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Blues Lick 4
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Try the lick in your own improvisations.
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Blues licks are essential for every guitar player. This blues lick is being played in 11 keys starting in F, moving in half steps up to E, and back down Players such as Albert Collins, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa. Hammer-ons, pull-offs are the important techniques you will use in this style of playing. The most important thing here though is phrasing.
This two measure blues lick starts on the third string fifth fret with the second finger. Next, play the fourth fret on the second string, play the fifth fret again, the fourth fret on the second string again, then the sixth fret on the second string. Measure two, hold the fourth fret on the second string.
Learning short licks like this will help you build your library of phrases that you can pull out of your bag when it comes time to take a solo. Some people call it developing your “bag of tricks” Once you can play the lick from the first position, practice moving up and down the neck in half steps with the videos. Start slow! Visualize the pentatonic scale as you switch between the different keys.
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