Beginner Guitar Licks
Here is the deal: learn the licks in this video lesson - and pick up essential solo guitar techniques. Some of the techniques required to understand/learn the advanced lessons on GMC are: alternate picking, hammer-ons and Pull-offs (= legato), bending.
Alternate picking simply means you constantly play down - up -down - up - (OR up - down - up - down ) with the pick. As opposed to playing mainly with downstrokes. Make sure to follow this rule strictly - as this is the number one beginner mistake! Some people need to work hard on repairing this mistake - still if you consciously think about it as a beginner, it doesn't require that much of an effort. Why bother picking up and down when doing only downstrokes is easier? Answer: alternate picking allows for demonic speeds. Hammer-ons and Pull-offs are a great tool to get a softer sound than with alternate picking. Most importantly, it is a relatively easy way to achieve speed. (Tapping beats it, though). It envolves producing notes with the left hand without using the pick. Bending is probably the number one thing which differs the electric guitar from other instruments. I bet my strat your favorite solo would be nothing without the bends in it. |
Practicing guidelines |
If you are a beginner, all of these licks will be more or less difficult for you. If you follow these guidelines you will spare your energy and thereby [hopefully] avoid being frustrated over slow progress. 1. Do not attempt to play the entire lick directly (this is only valid if the lick comprises of many different notes). Instead practice that one thing which feels the most uncomfortable, when you have got it proceed to the next. Eventually putting the whole licks together. 2. If you are a complete beginner, succeeding with these licks does not necessarily mean you have to play them exactly like me. Anything you can come up with - which you think sounds good - is good . 3. If you have got the notes of the lick down - but still can't get the right effect, there are many possible explanations. However, it is most likely that you haven't got the right timing or phrasing - to get this right, listen to the lick over and over and over and over again (we don't have the server space required to write this enough times ). 4. When you feel ready, play the licks over a backing - you practicing is [almost] wasted time if you don't get to here. If this is working for you you are ready to jam with the lick. Good luck!
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