I brought a Fuzz pedal

Since the last lesson featured a soulful jam based on E minor pentatonic licks, I thought we'd do a similar thing but crank it up a little! I brought along my Danelectro "The Eisenhower" Fuzz pedal, came up with the riff and told Mike to really go for it with his lead licks - and boy did he!

Mike mainly uses E minor pentatonic licks and super fast runs, which move between positions. See a diagram below to help with that, plus Mike's full improvised solo all tabbed out further down this page!

Bonus video - Let's learn Mikes solo together!

Here's a bonus video where Andy shows you how to learn Mike's awesome solo from this lesson using the interactive tab, which can be found at the bottom of this page!

In this solo, Mike mainly uses E minor pentatonic licks and super fast runs that move between positions. See a diagram below to help with learning the 5 minor pentatonic shapes, plus Mike's full improvised solo all tabbed out further down this page!

Mike's Pentatonic run

Here's the pentatonic run from Mike's improvised solo, which is the main focus of my video.

The second note of each pattern of 3 is played with a hammer on, and the last note of each pattern of 3 is plucked with the middle finger of the right hand.

E minor pentatonic scale - all 5 shapes

Each colour indicates a different shape. Notice the same shapes are repeated 12 frets up the neck, but which are an octave higher in pitch.

Blue = position 1. Light blue = position 2. Green = position 3. Orange = position 4. Red = position 5

Learn Andy's riff!

The main riff, played by Andy, is based on the E blues scale, which you can learn here

How to make the most of this course

See below interactive TAB synced to video for both the lead and rhythm lines for this jam. Use this to learn a few lick ideas to get you started improvising, or learn the full solos if you wish! Useful features of the interactive TAB player include;

• Slow down and loop sections to break down longer, faster sections into manageable licks
• Activate a live fretboard visualisation for every note being played in real time
• See the TAB brought to life as the player syncs to the video in real time!

Mike's improvised lead solo example - interactive TAB

Andy's rhythm loop - interactive TAB