Lick of the Week 8: Sliding Sixths
Today’s guitar lick comes from the key of C major. We’re working with sixths, which are also sometimes called inverted thirds. If you like that…
Lick of the Week 7: Sliding Fourths
If memory serves, I first stole this lick or something like it from Colin James. If you’re not familiar with his music, look him up,…
Lick of the Week 6: Descending Diatonic Major
Sometimes it can sound SO good to simply use the scale as a lick. Sequence or pattern based licks are great for that, and that’s…
Lick of the Week 5: Dim7 Chords
I bet this one is a bit off the beaten path for you! Unless you’re into jazz, not too many guitar players plumb the depths…
Lick of the Week 4: Open Pentatonic Bend
Open position guitar licks are kind of their own animal. Sure, you can often try to apply them to other scale positions – and later…
Lick of the Week 3: Double Stops
This guitar lick comes from two different scale patterns, box 1 and box 2 of the pentatonic minor patterns, or you could also call them…