Ace Up Your Sleeve (A – Lick – FLP)
Nothing is better than a standard sounding lick with a tweak at the end. Today's lick fits that bill to a T. Placed in the key of A, this licks starts…
Lesson Category: Licks
Roller Skating Rink (G – Lick – FP)
The lick for today will show how the forward roll (both with the ring finger and without) can be incorporated into a lick. This lick is a fun one in G…
High School Prom (Am – Lick – FLP)
A lick that provides the soundtrack to my dreadful high school prom. A minor tinged lick that has you exploiting the open A minor scale and then zoomi…
The Suzanne Somers (E – Lick – FLP)
This lick is ripe with hammer ons and pulls offs, and really ends up being a study as to how hammer ons and pull offs work together so that licks lay …
Boogie Woogerton (A – Lick – FP)
The lick today is one that will have all of the blues hounds howling. This lick is prime for placing into a boogie rhythm in the key of A. It retains …
Fairy Godmother (G – Lick – FLP)
The lick on tap for today is a somewhat whimsical one… Whimsical in title, of course, but also whimsical in sound. This lick is one that will take y…
Back Asswards (A – Lick – FP)
This lick puts the backward roll in action, and shows how it can be placed over a chord prior to a single note lick. This is a technique that really h…
Sweet Spot (G – Lick – FLP)
One of the hard parts about playing up the neck is getting back to play the chords, when you switch from “solo mode” to “rhythm mode.” This li…
Dungeon Master (Dm – Lick – FP)
What happens when you pair a backward roll with drop D tuning… pure magic… pure magic is the answer. This lick uses the low strings and sounds dar…