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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comForeword .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Licks110.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Lick#1EarlyRockClich#1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Lick#2EarlyRockClich#2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Lick#3MajorPentatonicBluesOpeners ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Lick#4AlbertKingisms ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Lick#5QuarterStepBends ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Lick#6MinorPentatonicLickinA........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Lick#7DoublestopFun............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Lick#8SimpleTurnaroundLick............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Lick#9TurnaroundinE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Lick#10SingleNoteTurnaround .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Licks1120................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Lick#11LesterFlattCountryRun ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Lick#12PedalSteelLick............................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Lick#13JazzLickI#idimiiV................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Lick#14ViminorLick ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Lick#15Pulloffflash .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Lick#16OpenStringPulloff ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Lick#17SlidingLegatoSingleString.................................................................................................................................................... 9 Lick#18SingleStringAscendingScaleLick...................................................................................................................................... 9 Lick#19DroneStringLick ......................................................................................................................................................................10 Lick#20ObliqueBends ............................................................................................................................................................................10 Licks2130...............................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Lick#21UnisonBendingLick................................................................................................................................................................10 Lick#22OctaveLick...................................................................................................................................................................................11 Lick#23Sliding6ths..................................................................................................................................................................................11 Lick#24Ascending3rdsinC .................................................................................................................................................................11 Lick#25Doublestop3rdsinA...............................................................................................................................................................12 Lick#26MajorPentatonicDoublestops............................................................................................................................................12 Lick#27CountryLick................................................................................................................................................................................12 Lick#28PentatonicSmearLick............................................................................................................................................................13 Lick#29PentatonicSlurs ........................................................................................................................................................................13 Lick#30FiveFretMinorPulloffs........................................................................................................................................................13 Licks3140...............................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Lick#31VHTap ...........................................................................................................................................................................................14 Lick#32CrazyTrainTap .........................................................................................................................................................................14 Lick#33SequencedPentatonicLick...................................................................................................................................................14 Lick#34TremoloPicking ........................................................................................................................................................................15 Lick#3516thnotetripletpentatonictrill........................................................................................................................................15 Lick#36Descending3rdsIntervalSequence .................................................................................................................................15 Lick#37PentatonicSequenceof4s ....................................................................................................................................................16 Lick#38PentatonicSextupletSequence ..........................................................................................................................................16 Lick#39DescendingSingleString4s .................................................................................................................................................16 Lick#403Noteperstringin6s ............................................................................................................................................................17 Licks4147...............................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Lick#41Satriani3NotePerStringLegato.....................................................................................................................................17 Lick#42Gilbert3NotePerStringSequence.................................................................................................................................17 Lick#43PedalPointLick.........................................................................................................................................................................18 Lick#44TriadSweepsinG .....................................................................................................................................................................18 Lick#45FiveStringTriadSweeps.......................................................................................................................................................18 Lick#46SixStringSweeps ......................................................................................................................................................................19 Lick#47TappingCapo ..............................................................................................................................................................................19 MovingOnFromHere .........................................................................................................................................................................................20

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ForewordThanksfordownloadingmyguitareBook,47LicksYouMustKnow!Inmy20yearsofteaching guitarIhavehadtheprivilegeofstudyingthesolosofmanygreatguitaristsandworkingwith manygreatstudents.Mygoalinwritingthisbookistointroducemyguitarstudentstophrases, licksandideasthatIfindcommontomanyleadguitaristsandsolos.Theselicksarepresented roughlyinorderofdifficulty.Eachhasashortdescriptiontohelpexplainwhyitisincludeditin thiscollection. First,letmesaythatlicks,prerehearsedsolophrases,arejustonecomponentofimprovising. Trueimprovisationisplayingsomethingwehaveneverplayedbeforeonourinstrument.This maybethegreatestachievementinaguitarsolo.However,manyguitarsoloswehearare composedor,atbest,aspontaneousreorganizationofpreviouslylearnedphrasesandmaterial.If notessential,itisatleastpracticaltoknowsomeprerehearsedlicksforthosetimeswhenwe arenotcatchinglightninginabottle. Second,aretheselickstrulymustknow?Theonlywaytodecideistotrythemyourself.Itall dependsonyourmusicalstyleandgoals.Notwoguitaristsarealike.Keepthelicksyoulikehere, throwoutthoseyoudont.Manyofmyfavoriteguitaristsmashupdifferentideasandmusical stylessoIbelieveitanadvantagetolearnallthatlicksyoucan.Attheveryleast,knowingthe licksinthisbookcanserveassignpostpointsofreference.Youwillheartheminaguitarsolo, soonerorlater. Lastly,inordertomakethebestuseofthisbook,herearesomequickthoughts: Learnthelicksthentransposethemtootherscalesandkeys Tryrepeatingthelicksorsectionsofthemtocreatenewvariations Reorderthenotesinthephrases.Playthembothascendinganddescending Experimentwithphrasingandtimingvariations Usetheselicksforideasandcreatenewlicksofyourown Andmostofall

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.com Licks 1-10Lick#1Early Rock Clich #1

Thisearlyrocklickcanbeheardinguitarsolosranginginstylesfromrockabillytopunkrock.

Lick#2Early Rock Clich #2

Anotherclassicrockclich,againshowninthekeyofA.

Lick#3MajorPentatonicBluesOpeners

AlthoughbluesisknownprimarilyforusingtheMinorPentatonicscale,thislickdemonstrates thesweetsoundingalternativethattheMajorPentatonicscalehastooffer.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #4 Albert King-isms

AlbertKingisabluesgiant(figurativelyandliterally)whoinfluencedJimiHendrixandStevie RayVaughan,amongothers.Huge,fingertorturingbendsfigureprominentlyinhislicks.

Lick#5QuarterStepBends

AnimportantphrasingelementinBluesisthequarterstepbendupoftheminor3rdtojustshy ofthemajor3rd.Sometimestheresultingnoteiscalledtheblues3rd,hereshownthreeways.

Lick#6MinorPentatonicLickinA

Onceyouknowscaleformsyouwillwanttoavoidsimplywanderingupanddownthem.This lickisagoodexampleofphrasing,ratherthanjustrunning,thenotesoftheMinorPentatonic scale.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick#7DoublestopFun

Doublestops,twonotesplayedatthesametime,areoneofguitaristsgreatweaponsingettinga big,beefysound.Thebendsinbar2areexecutedwiththe3rdfingerfrettingbothstrings.

Lick#8SimpleTurnaroundLick

Thelasttwobarsofabluesprogressionareknownastheturnaround.Thissimpleturnaround lickinthekeyofGsetsyouupforthenext12barsofbluesfun.

Lick#9TurnaroundinE

AclassicbluesturnaroundinthekeyofE.Triplestops,ninthchords,andopenpositionpatterns ofboththeMinorandMajorPentatonicscalesareused.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #10 Single Note Turnaround

Anotherclassicbluesturnaround,thistimeinthekeyofA.Aturnaroundoutlinesaprogression anditisveryeffectiveandimportanttobeabletodothiswithsinglenotelines.

Licks 11-20Lick#11LesterFlattCountryRun

ThisisthemostrecognizablelickinCountryleadguitar,shownhereintwopositions.Serious studentswilllearnitinadozenmore.

Lick#12PedalSteelLick

Thisisanotherclassiccountrylick.Heretheideaistoemulatethesoundofapedalsteelguitar bybendinganotewhileholdinganotheratpitch.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #13 Jazz Lick - I #idim ii V

Acommonjazzchordprogressionisoutlinedneatlyinthissinglenotephrase.Chordtonesare targetedthrougheachchangewithalteredtonesemphasizedovertheE7chord.

Lick#14ViminorLick

AquickandeasyjazzclichlickoveraminorkeyVi(fiveone)progression.

Lick#15Pulloffflash

Legatotechnique,theuseofhammeronsandpulloffs,isaneasywaytoaddspeedtoyourleads. Thislickusesdoublepulloffsandarepeatedopenstringinanascendingladderriff.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #16 Open String Pull-off

Againanopenstringisused,incorporatedintoapullofflick.Thistimeascalealongthe2nd stringprovidesthenotechoices.

Lick#17SlidingLegatoSingleString

Herewecombineahammeron/pulloffcombinationwithslidingpositionchangestocreatea slipperysoundinglick.Similarnotestothepreviousexample.

Lick#18SingleStringAscendingScaleLick

Coordinatingthepickandfrethandisessentialtomakingpositionchangessoundclean.After theopenstring,thefirstfingerinitiateseach3notephraseinthislick.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #19 Drone String Lick

Anopenstringcombinedwithamovingsinglenotelineisacoolandeasywaytoachieveabig, ringingsoundinyoursolo.

Lick#20ObliqueBends

Obliquebendscombineabentnotewithanunbentnote.WesawthiswithourPedalSteellick. Thislickusesacoupleofcommontwonoteobliquebendcombinations.

Licks 21-30Lick#21UnisonBendingLick

Bendingonenotetothepitchofaheldnoteiscalledaunisonbend.Thislickfeaturesthemost typicalcombinationsacrossthe3rd/2ndand2nd/1ststringpairs.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #22 Octave Lick

Octavelicksprovideafullbodiedsound.TheywereafavoriteofjazzgreatWesMontgomeryand arestillusedinmanymodernguitarsolos.

Lick#23Sliding6ths

Sixthintervalsaregreat,opensoundingnotecombinationsthatstronglyimplychords.Thislick usesnotesdiatonictotheGMajorscale.

Lick#24Ascending3rdsinC

Anotherdiatonicintervallick,thistimeusing3rdintervalsinthekeyofC.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #25 Doublestop 3rds in A

3rdintervalsplayedasdoublestopsareagreatwaytocombineharmonyandmelodyinyour guitarsolos.

Lick#26MajorPentatonicDoublestops

ThislickharmonizesthenotesoftheGMajorPentatonicscaleforabigsound.Lickslikethis havebeenusedinmanyR&BguitarsolosandbyguitaristssuchasJimiHendrix.

Lick#27CountryLick

Thiscountrystylelickfeaturesalotofbending;atypicalobliquebendinthefirstbarandsome melodicbendsinthesecond.Besuretobendaccuratelytopitch.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #28 Pentatonic Smear Lick

Asmearlickusesfastnotecombinationsforstunguitareffect,typicallyoutoftheMinor Pentatonicscaleasinthisexample.

Lick#29PentatonicSlurs

Aslurisanothernameforahammeronorpulloff.Thislicksusesarepeatingpatternslurred throughtheDMinorPentatonicscale.

Lick#30FiveFretMinorPulloffs

Abigfivefretstretchisthesignaturemoveofthislick.Besuretorollthefirstfingerpressure fromstring2tostring1forpropermuting.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.com Licks 31-40Lick#31VHTap

Thisisthelickthatlaunchedathousandimitators,verysimilartothestyleoftappinglickusedin EddieVanHalensEruptionsolo.

Lick#32CrazyTrainTap

Twohandtaps,pulloffsandhammeronscanbeexecutedinmanycombinations.Thisexample demonstratesthis,verysimilartoapatternusedbyRandyRhoadsinthesoloforCrazyTrain.

Lick#33SequencedPentatonicLick

Asequencedlickdoesnotplaystraightupordownbutratherrepeatsinalogicalorderor pattern.ThisMinorPentatonicsequenceisaclassicexampleofthispowerfulidea.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #34 Tremolo Picking

Tremolopickingmeanstorapidlyrepeatthesamenotewithcontinuouspicking.EddieVan HalenandCarlosSantanautilizethisoften.

Lick#3516thnotetripletpentatonictrill

Atrillisarapidflutterbetweentwonotes.Onguitarwemostoftendothiswithhammeronsand pulloffs.ThislickputsthisideawithintheMinorPentatonicscale,keyofA.

Lick#36Descending3rdsIntervalSequence

Anintervalisthedistancebetweentwonotes.Thislickuses3rdintervalsasthebasisofa sequencedlickintheGmajorscale.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #37 Pentatonic Sequence of 4s

ThissequenceisinthekeyofAminorandusestheMinorPentatonicscale.

Lick#38PentatonicSextupletSequence

HereisasimplebutheavydutyshredsequenceinthekeyofEminor.Tryitwithpulloffsin placeofalternatepicking.Trythislickascending,aswell.

Lick#39DescendingSingleString4s

Thissinglestringlickinvolvesprecisecoordinationbetweenbothhandstokeepallfournote combinationsclean.KirkHammettofMetallicaisamasterofthistypeofmove.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #40 3 Note per string in 6s

Threenoteperstringpatternsaregreatforsimplifyingthecoordinationoftherightandleft hands.Thislickusestypical3noteperstringstringpairsinanascendingpositionchanginglick.

Licks 41-47Lick#41Satriani3NotePerStringLegato

ModernguitaristssuchasJoeSatrianiuse3noteperstringpatternsextensively.ThislickinG majoruseshammeronsandpulloffsformaximumspeed.

Lick#42Gilbert3NotePerStringSequence

Aftereverysixnotes,thislickjumpsupaposition.Thentheprocessrepeats,creatingacoollick thatcoversalotoffretboardrealestate.StormStenvoldAllRightsReserved 17 www.GuitarTeacher.com

47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick#43PedalPointLick

Apedalpointlickconsistentlyreturnstoagivenote,herethehighEnoteonthefirststring.This ideaiscommoninmanyclassicalcompositions.

Lick#44TriadSweepsinG

Thislickusesareverserakeofthestringsforspeedandkeepsallthenotesconfinedtothree noteshapesfromtheGMajorscale.

Lick#45FiveStringTriadSweeps

Sweeppickingisusingthesamepickstrokedirectionwhenswitchingstrings.Itisvery importanttorollthepressureofthelefthandfromnotetonoteinordertosoundeachnote individually.

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47 Licks You Must Know from GuitarTeacher.comLick #46 Six String Sweeps

Followthepickingdirectioninthislick.Somebigstretchesandpositionchangesareneededto executethisone.

Lick#47TappingCapo

Hereisacooltwohandedidea.Tapthenotesofachordwhilefrettinganinversionofthatchord lowerontheneck.

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