Famous Artist Phrasing
Steal one signature move each from BB King, Clapton, Trucks, Mayer, and SRV.
Every great blues player has a signature move you can actually learn. This course takes five of them — BB King's soft pentatonic against a declarative octave hit, Clapton's playful phrases around the 1, 3, 5, Derek Trucks' shift between major and minor pentatonic, John Mayer's double stops and octave bends, and Stevie Ray Vaughan's dyads — and breaks each one down over its own blues jam. For each artist you build a simple pentatonic framework first, then layer the device on top until you can reach for it without thinking. The point is never imitation; you're collecting concrete devices to carry back into your own music, in your own voice.
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What you get
- 52 focused video lessons across five artist sections
- 41 downloadable PDF worksheets
- Blues jam tracks to practice each device over
- Lifetime access + future updates
What you need
- An electric or acoustic guitar
- Comfort with the minor pentatonic in at least one position
- Willingness to sing along with the exercises — it matters more than it sounds
By the end
What you’ll be able to do
The curriculum
The road before you pay
BB King
10 lessonsBuild a B minor pentatonic framework and learn BB King's contrast of soft, vibrato-soaked lines against a sharp octave hit.
- 01About BB King
- 02Bm Blues
- 03Bm Frame work in time (together)
- 04Getting it in our playing
- 05In time
- 06Octave PracticeSlow is the point
- 07Octave practice on framework
- 08Optional fingering
- 09The DeviceSoft pentatonic, big octave hit
- 10Why framework?
Clapton
15 lessonsLearn to see and hear the 1, 3, 5 inside the pentatonic over a blues in G, and build short, playful phrases around the triad.
- 01About Eric Clapton
- 02Blues & 1-3-5
- 03BLUES IN G
- 04Feel it
- 05Know the notes
- 06Listen
- 07Listen & Repeat mini lines
- 08Mini 1-3-5 line
- 09Pentatonic & 1-3-5Triad inside the pentatonic
- 10Practice together
- 11Summary
- 12The DeviceShort rhythmic phrases around 1-3-5
- 13Triads TrickThree shapes, whole neck
- 14Use this Jam TrackJam track included
- 15What's in it?
Derek Trucks
13 lessonsPractice Derek Trucks' movement between major and minor pentatonic over a blues in D, in position and then on a single string.
- 01About Derek Trucks
- 02Bend of 6th - Breakdown
- 03Blues in D
- 04D Major position practice (with me)
- 05How to go about it?
- 06Major & Minor pentatonic practice
- 07One string exerciseMajor to minor, one string
- 08Only on E string
- 09Practice with the track
- 10Sing it!Don't skip the singing
- 11The Device we want to grab
- 12The Process
- 13The Sound of Major Pentatonic
Mayer
3 lessonsGrab John Mayer's double stops and octave bends over a blues in A, layered on top of the A minor pentatonic framework.
- 01About John MayerIncludes the Mayer gig story
- 02Blues in A + BreakdownBend into the octave above
- 03Frame work - A pentatonic
SRV
11 lessonsWork Stevie Ray Vaughan's dyads and double stops into an E minor pentatonic framework using call and response over a blues in E.
- 01About Stevie Ray Vaughan
- 021 Idea (2 notes)
- 03Blues in E
- 04Call & Response
- 05Double StopsTwo notes as one sound
- 06Double Stops practice
- 07Frame Work!
- 08How do we use it?One device at a time
- 09In time (together)
- 10Mini line
- 11The Device
That’s the complete lesson list — nothing held back.
This is for you if…
- Players who love BB King, Clapton, Trucks, Mayer, or SRV and want to understand what those players are actually doing
- Anyone comfortable with the pentatonic whose blues solos still feel generic
- Players who learn best by working one concrete idea at a time instead of chasing everything at once
Maybe not yet if…
- Players still building basic soloing fluency — start with Solo Mastery
- Anyone looking for note-for-note transcriptions of famous solos to memorize
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Famous Artist Phrasing
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Before you enroll
YouTube gives you scattered tips with no order. This is a sequenced path — each lesson builds on the last, with the practice material and the exact next step handed to you so you stop guessing what to work on.
The course page states the level plainly at the top. If you can already fret cleanly and play in time but feel stuck making real music, most of these are built for you. When in doubt, watch the preview lesson first.
Just your guitar and a way to play the videos. No paid software or plugins required. Anything optional (a looper, a metronome app) is noted in the course requirements.
These are self-paced. Fifteen focused minutes a day moves the needle more than a two-hour cram once a week. Every lesson is short enough to fit a real practice session.
Yes — you get lifetime access to the course and any updates to it. Learn at your pace, revisit lessons whenever a concept comes back around.
Yes. Every course has a free sample lesson so you can hear how Rotem teaches before you spend a dollar.
There's a 30-day guarantee. Work through it, and if it isn't the right fit, email for a refund. // TODO: confirm exact refund window & policy.