Product Description

Artist: Oz Noy

Length: 35:31

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Description: In part one (1 of 2) of this "Blues, Bends & Beyond" guitar lesson, acclaimed guitarist Oz Noy shows you his systematic approach to mastering bends and pentatonics all over the neck. Oz discusses and demonstrates the 5 pentatonic scale positions, bending points, adding extra notes and more. If you want to explore the full potential of pentatonic scales and bending on the guitar, this guitar lesson is for you. NOTE: There is a PDF bundled with the "purchase" version of this video (not the $8.99 "rental" version) which includes the pentatonic scale shapes, bending points and chord/scale tone diagrams. You can purchase both videos and the PDF in this series at a discount here!

Topics Covered: Guitar, Pentatonic Scales, 5 Shapes of the Pentatonic, Bending Intonation, Bending Points, 1 Step Bending, 1 1/2 Step Bending, Finding Lines and Licks, Hendrix, Albert King, Popular Pentatonic Areas, Mixing the Minor and Major Pentatonic, Adding the 6th and 9th, Bending the Extra Notes, etc.

Oz Noy

Born in Israel, Oz started his professional career at the age of 13 playing jazz, blues, pop and rock music. By age 16, he was playing with top Israeli musicians and artists. By age 24, he was one of the most established studio guitar players in the country. Oz was also a member of the house band on Israel’s top-rated television show for more than two years.

Since his 1996 arrival in New York, Oz has made a huge impact on the local and international music scene. His unique and intoxicating style has broken all the rules of instrumental guitar music by focusing on the groove. All stars such as Keith Carlock, Anton Fig, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Dave Weckl often contribute on drums, with bassists Will Lee, James Genus, and Reggie Washington.

Oz Noy has performed, toured and recorded with Richard Bona, Chris Botti, Gavin DeGraw, Harry Belafonte, Cyndi Lauper, Clay Aiken, Akiko Yano, Wonder Girls, Toni Braxton, Phoebe Snow, Nile Rogers, Mike Clark, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Dave Weckl, Mike Manieri, John Patitucci, The East Village Opera Company, Roger Glover, Bill Evans, The Gil Evan Orchestra,Warren Hayes, Gove’t Mule, The Allman Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, John Abercrombie, Wallace Roney, Steve Lukather, John Medeski, Don Was, Nelly Furtado, Natasha Bedingfield, Phillip Phillips, Andy Grammer, Angelique Kidjo, Matisyahu, Jennifer Hudson, Henry Butler, Gart Hudson, Don Henley, Patti Austin, Take 6, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Phil Ramone, Paul Shaffer, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Sting, Steve Perry, Allison Krauss Foreigner, Patty Smyth, Wiz Khalifa, Shelea, Jordin Sparks, Average White Band, Christopher Cross among others.

Website: http://oznoy.com/