Over the coming months I will be offering all of our intermediate and advanced students the opportunity to work on a Mixolydian masterclass. This will feature 10 individual thought provoking lessons. Together we will explore the works of iconic guitarists, these being; BB King, Slash, Brent Mason, Joe Pass, Junior Marvin, Tony Rice, Ry Cooder and Brian Setzer. Covering a variety of genres including Blues, Rock, Jazz and Rockabilly. These lessons will be arranged to improve your knowledge of music theory, the use of the Mixolydian model scale and improve playing techniques such as speed, fret board accuracy, string bending, vibrato, hammer ons and pull offs.

In part one, exercise one, we look at a blues style rhythm using the famous wha wha pedal made by Jim Dunlop. If you don’t own one of these pedals don’t worry, it is still possible to complete the exercise without one. To accompany the blues style rhythm achieved in exercise one, exercise two will follow on to focus on the lead guitar style of the mighty blues legend BB King. King had a unique playing style that has been well documented over the years. Further exercises in the other genres and artists will then follow.

I hope you all enjoy this series and grow fond of a genre you may never of thought you’d have liked in the past. 

Mark