Pure Pentatonic Professionals for Guitar (Udemy.com)
A Rock and Blues Guitar Masterclass - Lead and Rhythm Guitar Lessons
Created by: Julian Cooper
Last updated May 2023
What you will learn
- How to perform and construct Blues and Rock Guitar Licks
- Major and minor Pentatonic scales and licks, Mixolydian and Blues scale techniques.
- The secrets to playing traditional and authentic sounding blues guitar solos
- How to construct and play rhythm guitar parts using the Pentatonic Scale.
- The art of phrasing, space and rhythmic ideas in guitar solos
- How to perform over tons of guitar licks over different style jam tracks
- Modern 3 note per string guitar phrases
- All the patterns, stylistic approaches and techniques of your favourite Guitar Legends
- Blues guitar insider knowledge not often taught
- All the ingredients to play rock and blues guitar like a professional
How it compares
Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Guitar on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.9 out of 5higher than 95% of them
- Reviews137#100 of 184 by number of reviews
- Length5.2 hourslonger than 71% of them
- Last updatedMay 2023more recently than 73% of them
Course Description
PURE PENTATONIC PROS (PURE PENTATONIC POWER 2)
- Do you love Rock and Blues guitar music?
- Are you a guitarist with a good grasp of techniques and theory but want to go further?
- Has your guitar playing gone stale? Do you want to push your guitar solos and rhythm to the next level?
- Do you have a strong desire to play like the guitar legends?
- Do you know your scales and how to apply them on the guitar neck but lack inspiration?
- Are you tired of bouncing around YouTube searching for structured information from a real guitar teacher?
"Pure Pentatonic Pros" is the follow up course to the bestseller "Pure Pentatonic Power". It's Bigger, Bolder, Bluesier, More in Depth and full of incredibly useful, practical information. It's for guitarists with a passion for Rock and Blues Guitar music. A beast of a course, to say the least and you are going to want to get involved!
The Pentatonic Guitar Scale is used more than any other guitar scale and "Pure Pentatonic Pros" is a celebration of it's versatility.
We have 6 sections in total with 5 hours of video, along with 74 downloadable/printable resources, including jam tracks, maps and tabs.
Section one is the Classic Section. Here we kick-off where Pure Pentatonic Power left off. The 4 licks are of a similar vibe, Classic Rock and Blues lead guitar, just a little more tricky with more finesse and phrasing. You have a different Guitar Jam Track for each section of the course. This one is in D Minor. The tracks come at 3 different speeds.
Section two is the Expressive Section. Here we explore art of phrasing in lead guitar solos. Using dynamics, rhythmic touches, space and some tasty techniques. You will learn to "speak" through your guitar. I was thinking of guitarists like BB King, Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Gary Moore, Mark Knopler, David Gilmour, Satriani and many other greats here.
Section three is the Major Pentatonic Scale Section. Often overlooked as a 'stand-alone' scale, it has a sweeter, happier sound when used for Country, Blues and Rock Music. Again, you will have 4 examples to learn and perform. Each spanning 4 bars of music. You will learn the shapes and how to apply them. At the end of this section you will understand how to form these scales and how they relate directly to the Minor Pentatonic.
Section 4 is the Rhythm Section. Studying the styles of Hendrix, Motown and bands like ZZ Top and Deep Purple, you'll learn how to find chords in the Pentatonic Scales, how they work together and how to find melodic phrases within these chords and positions.
Section 5 is the Huge Blues Section. A very detailed look at real traditional Blues Guitar Soloing. We have 3 guitar solos to learn: Minor 12 Bar, Major Pentatonic 8 bar solo and we finish with a 12 bar solo mixing Major, Minor, Blues and Mixolydian scales. This section is where you will learn the secrets of authentic blues lead guitar. You also receive my personal Blues Map and a full introduction breaking down how to use it. If you have ever wondered what you favourite Blues guitarists were doing, here is where it's at.
We finish with section 6, the Extreme Section. This section is a little more modern and has some complex techniques. Involving 3 note per string Pentatonic patterns, large interval stretches and intense performance pieces. It's only for the brave.
Essentially these are lead guitar lessons, but as you can see we have a section for the rhythm guitarist too. It is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists. And it will help to have had some experience and maybe of had some guitar lessons before.
It would certainly be useful to know your Pentatonic Scales and i do advise taking Pure Pentatonic Power first. But if you want to jump straight in, then be my guest. All shapes and scales needed are provided on screen and as a PDF. So there is no guessing and you are never left in the dark.
You are provided with all you need: Twin Camera angles, Slow methodical breakdowns (in close up) from a real guitar teacher, TAB on screen, Performance pieces with 3 speed jam tracks, Downloadable TABS, MP3's, scale maps and resources. It's as close as you will get to a private 1-1 guitar lesson in this guitar video course format.
So do not waste time, get involved and enter the course now. You have nothing to lose apart from increased enthusiasm and knowledge when playing your guitar. See you inside!
GuitarJoolz
Instructor Details
- 4.9 Rating
137 Reviews
Julian Cooper
Julian Cooper is a British Guitarist, Professional Guitar Teacher and an Artist with over 25 years experience in the music business both performing and teaching.
With 1000's of students and a background of touring and recording with real bands, Julian is all about taking the pressure and theory-heavy-boredom out of traditional guitar teaching approaches. Providing courses that actually feel like 1-1 guitar lessons with a private guitar instructor.
Also a genuine guitar teacher by trade Julian has spent 15 years or more teaching in schools and colleges, with over 25 teaching privately - in-between gigs etc.
Preferring to Concentrate on 'real' world examples and provide lessons with clear objectives, lesson plans and jam tracks to play over. The jam tracks really help you feel like you are playing guitar in a band.
This approach makes learning effortless, enjoyable, interactive and puts the focus on student playing time. Not the teacher!
An infectiously passionate and dedicated teacher, Julian will show you all you need to know and more.
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Reviews
By Danielle Lane on 4/22/2026
Excellent course. Well explained, really good resources. Really pleased. Watched it twice to follow along.
By Jörg Meyer on 1/14/2024
The basic techniques (bending, pulloffs..) are really getting hammered in via excellent rock&blues riffs. All explained very well in length. Slowly ascending complexidy in scales/modes over the lessons sneakes in some theory. Very very good.
By Michał Urban on 9/20/2022
I rarely coment a course at the beginning but this is @#$%!@# awsome!
By Zach Ulmer on 2/18/2022
This is the course I needed! Tempo of each lesson is great! Doesn't leave beginners behind but also playing at a speed that an intermediate/ advanced player like myself appreciates
By Dean Pham on 3/24/2021
Nice riff. Easy to follow. I would like to hear more how to apply that lick to another song. E.g. Where to begin and finish.
By Jeremy Baker on 12/2/2020
I really enjoyed this one all the way through. The instructor explains what he's doing really well, and takes the time to break each section down. He made the tabs of the leads/solos and scales available to download and print out, so you can have them right in front of you. You can also download the backing tracks, so you can rip over top of them with what you've learned. I'm glad I found this course. It's hard to find courses that aren't "beginner". I've been playing for 20 years, I need to be "pushed", not sit through hours of stuff I already know. There were quite a few licks/runs, etc., in the course that tested my dexterity and picking patterns. I really enjoyed it. I've already noticed myself throwing in several of these runs into my own improvising vocab. I would definitely recommend this course if....(1) you are an intermediate to advanced player who digs blues and rock, (2) you have been hitting a plateau and want to break through it with some new licks (3) you're tired of searching Youtube or online to try to find something new to learn. If you listen to every section, and learn each part fluently, you will take a great deal away from this course. It's well organized and structured from beginning to end, by starting off at a certain "ability", and progressively getting more "technical" as the course goes on. It was a lot of fun. Now, if Joolz would do this same course, but also for Metal! Lol, Great Job Joolz
By Silvio Luis Rosales Inhaquite on 11/10/2020
Excellent material, the study is much easier with videos and tablatures, thank you very much
By Thomas Kesenheimer on 11/6/2020
After the first chapters I have to say: Well done and fun to work with. However, it is not beginner level - your fingers should already move well through the finger sets of the Penta...
By Carl Javier on 5/20/2020
taking this after pure pentatonic power. loving it and appreciating learning all these great licks. after doing this I can go look up tabs to my favorite songs and start jamming right along.
By Carmelo Iriti on 5/9/2020
This course is simply amazing! I got all the information I needed for my level (intermediate) and more, for instance, the last part (The Extreme Section) is too much for me right now. The added value of this course, in my opinion, is the rhythm part, usually, you get good courses only with the lead part, if you want some rhythm tips you get only some beginner concepts, here you have very interesting suggestions! The other sections have the same quality level. My feedback is very positive.
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