How Bonamassa uses the pentatonic scale (and the 9th). Joe's second solo on 'I'll Play The Blues'

[@troydownwardmusic]

Hey legends! Thanks for watching. I’ll be doing one of these every week. Lined up for next week is a couple of choruses of Josh Smith. See you then!

[@slowfinger2]

Josh is one of the best in any genre. I'll look back for that video.👍

[@mraggrovator]

Awesome

[@troydownwardmusic]

It’s a killer solo! Thanks for watching 🤘🏻

[@gto61bigG]

Thanks Troy…. Appreciate your stop n show

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Thanks for checking it out

[@davecionini2744]

Love it! Can watch hours of this

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thanks mate!

[@greggrice2972]

Very Nice…thanks for doing this video!!!

[@troydownwardmusic]

Cheers! Lots of fun

[@slowfinger2]

Playing Albert Kings LH guitar flipped back to right so the controls are on the top. How cool is that! Sweet sound.

[@troydownwardmusic]

Super cool!

[@markmiles3447]

Excellent- this is the content I’ve been looking for. I’m stuck in a blues rut for while and need some new ideas and inst. Love that descending 4th run. However, a bit more complex than the first video so I’ll need to rewatch several times to try to take it all in. Please do more like this and thank you for sharing.

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thanks for following the journey, Mark! I’ll be starting a very affordable Patreon in the next few months with weekly videos with TAB and backing tracks. Stay tuned, cheers!

[@colink4823]

Excellent analysis, really useful info. I’ve subscribed 👍

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thanks so much!

[@chucksaeger7500]

Great playing!

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thanks!

[@bluesdude1194]

Love the channel Troy, really interesting stuff.

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thank you so much mate!

[@CaptainNoDoze]

I like it !

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thanks for watching!

[@andrewdevlin2255]

As usual, 🔥Troy 😁

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thanks heaps Andrew.

[@Faltermeyer123]

Lovely breakdown!! Would be awesome if you could do more of Joe's live solos like Dust Bowl or Mountain Time🤘

[@Guto-df3hq]

Very cool! Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho 😎🎸

[@troydownwardmusic]

Thank you my friend!

[@waynegram8907]

Joe Bonamassa BENDS the major 9th note? I'm not sure what pentatonic scale add M9 is called? there must be a name for it

[@troydownwardmusic]

That’s right! I just think of it as an extra sound in the pentatonic scale rather than what it’s called. Thanks for watching

[@gillan5]

Of course it is an Albert King song- Players like Bonamassa, Mayer, SRV are not good enough to write even one good song. So they always have to play other peoples great stuff which diminishes my respect a lot. No offense they are great players, but just players.