Simple Tasteful Soloing
Make a handful of notes carry a whole solo.
To solo well, you don't need a lot of information — but what you do know has to be on a really high level. This workshop takes one line in A minor pentatonic and breaks it into its building blocks: the bends, the blue notes, the subdivisions, the double stops, the singing. You stay with each piece until it lives in your ears and your fingers, then learn a simple five-element technique for turning that framework into an actual solo. By the end you'll play a Blues in A with taste, and you'll understand why every note works.
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What you get
- 36 short video lessons
- 23 downloadable PDF worksheets
- The complete course transcript in one document
- Lifetime access + future updates
What you need
- A guitar
- A metronome (any free app works)
- Ability to play a basic A minor pentatonic shape
- Optional: a looper for the soloing exercises
By the end
What you’ll be able to do
The curriculum
The road before you pay
One Framework, Deeply Understood
36 lessonsAll 36 lessons of the workshop, from the practice mindset through the line, its building blocks, and the Blues in A.
- 01You don't need a lot
- 02Dive deep
- 03ConsistencyPut practice in the calendar
- 04Music building blocks
- 05Hear it
- 06Sing the scaleSing it without the guitar
- 07Sing it!
- 08The Line
- 09The Line 2
- 10The Line 3
- 11The Line 4
- 12Play the line
- 13Play & Sing line with me
- 14Line together
- 15Know the hot notes
- 16Know whyAdd the flat five
- 17Relationship to keyFive notes, five colors
- 18Blue Notes
- 19BendsLand on the C instead
- 20Bends 2
- 21Double Stops FrameworkHarmonic thirds across the position
- 22Play 8th notes in time
- 23Play 8th notes in time 2
- 24Short lines - with me!Repeat one phrase in time
- 25Framework Together
- 26Section 4 — Framework together
- 27Section 4 — Framework together 2
- 28Blues Framework - play togetherEighths, triplets, sixteenths in time
- 29New Solo TechniqueStop, change direction, repeat, bend
- 30Create
- 31Interact
- 32Practice togetherPush 50% past gig tempo
- 33Practice with me!
- 34Practice with me! 2
- 35Blues in A
- 36Simple Tasteful Soloing - Complete TranscriptThe whole course, written out
That’s the complete lesson list — nothing held back.
This is for you if…
- Newer players who want their first solos to have real feel
- Anyone who knows the pentatonic shape but doesn't know what to do with it
- Players who rush past the simple stuff and want to slow down and own it
Maybe not yet if…
- Advanced players looking for dense jazz vocabulary
- Anyone who wants tabs to memorize rather than a framework to understand
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Simple Tasteful Soloing
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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.