10x Better Blues Soloing With This Trick (stolen from jazz...)

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Scales, arpeggios, triads... these are all fantastic tools that blues improvisers can use to highlight the chord changes of a 12-bar blues.
But what if I told you that there's something more that you could be doing to target the chord tones of the I, IV and V chords in your solos, in a way that sounds creative and musical? This 'something more' is borrowed from jazz guitar players and it's exactly what this free blues guitar lesson is all about, so grab your guitar and get ready to make some playing progress today!
I am extremely proud to announce I am now a published author and my first instructional guitar book 'Beyond Pentatonic Blues Guitar' is now available for purchase WORLDWIDE.
Expand Your Blues Soloing By Going Beyond Pentatonic!
Beyond Pentatonic Blues Guitar is the pathway to discovering authentic blues sounds beyond the basic blues scale!
You’ll learn the language, licks and concepts that your favourite blues guitarists use to add sophistication and flair to their solos.
Aimed at the intermediate blues guitarist, this book gives you the tools to escape the pentatonic purgatory that so many blues guitar students get stuck in.
Teaching you the melodic and harmonic ideas utilised by the Pros so that you too can create authentic blues guitar solos.
You’ll Learn How To…
✅ Outline and target blues chord changes
✅ Phrase with an authentic blues time-feel
✅ Control tension and release musically and tastefully utilise triads, arpeggios and scales beyond the pentatonic
✅ Chromatically Colour your lines like Stevie Ray Vaughan and use diminished scales like Robben Ford
✅ Plus lots, lots More!
Featuring an audio and video demonstration of every example, you’ll be able to see and hear exactly how the concepts, licks and solos are played.
Bridging the gap between the tabs and the music itself, Ross demonstrates all the material, allowing you to go beyond the notes and study the technique and articulation.
This Book Includes…
✅ Detailed explanations and examples of sophisticated blues soloing concepts.
✅ Licks, solo studies and practice etudes for you to learn and internalise
✅ Backing tracks in all 12 keys, at three different tempos, featuring different band arrangements

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

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[@thomasanderson9202]

Bought the book. Thank you. Great book ! The material will keep me busy for many years probably the rest of my life and the next after that 😄

[@PlouplePoupi]

WoW, excellent ! Thanks a lot🇫🇷🙏🏻👍🏼🍒

[@ullabratt1900]

Fantastic!! If you are beginner on guitar..

[@Adamattia1]

love your lessons ross, i have your book as well and even when i’m just takin a break from reading your video lessons are so enjoyable and easy to retain info from

[@crashdaddy261]

Don't sleep on that master class if you're wondering. It completely changed how I look at soloing over blues chord progressions!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Jazz and Blues really do blend a lot more than one may think. It's fun and definitely amplifies the creativity involved in making more memorable Blues music!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Well said! Totally agree

[@pedrotavares8691]

Ordered your book (Amazon), Ross.

[@ckjjclan]

Shoot. The book is like $20… this video alone is worth 3x that in its value to me. Thank you for this AND the Masterclass. Both excellent, and I’m off to go buy a book…

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you thank you 🙏

[@fabriziogaucci]

Totally agree. Book coming tomorrow

[@swaffy101]

Just ordered the book. Thanks for the great videos!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@bugzeye]

Hi Ross, love your format and methodology, thanks for the lesson

[@MrGemaRoses]

Cooldown blues with shuffling Chromatic passing tones 🎉🎉🎉

[@philipedwards-u6u]

Hi Ross, do you cover most of the lessons with a video as well, I'm just rubbish at picking stuff up from paper. Lol.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Yeah Ross! Killer video.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Also, huge congrats on your new book!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Daniel!

[@MustafaBaabad]

Same pattern but can be implemented everywhere. Thank you very much for such inspiring lesson.

[@UpliftingRiffs]

Great lesson man! Your Tone is killer. 🙂Using the Toneking Plugin still?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! Yeah this was Tone King 👍

[@Rick_Cleland]

My life has been a complete and total misery ever since Bigfoot stole my precious girlfriend in the middle of the night. 😒 He even took all her clothes and the T.V. 😔

[@จินตณาการเหนือความรู้]

0:35 1:07 6:206:31

[@stefanocharles1974]

Where is the backin track to play along sir

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

The funky blues in Eb backing track is one I got from a website called the guitar lab. The shuffle in A, you can get for free if you sign up for my free blues improv masterclass here - www.bulletproofguitarplayer.com/freebluesmasterclasswaitinglist?cid=7e29fa52-b5c8-4183-8773-3e16029ce7e0

[@danielhahn7329]

That title is the definition of bombastic lmao Had to click 👽🤙

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Hah thanks Daniel!

[@robertscherer8860]

Hi Ross thanks for the awesome master class! I will be ordering you book. Your on fire brother!🔥

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you Robert

[@robertcobner4741]

Hi Ross. Could u tell me what picks u use and size. I know everyone is different. Just curious. Cheers Ross.

[@Dartheomus]

Seems odd to animate the fretboard in that direction, particularly because our brains are used to interpreting the guitar in the opposite direction when we observe other people playing. I definitely recommend swapping that up.

[@miliciousness]

So eye opening! You're an amazing teacher. Book inbound, and I can't wait☺️

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Milindra!

[@desmondtutu7916]

I like your videos but your charts are always upside down compared to the rest of the world.

[@kane6529]

This is killer I might pull the trigger on the blues course 🤩

[@weps2097]

I bought both Bulletproof Guitar Player courses a few years back and they helped me immensely. I just ordered the Beyond Pentatonic Blues Guitar book and am looking forward to getting started on it in a couple days.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Awesome to hear 🙏

[@listairgin]

I certainly want your book Ross but I don’t use Amazon, is there any other outlet I could purchase it from? Could it be bought from eBay or suchlike? Thanks for a reply as I genuinely do want to purchase it. 👍🏻

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Hey, yes you can buy the PDF version direct from our publisher - GuitarVivo! The link in the description will take you there

[@guitarslave]

Thanks for the lesson. You make guitar exciting for me again. I can't wait to get home and pick up my guitar.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

So glad to hear that 🙏

[@jimkostan9932]

Some people like myself learn not from a book,but I learn best by visually and listening.Sorry but no books needed.But,thanks for showing me a different approach...

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Understandable Jim! Though I feel it's worth mentioning there are 126 video and audio demonstrations of all playing examples that are tabbed out in the book, so you do get the audio/visual component even though it is a book.

[@dewinchy]

Hey, this was like: you see? Play all notes on the guitar. Fine. Now I show you what they're good for. *Play awesome solo* See? I only used these notes!

[@aaronlarsen7447]

I'm sure everyone knows this, but I discovered, it's the swing time that frees you from the pentatonic prison. It allows you to blend all the scales. I don't know why, but it's true.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

I think there's something to that and I'd never really thought of it that way before! The time feel makes the constraint of the minor pentatonic way more apparent and forces you to explore more ground on the fretboard. Good observation

[@Blinkerd00d]

Playing chromatic notes like that is something I like to do during the turnaround.... I have always referred to the turnaround as the "chaos section" as you can almost play ANYTHING and itll sound great.

[@ParaBellum2024]

Chromatic runs are very useful. Many of my solos are based around minor or major scales, but with pretty much every other note filled in. This sounds bizarre, because a solo can involve every note on every string, so where's the scale? But somehow it works. That Strat sounds damn good, by the way!

[@waynegram8907]

ROSS, yes make more chromatic enclosure lessons. Another trick what blues Fusion players use is called Hybrid pentatonic boxes which you combine two pentatonic boxes together which is also called Wide Spread pentatonic boxes. Example You can Hybrid Box#5 major pentatonic with Box#1 minor pentatonic, or you Hybrid box#1 minor pentatonic with Box#2 Major pentatonic, which Dave Mustaine would do in 82-84 era. You stretch your hand wide spreading it to play "both boxes at the same time" but you're mixing both minor box shape on the lower register and the upper register is a major pentatonic. EXAMPLE#2 is what blues fusion players do is SHIFTING the pentatonic boxes a HALF STEP up or down which will put the pentatonic box out of key but you do this on weak beats or using the half step shifting pentatonic boxes as "passing tones" or use them on weak beats. You can make video lessons from both of these concepts

[@gorimus]

Thanks. I have kind of use the chromatic run intuitively, but not on all chords, but this is a good lesson, thanks. A quick question: at 6:21, the R note is on the 16th fret B string, which makes it Eb. Are these intervals relative to A note? Seems incorrect, even with reference to the D note, or am I missing something?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

You're not missing anything - this is a silly editing error on my part. You're right that it's in Eb, I just copy pasted the text from the earlier parts of the video without changing the chord names. My bad!

[@gorimus]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist No worries. I can understand, video editing is indeed tedious!

[@ObjectiveDynamics]

I've only been subscribed for a few weeks but I've found your videos quite inspiring so I've ordered the book 😊

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Awesome Michael thanks for the support 🙏

[@dgmg1578]

Nice!!

[@darrenc8776]

Hi Ross stupid question time, if I download your new book onto the kindle App can you access the audio/video that comes with?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Not a stupid question at all. Yes the Kindle version comes with the accompanying video and audio etc but that would be accessed outside of the Kindle app

[@darrenc8776]

Brilliant Thanks Ross.

[@Daviddemetrio_oficial]

You are the best... i am getting my book right away... thanks for sharing your knowledge with us...

[@raoulduke344]

Ross, I've been watching this a few times and there's a bit I just can't grasp. The last wee run at 6:21, with the root note of the 4 chord - why is it on D# and not D? I think I'm missing something but just can't work it out.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

You've just pointed out an editing error! My bad. So, that portion of the video is in a different key to the other stuff. This part is in Eb, so the I and IV chords are Eb and Ab respectively. I've mislabeled them using the chord names for a blues in A (the key for the chromatic enclosure exercises played before it). Sorry for the confusion folks!

[@raoulduke344]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist No probs. I'm kinda glad. I thought I wasn't getting it. Thank Christ for that. I've watched the video about 20 times lol. Can I ask, did you switch to Eb, just to give an example in another key, or is there a reason for switching to a flat key when playing the chromatic run?

[@kjellbratt6301]

very fine, but you can only use it one or two times,,if you play it long time, people think you are high....

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Everything in moderation

[@bozakarlin9034]

Great video thanks.

[@frannyp46]

Enclosures are the best thing I have come across for ages as they make your solos more vocal and to me, they are the missing link in caged and arpeggios. Thanks for this.

[@rebluecrow]

You are a great teacher, Ross. I bought your new book yesterday.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you 🙏

[@MRxr400]

hmmm, i was wondering how you'd make that musical. i guess i think of it as passing notes within a scale but never tried 5 consecutive note on one string.

[@lamper2]

highlighting notes after you talk about chords is so valuable! innovative too!

[@corey412]

I like everything you're saying about this book, sir...tell me more

[@dylanolds1878]

Love this

[@dmcpopo4027]

Nice, I will incorporate this into my practice sessions. Thanks much 🎸

[@yvesbrunelle3030]

Interesting realy

[@kollateralschadensbegrenzu4929]

I Love your work man so beneficial thanks a ton.

[@sergeybogdanovich7019]

🎶🎼🎵🎸👌✌️🍀

[@kennethnick3213]

Killing floor.

[@AdrianHeazlewood]

Got the ON-LINE version straight after watching the ( FREE ) one hour video.. a brilliant presentation ....great job...

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you Adrian!

[@Evyanaf]

Hey Ross! Took the free master class and bought a copy of your book. You’re doing a fantastic job, thanks, keep it up! Greetings from Israel.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you sir!

[@karmadave]

My guitar instructor calls these 'Parker Enclosures' after the Jazz Sax great Charlie Parker.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Ah nice!

[@jacknotman4922]

Ross, I’m buying the new book!…the clincher being, I like your shirt! Many thanks 👍

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Haha money well spent! (My shirt)

[@lenbraunling2037]

Good lesson. I happened to be working on a Roy Buchanan solo in Treat Her Right where he plays a cool lick using this concept in the 2nd chorus.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! I'll have to check out that solo

[@leaveitorsinkit242]

I came in with my ex like Selena, aye.

[@rogerweaferonguitar2742]

Love the book and ALL the Audio ,Video, goodies makes this a steal. Thank you !

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

🙏🙏

[@TimGuitarcouk]

Great lesson. Many thanks

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@johnsee7269]

It's just too hard 😂... 🤘

[@GianlucaMurru]

Grazie.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@clmdeprav]

I must be tired af, the fact the fretboard overlay was facing the other side than your actual fretboard fukd with my brain real hard :')

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Hah! Yeah the diagram orientation messes with some people but at the end of the day, it's relating the info to what YOU see on you're fretboard, not mine, that matters 🎸

[@clmdeprav]

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[@john-di1mz]

Fantastic....love it!!! ❤👍👍👍

[@jcrey402]

Wow just wow!

[@chip308]

Really appreciate your lessons! Book ordered!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you 🙏

[@stephensmith799]

Genius

[@DaveHobbs]

Really great stuff Ross! Love the melodic nature of this lesson. Many thanks.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Dave!

[@Lonnyproctorguitar]

B.B King box... 😂

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Never heard of it

[@horsecockexpress7612]

that's the Teen Wolf Jam