Online Fall Term Starts September 27th
Classic Rock Guitar
Course Authors: Joe Musella
Learn composition, melodic soloing, chords, and licks in the styles of the classic rock guitar masters: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, The Allman Brothers, Jimmy Page, as well as modern masters Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Eric Johnson.
This course begins with a primer on the blues foundation of rock, covering minor pentatonic scales, 12-bar blues chords and rhythm, classic rock tunes that use the 12-bar form, and licks and scale sequences over the 12-bar blues. Then every week, students will study the selected works of a different classic rock master, including Clapton's "Crossroads" and "Layla," Hendrix's "Wind Cries Mary" and "All Along the Watchtower," Gilmour's "Comfortably Numb" and "Money," Beck's early blues work and later rock fusion tunes, and Page's "Good Times Bad Times" and "Kashmir," to name a few.
Through this analysis, students will learn methods of improvisation, phrasing, scales, chords, rhythms, fretboard mastery, and sound conception that are essential classic rock guitar techniques. The course will also explore modes and their use in rock improvisation.
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Course Info
| For-credit tuition: $1,295 |
| Non-credit tuition: $1,095 |
| Credits: 3 |
| Duration: 12 weeks |
| Catalog #: BMP-125a |
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Course Faculty 
| Joe Musella Guitarist and music educator active in the Boston music scene. | |
| Robin Stone Associate Professor at Berklee and guitarist, teaching classes in the history and playing styles of the era’s most well-known guitarists. | |
