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You can play the licks. Now make them sound like music.

Copying a lick is the easy part. Stringing licks into a solo that sounds intentional, instead of just running up and down the box, is the part nobody teaches. Four free video lessons on the timing and phrasing that turn the pentatonic shape your licks come from into something that actually sounds like music.

Licks & Riffs

Cool Guitar Riffs #2

I’ve decided to start a series of videos for the cool guitar riffs lessons. Hence the name “Cool Guitar Riffs #2.” Mostly because I’m running out of things to call them, so why not start giving them numbers? If you’re collecting cool guitar riffs, this pair is a good one to add. I once had […]

Licks & Riffs

Cool Arpeggiated Riffs with Triads

Here’s another lesson for you riff-hungry rocksters out there! One cool way that you can start looking for new chords to use is to examine the top few strings of the bar chords. Here’s a tip – if the notes are used in a chord, then they’re going to sound great together in a solo! […]

Licks & Riffs

Using Octaves in Guitar Riffs

If you’ve watched my Guitar Scale Patterns lesson, you’ll know that one of the things that I mention in there is the octave pattern. I think I’ve mentioned this in previous lessons as well. It’s a super handy little tool to find notes on the fretboard, without having to memorize the whole neck right off […]

Licks & Riffs

Using Open Notes in Guitar Solos

If you look at your scales, and actually dissect them to see what notes are in each scale, you’ll see that in many keys, some of the notes you’re playing are also available to you as open notes. This lesson is more to open you up to the idea than it is to show you […]

Licks & Riffs

Guitar Riffs for Last Dance With Mary Jane

A little while ago I did a lesson for the beginner’s on the chords for Last Dance With Mary Jane, by Tom Petty. I got some good feedback from the lesson, with most of you asking for the riffs as well. So, today I bring you the riffs for Last Dance with Mary Jane. Or […]

Guitar Chords

An Easy Riff For Beginners – With Open Chords

Once you’ve got your basic open chords down — G, C, D, E minor, A minor — the next thing that makes your playing jump a level is connecting them with short riffs. Instead of just strumming one chord, stopping, then strumming the next, you add a few notes between the changes that create a […]