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Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 17 2013, 12:57 PM

Hi Guys, welcome to the 4th lick. This time it's a diminished legato lick in F#. It uses a 6 note repeating sequence on each string. When it gets to the high E string you need to use your pinky (or ring finger depending on whether you use your pinky or not) to slide up to the bend !! Lots of fun

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Posted by: WeePee Feb 17 2013, 01:16 PM

Nice. Good practise while watching the new Bond movie

Posted by: maharzan Feb 17 2013, 02:06 PM

Awesome.. I can do this.. Cool!!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 17 2013, 03:40 PM

Great ! Look forward to your versions

Posted by: HungryForHeaven Feb 17 2013, 07:10 PM

This is my go at it. Decided to play once with picking and once with legato.

https://soundcloud.com/h4hgmc/challenge-ben-04-h4h

Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 17 2013, 09:19 PM

Wow, now that's some seriously badass playing right there !

I love both versions, that picking one sounds really good... and your tone sounds even nicer than usual, have you made some adjustments ?

Posted by: HungryForHeaven Feb 18 2013, 10:24 AM

Thanks for your kind words, Ben.

I used an Ibanez which has a V8 as the bridge pickup, with the exact same Guitar Rig 3 preset that I normally use for active pickups. So that was a winning concept?

Posted by: WeePee Feb 18 2013, 03:34 PM

H4H you beast !

I'm a bit rusty, I think. Tempo 90.

https://soundcloud.com/alfafirefox/ben-4

AP + Legato 2 times.

I'll try to get on 100 bpm in end of week.

Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 18 2013, 06:17 PM

I don't know much about pickups but that V8 definitely did the trick



Good to see that the mighty Finn has joined us !

For that bend after the legato sequence - try to get it so the slide/bend & pick stroke all happen together if you know what I mean ?

Posted by: DeGroot Feb 18 2013, 10:21 PM

I did the the same as the other guys with AP and a Legato run. I'm not the best with particular lick with the sliding bend but figured I'd throw something into this weeks challenge. Also my legato with ring/pinky is obviously weak so I recorded a version of it separately.

https://soundcloud.com/degroot-2/ben-higgins-lick-4

Posted by: klasaine Feb 19 2013, 03:33 AM

Man, you guys can all play like 20 times faster than me . My right hand has always been slower than my left. I'm workin' on it though. Doing Ben's licks certainly help.
Here's mine with a quick backing track. I 'hear' it as D phryg/dom ...
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Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 19 2013, 10:08 AM

Solid ! the slide to bend part was fine, sounded perfect to me





I love your takes ! Really brilliant to hear someone else's imagination regards to where it could fit over a chord progression - nice work

Posted by: WeePee Feb 19 2013, 06:37 PM

No problem I figured it out and I'm blazing already in 100 bpm !!

How do you guys play this lick ?

I use 1,3,4 fingers until the high E string I use 1,2,3 and bend with ring finger.

Posted by: DeGroot Feb 19 2013, 06:47 PM

That is how I played it. I tried playing it with the pinky too but found it better for me to slide/bend with the ring finger.

Posted by: HungryForHeaven Feb 19 2013, 08:07 PM

I use 124 and 134 alternately, and bend with 4.

Posted by: jstcrsn Feb 19 2013, 08:16 PM

same here , but when I slide up to bend , I slide in my 3rd

Posted by: WeePee Feb 23 2013, 10:29 AM

Update

https://soundcloud.com/alfafirefox/ben-4-1

Posted by: Ben Higgins Feb 23 2013, 11:15 AM

That's an improvement V-Man

On the 2nd take.. I notice you miss out the 5th note (played by the ring finger ?). So when you're playing an ascending 3 note pattern pay extra attention to making sure all the notes are being fretted evenly

Cool stuff !

Posted by: Opetholic Apr 28 2013, 03:01 PM

Has been a long time since I posted anything so decided to give this one a go also but twisted it a bit. You know I like AP It is at 120 bpm, I don't think I can do it faster with AP..
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Posted by: Ben Higgins Apr 28 2013, 05:12 PM

Very nice picking !! Don't neglect your bending and vibrato though.. it would be even better if you can go seamlessly from the picking lick straight to the next part with no stopping

Posted by: Opetholic Apr 28 2013, 05:19 PM

Thanks Ben Bending and vibrato are things I will never be good at ...
Man, I miss the Bushido Tasks so much...

Posted by: Ben Higgins Apr 29 2013, 09:17 AM

Don't be daft man, you will get good at those things !

You get good at what you practise !!