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TableofContents
Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Licks110.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Lick#1EarlyRockClich#1 .................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Lick#2EarlyRockClich#2 .................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Lick#3MajorPentatonicBluesOpeners ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Lick#4AlbertKingisms ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Lick#5QuarterStepBends ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Lick#6MinorPentatonicLickinA........................................................................................................................................................ 5
Lick#7DoublestopFun............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Lick#8SimpleTurnaroundLick............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Lick#9TurnaroundinE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Lick#10SingleNoteTurnaround .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Licks1120................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Lick#11LesterFlattCountryRun ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Lick#12PedalSteelLick............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Lick#13JazzLickI#idimiiV................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Lick#14ViminorLick ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Lick#15Pulloffflash .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Lick#16OpenStringPulloff ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Lick#17SlidingLegatoSingleString.................................................................................................................................................... 9
Lick#18SingleStringAscendingScaleLick...................................................................................................................................... 9
Lick#19DroneStringLick ......................................................................................................................................................................10
Lick#20ObliqueBends ............................................................................................................................................................................10
Licks2130...............................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Lick#21UnisonBendingLick................................................................................................................................................................10
Lick#22OctaveLick...................................................................................................................................................................................11
Lick#23Sliding6ths..................................................................................................................................................................................11
Lick#24Ascending3rdsinC .................................................................................................................................................................11
Lick#25Doublestop3rdsinA...............................................................................................................................................................12
Lick#26MajorPentatonicDoublestops............................................................................................................................................12
Lick#27CountryLick................................................................................................................................................................................12
Lick#28PentatonicSmearLick............................................................................................................................................................13
Lick#29PentatonicSlurs ........................................................................................................................................................................13
Lick#30FiveFretMinorPulloffs........................................................................................................................................................13
Licks3140...............................................................................................................................................................................................................14
Lick#31VHTap ...........................................................................................................................................................................................14
Lick#32CrazyTrainTap .........................................................................................................................................................................14
Lick#33SequencedPentatonicLick...................................................................................................................................................14
Lick#34TremoloPicking ........................................................................................................................................................................15
Lick#3516thnotetripletpentatonictrill........................................................................................................................................15
Lick#36Descending3rdsIntervalSequence .................................................................................................................................15
Lick#37PentatonicSequenceof4s ....................................................................................................................................................16
Lick#38PentatonicSextupletSequence ..........................................................................................................................................16
Lick#39DescendingSingleString4s .................................................................................................................................................16
Lick#403Noteperstringin6s ............................................................................................................................................................17
Licks4147...............................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Lick#41Satriani3NotePerStringLegato.....................................................................................................................................17
Lick#42Gilbert3NotePerStringSequence.................................................................................................................................17
Lick#43PedalPointLick.........................................................................................................................................................................18
Lick#44TriadSweepsinG .....................................................................................................................................................................18
Lick#45FiveStringTriadSweeps.......................................................................................................................................................18
Lick#46SixStringSweeps ......................................................................................................................................................................19
Lick#47TappingCapo ..............................................................................................................................................................................19
MovingOnFromHere .........................................................................................................................................................................................20
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Foreword
ThanksfordownloadingmyguitareBook,47LicksYouMustKnow!Inmy20yearsofteaching
guitarIhavehadtheprivilegeofstudyingthesolosofmanygreatguitaristsandworkingwith
manygreatstudents.Mygoalinwritingthisbookistointroducemyguitarstudentstophrases,
licksandideasthatIfindcommontomanyleadguitaristsandsolos.Theselicksarepresented
roughlyinorderofdifficulty.Eachhasashortdescriptiontohelpexplainwhyitisincludeditin
thiscollection.
First,letmesaythatlicks,prerehearsedsolophrases,arejustonecomponentofimprovising.
Trueimprovisationisplayingsomethingwehaveneverplayedbeforeonourinstrument.This
maybethegreatestachievementinaguitarsolo.However,manyguitarsoloswehearare
composedor,atbest,aspontaneousreorganizationofpreviouslylearnedphrasesandmaterial.If
notessential,itisatleastpracticaltoknowsomeprerehearsedlicksforthosetimeswhenwe
arenotcatchinglightninginabottle.
Second,aretheselickstrulymustknow?Theonlywaytodecideistotrythemyourself.Itall
dependsonyourmusicalstyleandgoals.Notwoguitaristsarealike.Keepthelicksyoulikehere,
throwoutthoseyoudont.Manyofmyfavoriteguitaristsmashupdifferentideasandmusical
stylessoIbelieveitanadvantagetolearnallthatlicksyoucan.Attheveryleast,knowingthe
licksinthisbookcanserveassignpostpointsofreference.Youwillheartheminaguitarsolo,
soonerorlater.
Lastly,inordertomakethebestuseofthisbook,herearesomequickthoughts:
Learnthelicksthentransposethemtootherscalesandkeys
Tryrepeatingthelicksorsectionsofthemtocreatenewvariations
Reorderthenotesinthephrases.Playthembothascendinganddescending
Experimentwithphrasingandtimingvariations
Usetheselicksforideasandcreatenewlicksofyourown
Andmostofall
HaveFun!
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Licks 1-10
Lick#1Early Rock Clich #1
Thisearlyrocklickcanbeheardinguitarsolosranginginstylesfromrockabillytopunkrock.
Anotherclassicrockclich,againshowninthekeyofA.
Lick#3MajorPentatonicBluesOpeners
AlthoughbluesisknownprimarilyforusingtheMinorPentatonicscale,thislickdemonstrates
thesweetsoundingalternativethattheMajorPentatonicscalehastooffer.
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AlbertKingisabluesgiant(figurativelyandliterally)whoinfluencedJimiHendrixandStevie
RayVaughan,amongothers.Huge,fingertorturingbendsfigureprominentlyinhislicks.
Lick#5QuarterStepBends
AnimportantphrasingelementinBluesisthequarterstepbendupoftheminor3rdtojustshy
ofthemajor3rd.Sometimestheresultingnoteiscalledtheblues3rd,hereshownthreeways.
Lick#6MinorPentatonicLickinA
Onceyouknowscaleformsyouwillwanttoavoidsimplywanderingupanddownthem.This
lickisagoodexampleofphrasing,ratherthanjustrunning,thenotesoftheMinorPentatonic
scale.
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Lick#7DoublestopFun
Doublestops,twonotesplayedatthesametime,areoneofguitaristsgreatweaponsingettinga
big,beefysound.Thebendsinbar2areexecutedwiththe3rdfingerfrettingbothstrings.
Lick#8SimpleTurnaroundLick
Thelasttwobarsofabluesprogressionareknownastheturnaround.Thissimpleturnaround
lickinthekeyofGsetsyouupforthenext12barsofbluesfun.
Lick#9TurnaroundinE
AclassicbluesturnaroundinthekeyofE.Triplestops,ninthchords,andopenpositionpatterns
ofboththeMinorandMajorPentatonicscalesareused.
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Anotherclassicbluesturnaround,thistimeinthekeyofA.Aturnaroundoutlinesaprogression
anditisveryeffectiveandimportanttobeabletodothiswithsinglenotelines.
Licks 11-20
Lick#11LesterFlattCountryRun
ThisisthemostrecognizablelickinCountryleadguitar,shownhereintwopositions.Serious
studentswilllearnitinadozenmore.
Lick#12PedalSteelLick
Thisisanotherclassiccountrylick.Heretheideaistoemulatethesoundofapedalsteelguitar
bybendinganotewhileholdinganotheratpitch.
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Acommonjazzchordprogressionisoutlinedneatlyinthissinglenotephrase.Chordtonesare
targetedthrougheachchangewithalteredtonesemphasizedovertheE7chord.
Lick#14ViminorLick
AquickandeasyjazzclichlickoveraminorkeyVi(fiveone)progression.
Lick#15Pulloffflash
Legatotechnique,theuseofhammeronsandpulloffs,isaneasywaytoaddspeedtoyourleads.
Thislickusesdoublepulloffsandarepeatedopenstringinanascendingladderriff.
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Againanopenstringisused,incorporatedintoapullofflick.Thistimeascalealongthe2nd
stringprovidesthenotechoices.
Lick#17SlidingLegatoSingleString
Herewecombineahammeron/pulloffcombinationwithslidingpositionchangestocreatea
slipperysoundinglick.Similarnotestothepreviousexample.
Lick#18SingleStringAscendingScaleLick
Coordinatingthepickandfrethandisessentialtomakingpositionchangessoundclean.After
theopenstring,thefirstfingerinitiateseach3notephraseinthislick.
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Anopenstringcombinedwithamovingsinglenotelineisacoolandeasywaytoachieveabig,
ringingsoundinyoursolo.
Lick#20ObliqueBends
Obliquebendscombineabentnotewithanunbentnote.WesawthiswithourPedalSteellick.
Thislickusesacoupleofcommontwonoteobliquebendcombinations.
Licks 21-30
Lick#21UnisonBendingLick
Bendingonenotetothepitchofaheldnoteiscalledaunisonbend.Thislickfeaturesthemost
typicalcombinationsacrossthe3rd/2ndand2nd/1ststringpairs.
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Octavelicksprovideafullbodiedsound.TheywereafavoriteofjazzgreatWesMontgomeryand
arestillusedinmanymodernguitarsolos.
Lick#23Sliding6ths
Sixthintervalsaregreat,opensoundingnotecombinationsthatstronglyimplychords.Thislick
usesnotesdiatonictotheGMajorscale.
Lick#24Ascending3rdsinC
Anotherdiatonicintervallick,thistimeusing3rdintervalsinthekeyofC.
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3rdintervalsplayedasdoublestopsareagreatwaytocombineharmonyandmelodyinyour
guitarsolos.
Lick#26MajorPentatonicDoublestops
ThislickharmonizesthenotesoftheGMajorPentatonicscaleforabigsound.Lickslikethis
havebeenusedinmanyR&BguitarsolosandbyguitaristssuchasJimiHendrix.
Lick#27CountryLick
Thiscountrystylelickfeaturesalotofbending;atypicalobliquebendinthefirstbarandsome
melodicbendsinthesecond.Besuretobendaccuratelytopitch.
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Asmearlickusesfastnotecombinationsforstunguitareffect,typicallyoutoftheMinor
Pentatonicscaleasinthisexample.
Lick#29PentatonicSlurs
Aslurisanothernameforahammeronorpulloff.Thislicksusesarepeatingpatternslurred
throughtheDMinorPentatonicscale.
Lick#30FiveFretMinorPulloffs
Abigfivefretstretchisthesignaturemoveofthislick.Besuretorollthefirstfingerpressure
fromstring2tostring1forpropermuting.
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Licks 31-40
Lick#31VHTap
Thisisthelickthatlaunchedathousandimitators,verysimilartothestyleoftappinglickusedin
EddieVanHalensEruptionsolo.
Lick#32CrazyTrainTap
Twohandtaps,pulloffsandhammeronscanbeexecutedinmanycombinations.Thisexample
demonstratesthis,verysimilartoapatternusedbyRandyRhoadsinthesoloforCrazyTrain.
Lick#33SequencedPentatonicLick
Asequencedlickdoesnotplaystraightupordownbutratherrepeatsinalogicalorderor
pattern.ThisMinorPentatonicsequenceisaclassicexampleofthispowerfulidea.
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Tremolopickingmeanstorapidlyrepeatthesamenotewithcontinuouspicking.EddieVan
HalenandCarlosSantanautilizethisoften.
Lick#3516thnotetripletpentatonictrill
Atrillisarapidflutterbetweentwonotes.Onguitarwemostoftendothiswithhammeronsand
pulloffs.ThislickputsthisideawithintheMinorPentatonicscale,keyofA.
Lick#36Descending3rdsIntervalSequence
Anintervalisthedistancebetweentwonotes.Thislickuses3rdintervalsasthebasisofa
sequencedlickintheGmajorscale.
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ThissequenceisinthekeyofAminorandusestheMinorPentatonicscale.
Lick#38PentatonicSextupletSequence
HereisasimplebutheavydutyshredsequenceinthekeyofEminor.Tryitwithpulloffsin
placeofalternatepicking.Trythislickascending,aswell.
Lick#39DescendingSingleString4s
Thissinglestringlickinvolvesprecisecoordinationbetweenbothhandstokeepallfournote
combinationsclean.KirkHammettofMetallicaisamasterofthistypeofmove.
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Threenoteperstringpatternsaregreatforsimplifyingthecoordinationoftherightandleft
hands.Thislickusestypical3noteperstringstringpairsinanascendingpositionchanginglick.
Licks 41-47
Lick#41Satriani3NotePerStringLegato
ModernguitaristssuchasJoeSatrianiuse3noteperstringpatternsextensively.ThislickinG
majoruseshammeronsandpulloffsformaximumspeed.
Lick#42Gilbert3NotePerStringSequence
Aftereverysixnotes,thislickjumpsupaposition.Thentheprocessrepeats,creatingacoollick
thatcoversalotoffretboardrealestate.
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Lick#43PedalPointLick
Apedalpointlickconsistentlyreturnstoagivenote,herethehighEnoteonthefirststring.This
ideaiscommoninmanyclassicalcompositions.
Lick#44TriadSweepsinG
Thislickusesareverserakeofthestringsforspeedandkeepsallthenotesconfinedtothree
noteshapesfromtheGMajorscale.
Lick#45FiveStringTriadSweeps
Sweeppickingisusingthesamepickstrokedirectionwhenswitchingstrings.Itisvery
importanttorollthepressureofthelefthandfromnotetonoteinordertosoundeachnote
individually.
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Followthepickingdirectioninthislick.Somebigstretchesandpositionchangesareneededto
executethisone.
Lick#47TappingCapo
Hereisacooltwohandedidea.Tapthenotesofachordwhilefrettinganinversionofthatchord
lowerontheneck.
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