLifEcademy-sr4hy 4 ай бұрын

...hence intentional practice!

@ericgisclon8122 4 ай бұрын

bullshit! it's false there is a moment when you stumble on the technique on the music and you need the skills to help you.The knowledge will open up another world for you another world on music.And after you come back in a form of letting go.Bonamassa knows the theory like me because your guitar progression is made thanks to the knowledge of the theory

@linnstr8609 4 ай бұрын

@@ericgisclon8122 I didn't say theory wasn't important. My message was that you always have to internalize what the theory means in terms of sound, emotion, mood, etc.. For example, here are my associations for some of the modes: 1) Ionian: traditional happy 2) Mixolydian: folk/medieval happy 3) Lydian: Nostalgic happy ... I can even break it down further on which intervals make the modes feel that way to me: Mixolydian ==> major 3rd (happy), dominant 7th (folk/medieval flavor) Lydian ==> major 3rd (happy), augmented 4th (nostalgic/longing flavor) With practice and time, you will be improvising confidently and won't be thinking: "Ok I need to use the Phrygian mode now." It will instinctively come out in a stream-of-consciousness manner depending on where your feeling goes.

@fordsrestorations970 4 ай бұрын

All of it may be true , but I learned from the Who "Pinball Wizard" lyrics

@nonethelessbysignificantvi197 2 ай бұрын

Honestly, been listening to Joe the past 25 years or so...He hands down the best player in blues/rock !Gales,Kingfish and Ford are awesome but Bonamassa is king for me...

@saxonsteve 29 күн бұрын

Like Joe. But there other’s that I personally think their is as good as him or even better.

@nonethelessbysignificantvi197 29 күн бұрын

@@saxonsteve ..Possibly

@_johnny_99_46 4 ай бұрын

That exotic sounding lick at 1:43 is a G Phrygian Dominant lick.

@kinan2934 4 ай бұрын

yeah. harmonic minor scale. but 1:38-1:40 is mixo

@guitariste47 4 ай бұрын

I did'nt thé name of that scale. Does joe know thé name you reckon?

@kinan2934 4 ай бұрын

@@guitariste47 He says in the video that it's mixolydian (which is wrong) and then that someone would fact check him in the comments.

@hugobonin268 Ай бұрын

And this where he answer the question

@danarcotta1283 4 ай бұрын

I actually rarely think about what I'm playing, I just play what I feel in the moment according to where the song is going. Then....I'll play it completely different on the next take, it's a wonderful feeling of freedom

@BigFiveJack 4 ай бұрын

4:27 J.B.: "But Why Not - There's NO RULES." In other words - If It Sounds Good - IT IS GOOD !!!!!

@davidbrandt6925 4 ай бұрын

This is what we do as violinists, violists, cellists etc. It's a must.

@REM1956 4 ай бұрын

Peter Frantic. Great line, among great questions. Thanks

@pearsonm67 4 ай бұрын

That...was brilliant!

@gibson 4 ай бұрын

I laughed at that! -Lee

@JimmyMook 4 ай бұрын

I learn about 2 positions really well, then also know your audience. Playing with other guitarists is different than playing for a bar or something. As I play more and more I enjoy playing alone the most.

@m.vonhollen6673 4 ай бұрын

All 12 notes are available over a Dominant 7 chord. First 1-3-5-b7 are the super-safe chord tones. Next are b3 (up into 3), b5-2-4-6 (from the Blues scale and Mixolydian). The last 3 notes, b2-b6-7, can be used in chromatic lines.

@danaeverhart6487 3 ай бұрын

Joe is just a down home kid that’s still growing up! Thanks for the sharing Joe and friend!!!

@billmccormack3048 4 ай бұрын

Play what moves you, play your feelings, play your soul.

@RayMancha 4 ай бұрын

@2:51 after Joe Bonamassa finished with his Albert King pentatonic example. I wasn't expecting that exotic sounding phrasing he just improvised with. Which I think sounded cool. Plus his dry sense of humor here, with not taking himself too serious. Reminds me of some of the many reasons why I'm such a fan of his.

@jmac5892 4 ай бұрын

He channeled Blackmore at that point! 😀

@dapawaz8310 4 ай бұрын

He's a monster. Such a cool dude also.

@bmann792 2 ай бұрын

The lick at 1:45 was G Phrygian dominant - 5th mode of C harmonic minor

@FlyingVee-o2p 9 сағат бұрын

Composers create theorist analyse. That phrase is the best advice I’ve been given as a guitar player.

@guitarz99 4 ай бұрын

Play a triad from each degree, eg, from the 5th of A minor pentatonic which is E play an E minor triad , or the 4th D minor triad, try the others also, 2nd, 6th, 7th etc add these into your A minor pentatonic box to get that outside feel along with the blues scale, Dorian mode, chromatics

@nathanbolen7624 4 ай бұрын

Yep, that's a great idea, and also phrasing, lots o' phrasing lol

@nathanbolen7624 4 ай бұрын

Do this around the fretboard for different keys and you'll already be on your way to knowing the fretboard

@stratopatrick 4 ай бұрын

Joe, I once entered into Blackbird Music in Orlando, FL and noodled around a bit- I was then told that you had been in the same chair like a few hours before. It was really cool. One of my bucket list goals is to be in a jam sesh with you. By the way, your Lydian dominant is really something else.

@markmurphy137 4 ай бұрын

Mr Joe I really enjoy listening to you and the guidance you give is as deliberate and accurate as your playing thank you for sharing

@markolivares6943 4 ай бұрын

Joe is such an incredible guitarist. Wish I could play like him.

@gibson 4 ай бұрын

Play like you, my friend. You can only be you! I'm sure you're awesome at guitar. -Lee

@tomanderson798 4 ай бұрын

Could only watch a couple seconds maybe a minute way over my head that’s incredible you guys rock

@WoodyBlueberry 2 ай бұрын

Bonamassa, one of my fav bluesman ever. Love you Joe, always full of tips and tricks. Most apreciated.

@rlm4471 3 ай бұрын

How to play outside the pentatonic? For me, the key was to start thinking about each chord in a song as its own separate musical entity. Each chord gives you a different set of scales/patterns that will work, and each chord progression gives you a different way to follow the changes and link them together. This is how you get away from wanking in a single scale over a set of changes.

@JimmyMook 4 ай бұрын

Watch “The Southbank session” 1987 buddy guy and Clapton. You’ll learn a lot of dirty moves in pentatonic. Clapton repeats riffs a lot but then gets funky. And then buddy guy is a beast.

@ericwatler23 2 ай бұрын

Great advice Joe

@skipneumann1 2 ай бұрын

Up and down every string in every key is the best- best way to learn every note too… any style of music and really any instrument

@daveschachne 4 ай бұрын

Love this interaction! Good advice. Joe is a master.

@Slammintone 3 ай бұрын

Can’t help but like Joe B! Such a musical communicator and sooo down to earth. And he plays like a demon!

@drlovejoystation2799 4 ай бұрын

What he meant to say was, "mastering guitar is a long and arduous task that doesn't provide any easy solutions so don't ask me for one."

@mcpappysgolden 3 ай бұрын

Dinesh, I miss seeing you at Mesa Boogie on Sunset bro! Was always a pleasure interacting with you.

@caydespliff181 3 ай бұрын

this speaks truth to what I have more or less discovered in the past year. Intermediate day job guitar player practice- I began making myself learn the pentatonic box in the five positions. I had always avoided it for some reason, and it hasn’t been exactly fun or exciting, *until recently. What has changed is that it’s beginning to be muscle memory. additionally I have habitualized practicing in such a way where I immidiately figure out how to play (what I just played at the time) ANYWHERE on the neck. it get’s a bit more fun, although it is still a slow process. I’m self taught, don’t know much theory but I am a life long pianist, drummer, songwriter, and what has started to happen is that my left hand just f i n d s the notes…it catches me off guard in the best way. take the time and enjoy the journey, joe clearly had a headstart compared to almost all of it but I know he spent the time. No one really enjoys listening to the players who took the short cuts and copy paste the flashy licks. It’s about learning to speak through the instrument, and convey emotion, and for those of us who have something to say, the payoff could not be more worthwhile. no matter how long the road. cheers.

@Funkybassuk 4 ай бұрын

JB’s noodling is my favourite of all noodling

@BluesRockAcademy 4 ай бұрын

Gary Moore ate him for breakfast

@Perennialsmusic 2 ай бұрын

Nice, sweet licks JB🔥

@paul_bliven 3 ай бұрын

What I heard him say (although I’m reading into it) is play what is authentic to you. Learn your instrument well enough to pull off that autheticity to the best you can achieve. Hear your song/ solo in your head first. Then do it.

@toddmoore2324 4 ай бұрын

"Modal dexterity" is now my favorite musical phrase ever! Thanks, Joe! 😁

@gilbertsevdays 2 ай бұрын

0:58 G lick 1:36 harmonic minor scale - Phrygian Dominant w mixolydian licks 4:06 rub not sweet

@michaelrizzo5480 2 ай бұрын

Something I wish i had explored way sooner ....learn all the modal scales...connects everything on the neck

@Tom3013 3 ай бұрын

Best advice I give people: Play music, not notes! It's better to play 5 notes with feel/expression (music), rather than shred 100 notes.

@vin9976 2 ай бұрын

A pro guitar buddy of mine said, the first thing is (beyond basic playing and knowing your keys)...learn the 5 modes of the pentatonic then just bump those shapes up or down depending on the key. That's really not that complicated (to memorize). You'll become competent in a shape or three quickly...most easily are the shape up and below the common minor pentatonic shape. Then you already know have the notes. Just KZfaq 5 modes of the pentatonic and it's laid out pretty easily.

@MikeB-1965 4 ай бұрын

Joe is on a totally different level from 99% of guitarists. He plays ridiculously hard riffs, perfectly, while making it look as easy as buttering a piece of bread.

@Djamieson713 4 ай бұрын

thanks for the tips mr. bonermassa you have excellent toan!

@yungmarsh.0188 3 ай бұрын

Joe gave me the best advice on les paul forum years ago, i dont know if he would remember, taught me how to learn vibrato the correct way! I hope he gets to hear me jam one day i know it would make him so proud, i would not be close to half the guitarist i am if it wasnt for that connection. Shouts to all the people on les paul forum for not banning me at like 12 years old lmfao

@adamb2358 4 ай бұрын

Not frantic, just singing , mastery is a important thing and as such I believe it’s the ability to “play” where you want to go

@johnskerlec9663 4 ай бұрын

Great point Joe makes. If you think about it, you are too late. Yep, know your notes on the fret board, then jam out with feel.

@davidt9841 4 ай бұрын

Joe just knows and plays, and he’s much more than ‘just’ a pentatonic player! Go Joe!

@jeffshockey9456 4 ай бұрын

This guy has been playing his whole life and at 12 was better than anyone watching probably. He gives advice but people expect him to say something spectacular that will have them playing like him in 5 hours lmao 🤣.

@michaelblankenau6598 4 ай бұрын

Forget 5 hours . I was thinking an hour and a half… tops

@badtonestudio 4 ай бұрын

Great lesson and interview. Keep up the good work!

@gibson 4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@zackmak9194 2 ай бұрын

Very fundamentally important!

@gibson 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@markattila9835 4 ай бұрын

Dinesh that tone is to die for you got going there.

@SuttonSantiniPaulo 4 ай бұрын

Oh thats it? Cool thought it was going to take awhile

@maurogarces7337 4 ай бұрын

Im a singer/composer and I can say that since I started studying the modes, scales and how my tracher calls it "polytonality" (sorry i speak spanish) you start to find so many flavours in your compositions. Mind you i dont focus on guitar solos, but the regular chords are honestly a cage. "If thats your thing" means find YOUR thing. Dont judge what comes from you in music, we are humans interpreting it, but it was always there.

@alexgramm5170 2 ай бұрын

Learn something as well . Freddie King . I suggest Sidetracked. Learn the key of it , the structure of it.. the chord changes, the bridge, the bass part. Then play it thru as well as you can in regard to his lead work. Note for note is great but if not achievable then play "in the style of" . Get the main riff down. Listen to the drums, the piano et al. Recognize it's similarity to other blues and jazz progressions. Sometimes you have to get over yourself and just play...let it rip and get to the juice of it!! Bend along with Albert King dig deep... just do it...

@bg8fairpoint610 2 ай бұрын

If somebody's an intermediate and is stuck in the box what's the thing you would tell them? "You need to master the whole guitar and apply every influential guitarist method. Thanks Joe I'll get right to it

@guitarslinger32269 2 ай бұрын

What Joe is indirectly saying is: practice, practice, practice…pretty much until your fingers blister up; then…when it’s time to jam - you can play without thinking; all instinctive; no thinking; mechanical feeling goes away: finally😉👍🏻🎸

@billwilenski 4 ай бұрын

I remember hearing Joe on an album called bloodline for the first time and he was just a kid unbelievable

@Michael-F4ul5kzbuck 3 ай бұрын

Joe is the deal ////...so glad for Him and what he means to us and what hes doing..not like we needed a savior in guitar but Hes rockin pretty solid...

@1XDroidX1 4 ай бұрын

Apparently I have always played "frantic". 🤣 But it has always worked for me.

@kanjuro8926 4 ай бұрын

Gotta love those crunchy bends of him

@eaglesonmusicgroupltdeagle8138 3 ай бұрын

If you want to find notes outta the box ????. Besides the """ pentatonicss. ""Minor and major. """ Then what you should research is Whats referred to as both jazz minors and bebop scales. Theres a very old album which featurings herb ellis. Charlie byrd and a young barnie kessel.sll on the same album. That is where you will find great chromatic lines that blend both major and minor harmony . Utilizing the harmonic content of the dominant harmony family. Very cool and a great example To answer yout question!!

@bretel73 4 ай бұрын

Joe: if you're thinking about it in real time you're too late. guy: (after a minute processing)...ahhhh! very nice!

@kinan2934 4 ай бұрын

Berklee: Learn all your major modes, Melodic minor modes, pentatonic boxes and whole tone scales

@davidbidwell734 4 ай бұрын

You just have to play, a lot , shut the tv off

@lancegranum1643 Ай бұрын

If you know what to play

@stevejordan9567 23 күн бұрын

Joe is so awesome.

@jalapainyo 4 ай бұрын

Replace the F with E on the 4 chord in a G blues. Use D minor pentatonic on the 5 chord D7 in G blues is a cool starting point.

@sirlost94 4 ай бұрын

Question is at 0:43

@barrysallows1777 4 ай бұрын

JOE YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION!

@Plowguitarist 4 ай бұрын

If you’re a beginner I highly recommend you learn as much theory as possible. All scales, all chords you can, and PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE LEARN LEARN LEARN!! In about 5-6 years of countless hours you’ll be surprised. No matter what your genre of choice is.

@michaeltownes7670 4 ай бұрын

Great to watch as always, but I would have liked him to answer the question more directly. Telling us to learn the entire fretboard in all keys is great advice, but it is a bit 'macro'. This question needed a more 'micro' focus. Having said that, He is, without doubt, the most important blues guitarist around today.

@SystematicMechanic 4 ай бұрын

There are 5 box shapes in the Pentatonic scale. Each one starting on one of the notes of the scale. To be able to play that in all keys is simply moving them up or down the fret board. Same with the Modes.

@willpalmer8894 4 ай бұрын

there is no direct answer which is why he started with the number one fundamental idea to master the guitar.

@willpalmer8894 4 ай бұрын

if it was marty he would have said, know the roots and when to end and start new phrases just practicing over an A blues track

@perijon00 4 ай бұрын

Well that’s debatable…

@Coldwallbar 4 ай бұрын

I recently learned the minor scale in 2-3 keys and he’s right, learn it all.. Marty Friedman said it best, the more u know the more aggressive you can play.

@BS-gj5ot 4 ай бұрын

Bonamassa is just freaking great and so smooth

@juaco42 2 ай бұрын

Joe is a genious

@charlescarter2072 4 ай бұрын

His playing on the new knopfler song was amazing

@Aresmusic.official 4 ай бұрын

Mathematics aside sir JB's tone is just too good! even when he's noodling in an interview. Hats off

@gibson 4 ай бұрын

He certainly knows how to dial in a Les Paul!

@Aresmusic.official 4 ай бұрын

@@gibson indeed

@redoberon 3 ай бұрын

My only advice: learn everything. Thank you very much Joe

@4578a 4 ай бұрын

"The launch pad move" lol

@swikkis 4 ай бұрын

How can I make some different things happen " just in that first box? Like what's a good way just kind of get outside it?" Joe: Learn the other boxes...look what I can do...that'll be $800. The real answer is you play ideas with a tonality that functions like a V chord. Then resolve to the position 1 box pattern. The V chord takes you out and the blues box in position one brings you back in. Try D melodic minor to "go out" in G minor. Or Eb melodic minor to go out in G minor.