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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.

Lick Of The Week

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, it’s awesome! Double stops like this are sooo tasty, I can’t get enough of them. For extra effect, make sure you line these up over top of the correct chord. […]

Lick Of The Week

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 exactly what we’re doing today with this descending diatonic major lick. It’s straight out of the diatonic major scale. If you wanted, you could apply this same pattern to literally […]

Theory

The Difference Between Major and Minor Chords

Today’s topic is the difference between major and minor chords. Perhaps you’ve noticed this before, but the difference is only a single note! That note is the 3rd. The other two notes in the chord are the root note, and the fifth – those notes are the same regardless of whether you’re making a major […]