Lesson 9 of 46GuitarAdvanced

Blue Espresso

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Marcus Bonfanti performs 'Blue Espresso', the Grade 6 Rockschool guitar piece - watch closely and play along using the interactive notation to loop or slow any section.

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- 01. Welcome to the online course
  1:33
- 02. Meet Charlie Griffiths
  1:23
- 03. Meet Rob Luft
  3:02
- 04. Meet Stuart Ryan
  1:52
- 05. Meet Marcus Bonfanti
  2:12
- 01. Mohair Mountain
  Free lesson
  3:02
- 02. Striped Shirt
  2:36
- 03. That Sounds Like Noise
  2:26
- 04. Blue Espresso
  You are here
  2:39
- 05. Cranial Contraption
  2:48
- 06. Favela
  2:43
- 01. Mohair Mountain
  21:13
- 02. Striped Shirt
  11:31
- 03. That Sounds Like Noise
  11:27
- 04. Blue Espresso
  12:05
- 05. Cranial Contraption
  21:04
- 06. Favela
  9:26
- 01. Intro to technical exercises
  2:44
- 02. Rob Luft on how to practice exercises
  3:31
- 03. Group A: Scales
  1:10
- 04. Group B: Modes
  1:28
- 05. Group C: Arpeggios
  2:13
- 06. Group D: Chords
  1:42
- 01. Alternate picking
  3:08
- 02. Legato (hammer-ons & pull-offs)
  5:29
- 03. Barre chords
  6:15
- 04. Vibrato
  7:37
- 05. Advanced Legato
  5:45
- 06. Natural harmonics
  3:16
- 07. Pinched harmonics
  5:01
- 08. String bending
  8:59
- 09. Tapping
  6:39
- 01. Intro to Approaches to Improv
  1:00
- 02. Embelleshing a melody
  5:36
- 03. Challenge: Submit your melody
  0:26
- 04. 7th chords
  6:38
- 05. Composing your solo
  8:53
- 06. Further extensions and sus chords
  4:19
- 07. Comping in two different musical styles
  8:36
- 08. Mixing Rhythmic and Melodic comping
  4:24
- 09. Rhythmic improv & comping
  9:55
- 10. Advanced strumming and embellishments
  5:40
- 01. Sight reading tips
  1:51
- 01. Course outro
  0:32
- 02. About Rockschool exams
  0:30
- 03. Preparing for your Rockschool exam
  1:28