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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

Guitar Riffs #6 – Fun Rhythm & Riff

Here’s the latest in a gradually growing series of guitar riffs and licks that I’ve been doing. Basically, this is a 12 bar blues progression I just jammed up for teaching purposes; maybe you can make something of it! The progression is simply I IV V using power chords. So that’s B5, E5, and F#5 […]

Guitar Scales

Cool Guitar Riffs #4 – Open E Pentatonic Minor Riff

The E pentatonic minor scale in open position is one of those goldmines that keeps giving you cool stuff to play. This riff is a perfect example — it sounds great, it’s not too complicated, and once you get it under your fingers, you can use it over a bunch of different progressions. Add it […]