This intermediate guitar lesson breaks down “Black Magic Woman” as performed by Santana and Peter Green, covering its riffs, chord variations, modes, tones, and solos. It uses phrase-by-phrase analysis and looping to help learners adapt the ideas into their own playing.

Syllabus

- Carlos Explains Influences for BMW
- Opening Section of BMW Live in 2016 Dorian Mode 1 Chord Jam
- Second Part of BMW Intro with Octaves I-IV-IV-I or I-V-V-I
- Carlos demonstrates Solo over the Verse Section from Original Recording
- Carlos’s thoughts on inspiration for BMWPeter Green, Otis Rush
- Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac performing BMW
- Carlos Explains Warm tones and Treble tones
- Transition to the D Mixolydian Jam - Live in 2016
- Second main riff in the D Mixolydian Jam
- Hendrix’s Third Stone From the Sun Section with Neil Schon 2016
- Intro to the lesson from Gary and about the clips of Santana teaching
- Gary explains what we’re going to go over in the lesson
- Gary tells you how this lesson goes along with his COURSE!
Free .pdfs for everyone and TAB and guitar hangouts for Patrons
- Explanation of Opening Section and Dorian Mode vs. Natural Minor Aeolian
- Demo of how to make the ideas in this section your own by workshopping them
- How Carlos gets so much sustain!
- Lesson on the Octave section of the intro
- Different chord variations Carlos and his band use on this section
- Lesson on the main solo section- as played on original recording and demoed by Carlos
- Explanation of Dorian switching to natural minor, and the chord progression
- Phrase by phrase lesson and analysis of the solo
- Gary using looping to demonstrate “workshopping” Carlos’s solo to make it your own
- Gary explains targeting “transition tones” going from i-iv and i-v
- Thoughts on Santana and Arpeggios Oye Como Va Clip
- Lesson on Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac’s version as played in the intro
- Going deeper on Carlos’s Treble vs. Warm tones
- Lesson on the second to last section in Mixolydian mode!
- Lesson on the closing Hendrix jam of “Third Stone From the Sun”
- Gary’s closing thoughts and summary, and outdo
- SPECIAL THANK YOU TO POW MUSIC PATRONS!!!