Lick of the Week

Post by **olly** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:49 pm

You can easily tab your lick using Tinylick

http://tinylick.com/Create.aspx

Save the image and upload here and perhaps some audio as well!

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:19 am

This is a basic Chicago blues

The notes are muted on this one

The lick is being played 4 times, so there is a break between each example

Also you are counting: one and two and three and four and

Use the down / up pick stroke to get the natural feel of the rhythm

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Post by **olly** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:28 pm

Excellent start to the thread - is this you playing on the recording John?.

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:33 pm

I can even play that.

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:08 am

Olly wrote:Excellent start to the thread - is this you playing on the recording John?.

I'm playing along with it. I used the recording of it because it sounds better with the backing track. Any of the ones that I'll post I'll be playing along with them, but it is the recordings of an exercise track that I'm posting from. This makes it more interesting and it helps those that follow want to practice the exercises too

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:12 am

jamesd74 wrote:I can even play that.

Hey James, I'll keep them simple but fun to learn. As I mention in the other thread I'm actually playing along with the training exercise but I use the recording of the CD to give the true feel of the exercise riff. Look for the next one soon. An off take of this one.

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:32 am

Thanks John.

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:15 am

This one is an off take of the first Chicago blues lick, notice the different strings in use. If you go with the down / up picking and mute the strings you'll get that rhythm going. On the last 3 notes , it is a triplet and use a pull off on the second note.

Go slow like I did and with much practice that pull off will come smoothly, well at least it finally did for me. I'm playing it 4 times, and there is a break between bars, kind of a long break

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hey guys I redone the placement of the notes, so sorry about making the mistake, this is the right placement for all the notes

enjoy

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Instructor · Post by **Instructor** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:03 pm

This is a flashy lick in G Major, its about as flashy as Im likely to get as a player, but its a great legato exercise. Watch the articulations and especially the slides as the positions shift. Play it slowly to start with. There are lots of ways to change it up, once you get the idea down.

Instructor · Post by **Instructor** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:10 pm

A nice little Blues shuffle lick in A There are some position shifts required, so take it slow. The hook consists of a Major 3rd being played against the minor 3rd, very tasty.

Post by **olly** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:32 pm

watermelon john wrote:This one is an off take of the first Chicago blues lick

Not sure if it just me but cannot get your audio to work John

Redno5 · Post by **Redno5** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:47 pm

Olly wrote:
watermelon john wrote:This one is an off take of the first Chicago blues lick
Not sure if it just me but cannot get your audio to work John

Works fine for me. BTW nice wee lick. I will put that to one side !!

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:53 am

Olly wrote:
watermelon john wrote:This one is an off take of the first Chicago blues lick
Not sure if it just me but cannot get your audio to work John

I check it out today and it works fine for me

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:54 am

Redno5 wrote:
Olly wrote:
watermelon john wrote:This one is an off take of the first Chicago blues lick
Not sure if it just me but cannot get your audio to work John

Works fine for me. BTW nice wee lick. I will put that to one side !!

Hey redno, sorry but I made a mistake on the placement of the notes, please check the post for the placement of the notes, I guess doing this if fun for me but I hate to make mistakes

i-watermelon john · Post by **i-watermelon john** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:56 am

Instructor wrote:A nice little Blues shuffle lick in A There are some position shifts required, so take it slow. The hook consists of a Major 3rd being played against the minor 3rd, very tasty.

Thanks for posting your licks, but can you include a sound file with them, that would help me and all of us here out a lot to actually here how the lick is to sound

again thanks

Post by **olly** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:29 pm

Ah yes audio is working again ok today!