Learn To Play: Bergamot

Sink your teeth into Bergamot. A modern prog bop built on massive open chords, chug-happy riffs and licks that intertwine with an evolving central motif.

Expansive, imaginative and with summits and dips to navigate, it’s a track crammed with a diverse range of ideas. Developing your rhythmic horizons, your soloing arsenal, and your songwriting palette. From the opening riff to the very last line, there are lessons on groove, melody and how to respect the instrumentation around us.

To help you perfect every nuance of this morphing song, Connor has provided over two hours of lessons. They go note for note and dig into the articulations and dynamics that you’ll need to nail to perfect your performance. Plini’s solo is also taught note for note, and Connor gives insight into how to complement RO1’s piano sections.

On a technical level, you’ll be working on “Olly Steele” wobbles, whammy flutters, huge barre chords and a range of muting techniques, which are all explained within the lessons, in explicit detail.

Every riff and lick is isolated and played both fast and slow; giving you all you need to zoom in on the detail so that you can find new ways to apply those ideas into your compositions.

This release includes a full playthrough, 14 riffs, 9 licks - all of which are played both fast and slow - 2 hours of video lessons, official stems, *Neural DSP presets used to track Bergamot, tab/notation, GP files, and a PDF song guide.

It’s got groove, it’s got a killer summer vibe and it’s packed with prog chops. It’s Connor doing his thing, with a whole bag of tricks and help from a few friends. This is Bergamot, and you’re going to learn it.

Note: Connor performs this track in Eb standard, however, we have provided Eb and E standard backings.

*Neural DSP presets are not available for JTC+ Members.